Gaston County, NC [37071] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan area [16740] -- 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	206,127	206,951	207,963	209,285	210,694	213,182	216,903	220,182	14,055
Births	...	2,595	2,573	2,461	2,411	2,630	2,493	2,561	2,532
Deaths	...	2,056	2,120	2,278	2,166	2,260	2,288	2,291	2,208
Natural Increase	...	539	453	183	245	370	205	270	324
Net Migration	...	318	590	1,153	1,175	2,107	3,517	3,002	1,695
International	...	152	137	145	175	206	220	221	179
Domestic	...	166	453	1,008	1,000	1,901	3,297	2,781	1,515

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

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	206,127	206,951	207,963	209,285	210,694	213,182	216,903	220,182	14,055
Male	99,693	100,050	100,318	100,900	101,595	102,816	104,688	106,249	6,556
Female	106,434	106,901	107,645	108,385	109,099	110,366	112,215	113,933	7,499
Group Quarters	...	3,329	3,335	3,294	3,266	3,319	3,309	3,311	-12

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

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	206,127	206,951	207,963	209,285	210,694	213,182	216,903	220,182	14,055
White alone	167,287	167,503	168,039	168,509	168,917	170,008	171,769	173,201	5,914
Black alone	31,946	32,270	32,504	32,962	33,647	34,646	36,181	37,704	5,758
AIAN alone	1,083	1,115	1,145	1,146	1,172	1,210	1,219	1,249	166
Asian alone	2,565	2,651	2,773	2,952	3,080	3,236	3,394	3,497	932
NHOPI alone	90	96	108	100	96	115	133	135	45
Two+ Races	3,156	3,316	3,394	3,616	3,782	3,967	4,207	4,396	1,240
Hispanic (any race)	12,216	12,376	12,679	13,006	13,402	14,029	14,800	15,640	3,424

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	220,182	173,201	37,704	1,249	3,497	135	4,396	15,640
Age 0-4	13,151	9,431	2,719	95	197	20	689	1,592
Age 5-9	13,701	9,781	2,931	102	212	16	659	1,741
Age 10-14	14,339	10,456	2,927	76	283	12	585	1,693
Age 15-19	13,902	10,194	2,824	84	270	13	517	1,422
Age 20-24	12,785	9,490	2,610	70	215	6	394	1,136
Age 25-29	15,185	11,387	3,175	83	238	16	286	1,056
Age 30-34	13,685	10,499	2,604	79	295	9	199	1,113
Age 35-39	13,459	10,494	2,415	77	269	6	198	1,317
Age 40-44	14,063	11,144	2,388	92	279	9	151	1,116
Age 45-49	16,441	13,198	2,676	99	291	9	168	1,060
Age 50-54	15,820	12,886	2,463	99	230	3	139	851
Age 55-59	15,139	12,543	2,206	77	216	5	92	547
Age 60-64	13,681	11,459	1,863	71	184	3	101	397
Age 65-69	11,845	10,000	1,570	52	132	4	87	238
Age 70-74	9,118	7,938	994	45	78	1	62	146
Age 75-79	5,869	5,154	601	28	59	2	25	92
Age 80-84	4,197	3,740	383	11	29	1	33	65
Age 85 up	3,802	3,407	355	9	20	0	11	58

