Alexander County, NC [37003] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan area [25860] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	37,241	37,039	36,940	37,091	37,092	37,058	37,270	37,286	45
Births	...	353	363	374	348	350	340	344	353
Deaths	...	331	365	364	339	402	380	378	366
Natural Increase	...	22	-2	10	9	-52	-40	-34	-12
Net Migration	...	-225	-96	145	-2	23	251	52	21
International	...	5	7	15	23	23	24	24	17
Domestic	...	-230	-103	130	-25	0	227	28	4

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	37,241	37,039	36,940	37,091	37,092	37,058	37,270	37,286	45
Male	18,845	18,833	18,760	18,842	18,871	18,846	18,950	18,930	85
Female	18,396	18,206	18,180	18,249	18,221	18,212	18,320	18,356	-40
Group Quarters	...	1,160	1,269	1,446	1,498	1,490	1,567	1,567	406

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	37,241	37,039	36,940	37,091	37,092	37,058	37,270	37,286	45
White alone	34,192	34,035	33,839	33,906	33,834	33,761	33,863	33,867	-325
Black alone	2,086	2,017	2,093	2,145	2,160	2,163	2,219	2,228	142
AIAN alone	146	151	149	161	173	185	196	201	55
Asian alone	364	364	376	379	402	390	408	393	29
NHOPI alone	13	14	14	14	15	14	16	17	4
Two+ Races	440	458	469	486	508	545	568	580	140
Hispanic (any race)	1,604	1,644	1,598	1,631	1,681	1,717	1,744	1,790	186

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	37,286	33,867	2,228	201	393	17	580	1,790
Age 0-4	1,823	1,578	89	14	41	0	101	148
Age 5-9	2,037	1,793	99	10	29	0	106	221
Age 10-14	2,323	2,093	95	13	29	0	93	250
Age 15-19	2,114	1,921	97	8	21	0	67	161
Age 20-24	2,051	1,793	175	8	30	1	44	125
Age 25-29	2,291	1,957	228	16	53	3	34	110
Age 30-34	1,975	1,703	216	10	30	0	16	102
Age 35-39	2,247	2,008	174	14	32	2	17	143
Age 40-44	2,320	2,108	156	27	17	0	12	143
Age 45-49	2,716	2,500	163	16	19	1	17	114
Age 50-54	2,779	2,576	146	21	26	2	8	98
Age 55-59	2,655	2,471	132	13	17	2	20	50
Age 60-64	2,550	2,392	110	13	18	1	16	38
Age 65-69	2,414	2,268	114	8	11	4	9	31
Age 70-74	1,976	1,877	78	4	8	0	9	25
Age 75-79	1,393	1,312	64	3	7	1	6	13
Age 80-84	897	836	50	3	4	0	4	10
Age 85 up	725	681	42	0	1	0	1	8

