High Point, North Carolina Population

Current Population

120,571

Estimated July 1, 2025

+5,849 residents(+5.1%)since 2020

Annual change+1.9%2024–2025

Latest Official Census

114,059

2020 Census

CityGuilford, Davidson, Forsyth & Randolph counties

Population Over Time

Estimated population changed from 114,722 in 2020 to 120,571 in 2025.

2020 Census202020212022202320242025122,000113,000
Population over time, 2020 to 2025. Select a year for its exact population.
Annual population estimates by year.
YearPopulationChange% change
2020114,722——
2021115,071+349+0.3%
2022115,625+554+0.5%
2023117,337+1,712+1.5%
2024118,341+1,004+0.9%
2025120,571+2,230+1.9%

2020 Census (official count): 114,059

Insights

  • The population of High Point grew 9.3% from 2010 to 2020.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau — 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171), table P1

  • High Point is the ninth-largest of the ranked places in North Carolina by population.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau — Subcounty Resident Population Estimates (SUB-EST2025), Vintage 2025

    Compared against: ranked places in North Carolina

How these statements are produced

Each statement comes from a fixed rule applied to the published figures cited with it, and appears only when those figures meet the rule's conditions. The page shows at most one statement of each kind — about the place itself, about how its population changed, and about how it compares with other places. The wording comes from fixed templates; no statement is written individually for a place.

Census History

Official Decennial Census counts. Each is an enumeration taken on April 1 of its census year, separate from the annual estimates above.

Official Decennial Census counts by census year.
CensusPopulation
2010 Census104,371
2020 Census114,059

Sources & Methodology

Current estimate — 120,571 · July 1, 2025

U.S. Census Bureau — Subcounty Resident Population Estimates (SUB-EST2025), Vintage 2025

Official Census — 114,059 · April 1, 2020

U.S. Census Bureau — 2020 Census Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171), table P1

The current population is an annual estimate. The 2020 Census count is the official Census benchmark. These figures use different methods and may differ.

The change since 2020 compares the July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2025 estimates from the same Census Bureau Population Estimates Program release.

Methodology details

The current population figure is an annual estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. The 2020 Census is shown separately as the official benchmark. These figures can differ because the Census and annual population estimates are produced at different times using different methods. Both are shown so you can distinguish the most current estimate from the official Census benchmark.

How the change since 2020 is calculated

Both endpoints come from the same release, so the comparison is like for like: 114,722 on July 1, 2020 and 120,571 on July 1, 2025. The change is the later estimate minus the earlier one (+5,849), and the percentage is that change divided by the 2020 estimate (+5.1%). The Decennial Census count is never used as an endpoint here — it is an enumeration on a different reference date, produced by a different method, so subtracting one from the other would measure the difference between two methods as well as the change in population.

Geographic details
FIPS code
3731400
Legal status
incorporated
Legal type
City
Primary county
Guilford County

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