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

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	2,538	2,588	2,566	2,434	2,399	2,622	2,477	2,546	8
Age 0101	2,568	2,592	2,600	2,588	2,466	2,496	2,718	2,621	53
Age 0202	2,627	2,604	2,618	2,629	2,605	2,545	2,528	2,784	157
Age 0303	2,720	2,648	2,611	2,604	2,616	2,629	2,567	2,583	-137
Age 0404	2,701	2,706	2,668	2,649	2,657	2,620	2,687	2,617	-84
Age 0505	2,665	2,702	2,719	2,644	2,620	2,675	2,692	2,710	45
Age 0606	2,630	2,664	2,684	2,744	2,680	2,653	2,752	2,710	80
Age 0707	2,632	2,627	2,678	2,694	2,730	2,674	2,669	2,772	140
Age 0808	2,638	2,665	2,672	2,703	2,698	2,753	2,733	2,735	97
Age 0909	2,752	2,622	2,662	2,671	2,741	2,717	2,811	2,774	22
Age 1010	2,933	2,789	2,641	2,703	2,723	2,751	2,799	2,886	-47
Age 1111	2,824	2,977	2,818	2,673	2,744	2,756	2,804	2,864	40
Age 1212	2,803	2,786	2,973	2,823	2,692	2,731	2,825	2,843	40
Age 1313	2,763	2,804	2,821	2,994	2,845	2,737	2,808	2,881	118
Age 1414	2,774	2,765	2,852	2,864	2,978	2,870	2,843	2,865	91
Age 1515	2,781	2,793	2,784	2,858	2,903	3,020	2,952	2,867	86
Age 1616	2,870	2,773	2,795	2,774	2,848	2,942	3,024	2,972	102
Age 1717	2,913	2,854	2,783	2,807	2,783	2,827	3,011	3,081	168
Age 1818	2,785	2,671	2,614	2,525	2,541	2,558	2,590	2,739	-46
Age 1919	2,590	2,447	2,339	2,265	2,208	2,223	2,208	2,243	-347
Age 2020	2,521	2,660	2,516	2,391	2,335	2,300	2,325	2,314	-207
Age 2121	2,481	2,551	2,737	2,559	2,449	2,450	2,395	2,424	-57
Age 2222	2,398	2,609	2,610	2,804	2,649	2,551	2,548	2,509	111
Age 2323	2,371	2,439	2,623	2,675	2,948	2,766	2,686	2,680	309
Age 2424	2,455	2,416	2,506	2,735	2,732	3,078	2,920	2,858	403
Age 2525	2,418	2,436	2,460	2,560	2,777	2,797	3,190	3,015	597
Age 2626	2,258	2,431	2,419	2,501	2,580	2,864	2,982	3,339	1,081
Age 2727	2,429	2,277	2,439	2,469	2,566	2,652	2,985	3,044	615
Age 2828	2,449	2,386	2,247	2,438	2,495	2,622	2,695	3,021	572
Age 2929	2,462	2,483	2,392	2,245	2,460	2,569	2,708	2,766	304
Age 3030	2,595	2,476	2,504	2,432	2,316	2,578	2,699	2,857	262
Age 3131	2,471	2,629	2,504	2,524	2,491	2,400	2,688	2,768	297
Age 3232	2,480	2,502	2,650	2,476	2,545	2,583	2,436	2,787	307
Age 3333	2,546	2,460	2,551	2,665	2,487	2,614	2,675	2,523	-23
Age 3434	2,541	2,514	2,474	2,565	2,659	2,501	2,661	2,750	209
Age 3535	2,692	2,510	2,542	2,497	2,572	2,715	2,557	2,738	46
Age 3636	2,754	2,668	2,480	2,552	2,518	2,538	2,721	2,647	-107
Age 3737	2,996	2,751	2,703	2,514	2,551	2,549	2,607	2,765	-231
Age 3838	3,183	2,975	2,739	2,714	2,569	2,561	2,602	2,652	-531
Age 3939	3,292	3,180	2,947	2,753	2,718	2,576	2,615	2,657	-635
Age 4040	3,291	3,323	3,235	3,015	2,818	2,782	2,643	2,667	-624
Age 4141	3,077	3,294	3,301	3,222	2,999	2,782	2,756	2,652	-425
