Rutherford County, NC
Population and Components of Change
| Date |
Population |
%
Change |
Components of Change |
Total
Population
Change |
Births |
Deaths |
Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion |
Net
Domestic
Migration |
| 1970 | 47,337 | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
| 1971 | 49,100 | 3.7 | 1,763 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1972 | 49,900 | 1.6 | 800 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1973 | 50,000 | 0.2 | 100 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1974 | 50,500 | 1.0 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1975 | 51,000 | 1.0 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1976 | 51,600 | 1.2 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1977 | 52,100 | 1.0 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1978 | 52,700 | 1.2 | 600 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1979 | 53,200 | 0.9 | 500 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1980 | 53,787 | 1.1 | 587 |
- | - | - | - |
| 1981 | 54,521 | 1.4 | 734 |
896 | 634 | - | - |
| 1982 | 55,280 | 1.4 | 759 |
712 | 529 | - | - |
| 1983 | 54,955 | -0.6 | -325 |
691 | 538 | - | - |
| 1984 | 55,816 | 1.6 | 861 |
681 | 548 | - | - |
| 1985 | 56,153 | 0.6 | 337 |
715 | 522 | - | - |
| 1986 | 55,849 | -0.5 | -304 |
738 | 553 | - | - |
| 1987 | 55,933 | 0.2 | 84 |
723 | 618 | - | - |
| 1988 | 56,280 | 0.6 | 347 |
741 | 608 | - | - |
| 1989 | 56,496 | 0.4 | 216 |
796 | 599 | - | - |
| 1990 | 56,956 | 0.8 | 460 |
615 | 453 | - | - |
| 1991 | 57,843 | 1.6 | 887 |
1,083 | 762 | 5 | 446 |
| 1992 | 58,321 | 0.8 | 478 |
806 | 595 | 7 | 174 |
| 1993 | 58,906 | 1.0 | 585 |
821 | 647 | 16 | 305 |
| 1994 | 59,430 | 0.9 | 524 |
800 | 663 | 13 | 282 |
| 1995 | 60,103 | 1.1 | 673 |
806 | 678 | 18 | 456 |
| 1996 | 60,409 | 0.5 | 306 |
789 | 728 | 26 | 136 |
| 1997 | 61,094 | 1.1 | 685 |
769 | 684 | 23 | 466 |
| 1998 | 61,874 | 1.3 | 780 |
801 | 678 | 14 | 538 |
| 1999 | 62,511 | 1.0 | 637 |
815 | 695 | 33 | 446 |
| 2000 | 62,899 | 0.6 | 388 |
- | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 63,161 | 0.4 | 262 |
1,098 | 940 | 35 | 124 |
| 2002 | 62,994 | -0.3 | -167 |
788 | 751 | 31 | -193 |
| 2003 | 63,079 | 0.1 | 85 |
745 | 750 | 26 | 149 |
| 2004 | 62,877 | -0.3 | -202 |
791 | 756 | 25 | -224 |
| 2005 | 62,854 | 0.0 | -23 |
743 | 781 | 24 | 41 |
| 2006 | 63,023 | 0.3 | 169 |
758 | 781 | 24 | 190 |
| 2007 | 63,012 | 0.0 | -11 |
772 | 782 | 23 | -34 |
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates.
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