New Bern, North Carolina
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1800	2,467	—
1820	3,663	—
1830	3,796	3.6%
1840	3,690	−2.8%
1850	4,681	26.9%
1860	5,432	16.0%
1870	5,849	7.7%
1880	6,443	10.2%
1890	7,843	21.7%
1900	9,090	15.9%
1910	9,961	9.6%
1920	12,198	22.5%
1930	11,981	−1.8%
1940	11,815	−1.4%
1950	15,812	33.8%
1960	15,717	−0.6%
1970	14,660	−6.7%
1980	14,557	−0.7%
1990	17,363	19.3%
2000	23,128	33.2%
2010	29,524	27.7%
2017 (est.)	29,590	[21]	0.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[22]

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