Total Population in Yancey County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18,797
Rank #1,944/3,222 · #82 in NC
40th
Yancey 18,797
NC 11M -99.8%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Yancey County's total population of 18,797 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 Yancey County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,941 | Marengo County, AL | 18,851 |
| #1,942 | Randolph County, AR | 18,838 |
| #1,943 | Westmoreland County, VA | 18,826 |
| #1,944 | Yancey County, NC | 18,797 |
| #1,945 | Warren County, NC | 18,795 |
| #1,946 | Paulding County, OH | 18,791 |
| #1,947 | Inyo County, CA | 18,739 |
About Total Population
Yancey County, North Carolina has a total population of 18,797, ranking #1,944 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 100.0% below the national value of 330M. Within North Carolina, it ranks #82 of 100. This places it in the 40th 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.