Total Population in Macon County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
37,941
Rank #1,253/3,222 · #64 in NC
61th
Macon 37,941
NC 11M -99.6%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Macon County's total population of 37,941 compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 33 to 9,808,667.
Distribution of Total Population Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Macon County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,250 | Boone County, AR | 38,138 |
| #1,251 | Finney County, KS | 38,084 |
| #1,252 | Jasper County, IA | 37,954 |
| #1,253 | Macon County, NC | 37,941 |
| #1,254 | Scott County, MO | 37,933 |
| #1,255 | Warren County, PA | 37,920 |
| #1,256 | Talbot County, MD | 37,917 |
About Total Population
Macon County, North Carolina has a total population of 37,941, ranking #1,253 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within North Carolina, it ranks #64 of 100. This places it in the 61th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.