Rutherford County, NC [37161] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Forest City, NC metropolitan area [22580] -- 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	67,734	67,414	67,215	66,830	66,557	66,373	66,305	66,551	-1,183
Births	...	716	682	687	629	699	663	660	677
Deaths	...	825	789	873	828	903	843	833	842
Natural Increase	...	-109	-107	-186	-199	-204	-180	-173	-165
Net Migration	...	-206	-80	-192	-65	30	114	423	3
International	...	14	17	13	13	17	18	18	16
Domestic	...	-220	-97	-205	-78	13	96	405	-12

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

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	67,734	67,414	67,215	66,830	66,557	66,373	66,305	66,551	-1,183
Male	32,760	32,587	32,514	32,282	32,168	32,170	32,084	32,135	-625
Female	34,974	34,827	34,701	34,548	34,389	34,203	34,221	34,416	-558
Group Quarters	...	1,225	1,206	1,182	1,208	1,166	1,163	1,163	-58

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

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	67,734	67,414	67,215	66,830	66,557	66,373	66,305	66,551	-1,183
White alone	59,189	58,909	58,737	58,312	58,089	57,894	57,780	57,938	-1,251
Black alone	6,914	6,826	6,747	6,702	6,611	6,562	6,550	6,541	-373
AIAN alone	196	220	233	258	255	254	257	251	55
Asian alone	307	310	336	359	384	406	419	437	130
NHOPI alone	29	30	32	34	35	40	44	46	17
Two+ Races	1,099	1,119	1,130	1,165	1,183	1,217	1,255	1,338	239
Hispanic (any race)	2,401	2,449	2,528	2,588	2,697	2,742	2,765	2,904	503

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	66,551	57,938	6,541	251	437	46	1,338	2,904
Age 0-4	3,417	2,740	390	26	66	1	194	311
Age 5-9	3,727	3,061	398	23	26	6	213	363
Age 10-14	4,083	3,416	410	14	23	3	217	338
Age 15-19	3,983	3,322	417	17	21	4	202	225
Age 20-24	3,551	2,974	427	15	19	1	115	200
Age 25-29	3,733	3,221	419	11	13	7	62	201
Age 30-34	3,303	2,890	351	16	11	4	31	206
Age 35-39	3,508	3,078	334	12	38	1	45	197
Age 40-44	3,867	3,341	407	20	58	4	37	212
Age 45-49	4,688	4,100	504	20	30	5	29	184
Age 50-54	4,728	4,186	473	13	15	3	38	150
Age 55-59	5,023	4,426	524	20	22	3	28	97
Age 60-64	4,907	4,388	429	15	29	3	43	74
Age 65-69	4,629	4,153	417	6	24	0	29	60
Age 70-74	3,779	3,463	265	12	19	0	20	31
Age 75-79	2,534	2,331	170	5	9	1	18	32
Age 80-84	1,642	1,517	105	4	8	0	8	11
Age 85 up	1,449	1,331	101	2	6	0	9	12

