Total Population in Rowan County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
149,875
Rank #458/3,222 · #20 in NC
86th
Rowan 149,875
NC 11M -98.6%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Rowan County's total population of 149,875 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 Rowan County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #455 | Coweta County, GA | 152,852 |
| #456 | Brunswick County, NC | 152,568 |
| #457 | Carolina Municipio, PR | 152,204 |
| #458 | Rowan County, NC | 149,875 |
| #459 | Orange County, NC | 149,678 |
| #460 | Wright County, MN | 148,269 |
| #461 | Livingston Parish, LA | 148,115 |
About Total Population
Rowan County, North Carolina has a total population of 149,875, ranking #458 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within North Carolina, it ranks #20 of 100. This places it in the 86th 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.