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	402	352	358	373	346	350	337	341	-61
Age 0101	425	376	363	342	365	339	368	363	-62
Age 0202	444	422	382	366	363	380	346	375	-69
Age 0303	445	441	427	382	376	369	394	348	-97
Age 0404	460	440	465	432	374	379	392	396	-64
Age 0505	466	451	453	456	415	379	387	374	-92
Age 0606	460	469	450	443	461	422	371	390	-70
Age 0707	438	479	458	451	443	459	436	372	-66
Age 0808	465	437	476	458	450	450	476	438	-27
Age 0909	502	452	429	462	469	452	453	463	-39
Age 1010	477	504	454	425	469	473	463	457	-20
Age 1111	477	469	510	460	414	478	479	471	-6
Age 1212	479	466	468	510	456	420	477	485	6
Age 1313	477	470	466	463	516	451	423	479	2
Age 1414	489	476	482	479	468	521	464	431	-58
Age 1515	497	493	458	475	457	465	504	449	-48
Age 1616	533	497	480	466	485	464	454	507	-26
Age 1717	489	528	475	487	445	477	459	457	-32
Age 1818	461	417	455	408	414	387	398	385	-76
Age 1919	381	381	335	374	320	323	310	316	-65
Age 2020	365	391	385	346	390	349	342	334	-31
Age 2121	361	389	421	424	385	430	398	399	38
Age 2222	365	376	389	440	463	402	451	416	51
Age 2323	370	360	400	405	473	464	425	476	106
Age 2424	377	364	366	403	418	486	465	426	49
Age 2525	427	376	369	356	409	423	504	476	49
Age 2626	391	425	383	364	381	422	444	518	127
Age 2727	439	410	425	395	358	364	437	461	22
Age 2828	457	422	384	427	390	355	373	448	-9
Age 2929	449	447	425	393	434	379	354	388	-61
Age 3030	468	427	464	415	418	424	378	370	-98
Age 3131	440	471	413	471	435	412	435	388	-52
Age 3232	453	427	466	410	457	422	392	424	-29
Age 3333	432	437	414	469	388	441	418	374	-58
Age 3434	430	436	437	434	469	400	472	419	-11
Age 3535	470	417	428	427	420	459	416	458	-12
Age 3636	487	479	413	450	426	431	481	435	-52
Age 3737	503	487	477	390	451	434	446	479	-24
Age 3838	555	516	508	478	416	459	441	467	-88
Age 3939	576	535	502	502	468	399	442	408	-168
Age 4040	575	583	536	503	516	478	409	437	-138
Age 4141	538	588	575	547	502	517	480	404	-134
Age 4242	540	527	565	561	531	493	528	470	-70
Age 4343	529	526	530	583	576	527	479	532	3
Age 4444	521	516	524	535	568	563	524	477	-44
Age 4545	596	532	523	553	552	582	584	550	-46
Age 4646	643	594	521	511	528	532	556	567	-76
Age 4747	618	643	589	513	516	522	525	542	-76
Age 4848	588	623	641	596	505	513	533	527	-61
Age 4949	582	569	613	633	583	505	504	530	-52
Age 5050	573	565	566	607	621	579	501	506	-67
Age 5151	535	578	566	576	598	625	576	500	-35
Age 5252	535	531	581	566	568	601	623	573	38
Age 5353	543	516	517	559	555	554	597	611	68
Age 5454	561	535	507	524	544	537	564	589	28
Age 5555	523	569	528	508	538	553	532	563	40
Age 5656	501	510	559	519	495	528	542	517	16
Age 5757	472	494	511	560	526	502	539	539	67
Age 5858	503	470	499	499	564	532	508	534	31
Age 5959	499	503	454	499	490	557	524	502	3
Age 6060	504	509	499	468	511	503	558	532	28
Age 6161	495	514	507	497	469	512	505	555	60
Age 6262	525	486	507	505	503	469	503	500	-25
Age 6363	560	535	491	507	514	506	470	506	-54
Age 6464	403	555	517	482	504	502	493	457	54
Age 6565	406	393	545	513	474	496	503	484	78
Age 6666	397	403	395	540	513	462	486	488	91
Age 6767	427	396	392	400	522	504	456	484	57
Age 6868	382	430	385	390	391	511	498	450	68
Age 6969	352	380	428	391	396	392	520	508	156
Age 7070	348	334	368	416	361	376	375	493	145
Age 7171	322	343	329	366	408	361	374	369	47
Age 7272	299	321	343	327	355	416	365	370	71
Age 7373	276	295	315	343	316	344	398	361	85
Age 7474	231	268	277	307	322	301	324	383	152
Age 7575	234	229	262	278	298	323	302	319	85
Age 7676	223	229	227	258	270	281	311	291	68
Age 7777	232	210	217	212	238	251	265	286	54
Age 7878	207	224	207	213	207	235	245	254	47
Age 7979	177	200	218	211	210	204	231	243	66
Age 8080	161	167	190	210	193	197	194	225	64
Age 8181	137	145	164	183	206	179	183	187	50
Age 8282	145	122	136	159	179	195	171	174	29
Age 8383	119	132	109	129	147	166	178	152	33
Age 8484	99	111	118	95	113	130	150	159	60
Age 8585	523	524	576	628	641	649	679	725	202
Age 0517	6,249	6,191	6,059	6,035	5,948	5,911	5,846	5,773	-476