Age 4242	3,041	3,094	3,328	3,304	3,259	3,029	2,855	2,784	-257
Age 4343	3,076	3,055	3,036	3,329	3,315	3,286	3,084	2,870	-206
Age 4444	3,043	3,082	3,053	3,070	3,354	3,353	3,324	3,090	47
Age 4545	3,161	3,038	3,084	3,033	3,090	3,358	3,385	3,327	166
Age 4646	3,215	3,134	3,014	3,049	3,054	3,082	3,395	3,430	215
Age 4747	3,154	3,195	3,129	3,020	3,081	3,084	3,092	3,403	249
Age 4848	3,098	3,143	3,195	3,148	3,030	3,087	3,118	3,154	56
Age 4949	3,151	3,059	3,145	3,185	3,111	3,049	3,104	3,127	-24
Age 5050	3,128	3,179	3,088	3,170	3,170	3,129	3,115	3,160	32
Age 5151	2,969	3,078	3,149	3,067	3,136	3,179	3,173	3,106	137
Age 5252	2,968	2,984	3,072	3,158	3,069	3,129	3,222	3,172	204
Age 5353	3,009	2,978	2,993	3,096	3,178	3,084	3,166	3,246	237
Age 5454	2,996	2,972	2,971	2,968	3,068	3,154	3,098	3,136	140
Age 5555	2,936	3,000	2,974	2,946	2,978	3,074	3,195	3,089	153
Age 5656	2,734	2,896	2,964	2,911	2,907	2,957	3,053	3,171	437
Age 5757	2,657	2,720	2,864	2,943	2,900	2,901	2,935	3,063	406
Age 5858	2,707	2,663	2,683	2,846	2,908	2,866	2,887	2,918	211
Age 5959	2,621	2,702	2,648	2,669	2,823	2,901	2,893	2,898	277
Age 6060	2,556	2,580	2,677	2,615	2,646	2,794	2,892	2,887	331
Age 6161	2,458	2,552	2,574	2,678	2,597	2,643	2,814	2,885	427
Age 6262	2,558	2,430	2,511	2,583	2,654	2,600	2,641	2,779	221
Age 6363	2,755	2,531	2,393	2,485	2,562	2,637	2,555	2,598	-157
Age 6464	2,026	2,723	2,502	2,369	2,437	2,529	2,602	2,532	506
Age 6565	1,883	2,016	2,691	2,456	2,329	2,409	2,484	2,561	678
Age 6666	1,845	1,834	1,964	2,630	2,411	2,281	2,381	2,431	586
Age 6767	1,947	1,798	1,783	1,943	2,580	2,378	2,253	2,341	394
Age 6868	1,651	1,894	1,735	1,750	1,930	2,573	2,325	2,236	585
Age 6969	1,561	1,606	1,872	1,706	1,711	1,868	2,514	2,276	715
Age 7070	1,472	1,510	1,565	1,859	1,678	1,672	1,822	2,455	983
Age 7171	1,302	1,424	1,472	1,532	1,795	1,652	1,646	1,780	478
Age 7272	1,290	1,288	1,389	1,455	1,508	1,761	1,627	1,623	333
Age 7373	1,220	1,254	1,276	1,372	1,431	1,468	1,712	1,582	362
Age 7474	1,231	1,203	1,204	1,230	1,328	1,389	1,418	1,678	447
Age 7575	1,260	1,184	1,171	1,184	1,202	1,293	1,343	1,376	116
Age 7676	1,061	1,214	1,142	1,148	1,131	1,148	1,244	1,292	231
Age 7777	994	1,007	1,164	1,092	1,081	1,066	1,090	1,187	193
Age 7878	948	950	951	1,122	1,038	1,034	1,020	1,045	97
Age 7979	913	895	902	906	1,064	987	985	969	56
Age 8080	925	892	882	907	884	1,047	970	965	40
Age 8181	746	845	813	794	837	826	952	873	127
Age 8282	739	728	816	786	778	809	794	913	174
Age 8383	701	685	685	770	723	733	764	751	50
Age 8484	613	618	610	619	705	654	649	695	82
Age 8585	3,141	3,271	3,352	3,430	3,512	3,602	3,720	3,802	661
Age 0517	35,978	35,821	35,882	35,952	35,985	36,106	36,723	36,960	982