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| Age Group | Male | Female | North Carolina, 2000, Universe: 001 Total population Universe Population: 8,049,313 | ||
| Population | Pct | Population | Pct |  | |
| Total | 3,942,695 | 49.0 | 4,106,618 | 51.0 | |
| 0- 4 | 276,327 | 3.4 | 263,182 | 3.3 | |
| 5- 9 | 288,493 | 3.6 | 274,060 | 3.4 | |
| 10-14 | 281,184 | 3.5 | 270,183 | 3.4 | |
| 15-19 | 277,824 | 3.5 | 262,107 | 3.3 | |
| 20-24 | 303,418 | 3.8 | 274,090 | 3.4 | |
| 25-29 | 307,363 | 3.8 | 294,159 | 3.7 | |
| 30-34 | 309,302 | 3.8 | 302,591 | 3.8 | |
| 35-39 | 326,356 | 4.1 | 329,084 | 4.1 | |
| 40-44 | 310,945 | 3.9 | 320,735 | 4.0 | |
| 45-49 | 277,718 | 3.5 | 292,693 | 3.6 | |
| 50-54 | 250,294 | 3.1 | 264,445 | 3.3 | |
| 55-59 | 192,337 | 2.4 | 207,870 | 2.6 | |
| 60-64 | 152,123 | 1.9 | 171,382 | 2.1 | |
| 65-69 | 128,908 | 1.6 | 153,928 | 1.9 | |
| 70-74 | 108,563 | 1.3 | 142,378 | 1.8 | |
| 75-79 | 79,756 | 1.0 | 121,688 | 1.5 | |
| 80-84 | 44,416 | 0.6 | 83,950 | 1.0 | |
| 85+ | 27,368 | 0.3 | 78,093 | 1.0 | |