Total Population in Polk County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19,891
Rank #1,888/3,222 · #81 in NC
41th
Polk 19,891
NC 11M -99.8%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Polk County's total population of 19,891 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 Polk County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,885 | Pike County, GA | 19,903 |
| #1,886 | Santa Isabel Municipio, PR | 19,903 |
| #1,887 | Lincoln County, WV | 19,902 |
| #1,888 | Polk County, NC | 19,891 |
| #1,889 | Winneshiek County, IA | 19,873 |
| #1,890 | Labette County, KS | 19,869 |
| #1,891 | Calhoun County, TX | 19,868 |
About Total Population
Polk County, North Carolina has a total population of 19,891, ranking #1,888 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within North Carolina, it ranks #81 of 100. This places it in the 41th 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.