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

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	724	730	689	702	638	712	672	670	-54
Age 0101	743	730	717	656	681	641	694	670	-73
Age 0202	789	722	731	700	653	700	657	694	-95
Age 0303	837	786	714	726	708	651	720	669	-168
Age 0404	757	849	768	732	726	720	654	714	-43
Age 0505	774	761	849	793	725	725	727	675	-99
Age 0606	815	776	768	853	802	719	747	744	-71
Age 0707	765	806	778	759	847	804	731	764	-1
Age 0808	810	767	820	770	770	835	781	748	-62
Age 0909	910	798	781	814	778	753	845	796	-114
Age 1010	917	921	808	779	836	778	763	866	-51
Age 1111	879	923	911	813	794	831	771	775	-104
Age 1212	850	876	910	887	815	783	844	778	-72
Age 1313	879	842	863	920	914	813	803	859	-20
Age 1414	907	865	849	864	913	918	811	805	-102
Age 1515	915	887	868	845	866	906	913	813	-102
Age 1616	902	917	866	859	861	863	913	923	21
Age 1717	942	909	891	872	856	847	872	919	-23
Age 1818	886	811	767	766	735	741	719	751	-135
Age 1919	776	712	669	624	603	596	576	577	-199
Age 2020	762	821	747	701	649	655	645	631	-131
Age 2121	698	772	831	780	722	685	698	691	-7
Age 2222	663	731	799	849	789	735	700	742	79
Age 2323	688	670	750	835	869	831	745	721	33
Age 2424	686	697	663	757	804	835	816	766	80
Age 2525	643	673	666	645	722	775	809	798	155
Age 2626	625	651	701	690	650	733	768	805	180
Age 2727	678	615	651	694	666	642	715	748	70
Age 2828	664	658	621	636	685	687	646	738	74
Age 2929	678	661	651	621	615	680	685	644	-34
Age 3030	770	682	669	640	606	633	697	691	-79
Age 3131	733	754	688	641	637	595	635	707	-26
Age 3232	738	738	760	684	657	664	593	636	-102
Age 3333	721	732	738	742	688	650	681	597	-124
Age 3434	739	717	740	724	731	689	628	672	-67
Age 3535	812	747	721	740	724	751	687	631	-181
Age 3636	789	815	752	730	753	699	735	695	-94
Age 3737	811	762	790	732	715	730	699	719	-92
Age 3838	867	811	779	790	753	734	739	717	-150
Age 3939	913	872	811	770	794	755	751	746	-167
Age 4040	939	907	854	800	751	787	748	727	-212
Age 4141	921	947	915	855	808	753	785	754	-167
Age 4242	932	935	956	924	893	819	772	801	-131
Age 4343	945	929	936	952	917	873	822	769	-176
Age 4444	940	952	940	920	952	915	884	816	-124
Age 4545	997	928	957	956	922	953	924	889	-108
Age 4646	984	991	928	951	950	942	952	932	-52
Age 4747	1,012	971	972	938	950	955	943	966	-46
Age 4848	1,010	1,007	946	956	935	958	949	941	-69
Age 4949	1,013	1,005	998	937	953	928	952	960	-53
Age 5050	1,020	1,008	1,008	1,005	920	949	931	940	-80
Age 5151	1,001	1,021	1,020	1,015	1,009	914	953	931	-70
Age 5252	1,009	1,015	1,015	1,006	1,024	1,000	916	964	-45
Age 5353	1,030	995	1,003	1,011	983	1,023	987	914	-116
Age 5454	999	1,034	999	1,005	1,016	981	1,018	979	-20
Age 5555	1,040	1,002	1,031	999	1,005	1,027	985	1,037	-3
Age 5656	1,052	1,038	1,007	1,038	1,005	1,012	1,012	995	-57
Age 5757	975	1,037	1,019	989	1,029	989	978	1,009	34
Age 5858	958	970	1,023	1,008	985	1,014	990	992	34
Age 5959	920	938	961	1,027	1,006	983	1,022	990	70
Age 6060	937	917	939	953	1,017	994	988	1,027	90
Age 6161	987	932	900	935	925	1,004	978	967	-20
Age 6262	994	972	920	887	924	913	993	973	-21
Age 6363	1,093	1,002	986	923	903	947	935	1,004	-89
Age 6464	797	1,104	1,004	981	903	914	953	936	139
Age 6565	756	757	1,072	985	969	885	896	938	182
Age 6666	756	750	759	1,060	991	969	880	906	150
Age 6767	855	744	732	735	1,033	969	957	885	30
Age 6868	738	850	738	729	730	1,041	962	956	218
Age 6969	670	717	854	716	723	710	1,029	944	274
Age 7070	660	656	715	835	713	711	704	1,026	366
Age 7171	633	628	620	683	804	686	686	680	47
Age 7272	573	625	614	613	668	789	685	676	103
Age 7373	545	540	601	590	596	643	758	659	114
Age 7474	508	521	523	588	568	569	627	738	230
Age 7575	493	491	500	512	567	538	545	603	110
Age 7676	457	456	468	482	481	542	517	520	63
Age 7777	424	429	434	440	458	456	515	483	59
Age 7878	403	419	422	413	433	436	447	511	108
Age 7979	353	375	403	382	389	400	417	417	64
Age 8080	342	331	343	370	363	355	371	389	47
Age 8181	325	319	314	310	351	343	338	345	20
Age 8282	297	288	292	281	282	326	305	314	17
Age 8383	300	299	296	289	273	282	321	303	3
Age 8484	262	271	268	260	260	238	260	291	29
Age 8585	1,424	1,424	1,465	1,451	1,470	1,444	1,430	1,449	25
Age 0517	11,265	11,048	10,962	10,828	10,777	10,575	10,521	10,465	-800