| Population | 3,683 |
| Nationwide Rank | 5597 |
Emerald Isle, North Carolina is the 5,597th largest city in the United States as of 2017.
Emerald Isle, North Carolina is a town.
Emerald Isle, North Carolina is as large as it has ever been. In 2017 Emerald Isle had its largest population ever.
Emerald Isle, North Carolina's growth is about average. 50% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5587 | Port Vue, Pennsylvania | 3,700 | -12.5% |
| 5588 | Hudson, North Carolina | 3,698 | 20.4% |
| 5589 | Waukon, Iowa | 3,697 | -10.4% |
| 5590 | Lloyd Harbor, New York | 3,695 | 1.0% |
| 5591 | Quartzsite, Arizona | 3,694 | 10.5% |
| 5592 | Wright City, Missouri | 3,691 | 115.0% |
| 5593 | Blanding, Utah | 3,690 | 13.8% |
| 5594 | Gaylord, Michigan | 3,687 | -0.6% |
| 5595 | St. Augusta, Minnesota | 3,686 | 36.7% |
| 5596 | Ashburn, Georgia | 3,683 | -16.8% |
| 5597 | Emerald Isle, North Carolina | 3,683 | 5.6% |
| 5598 | Oneida, Tennessee | 3,683 | -3.9% |
| 5599 | Muttontown, New York | 3,681 | 8.2% |
| 5600 | Clifton, Arizona | 3,680 | 41.9% |
| 5601 | Hohenwald, Tennessee | 3,680 | -4.4% |
| 5602 | Merton, Wisconsin | 3,679 | 91.4% |
| 5603 | Evergreen, Alabama | 3,676 | -0.6% |
| 5604 | Johnson, Arkansas | 3,674 | 56.0% |
| 5605 | Northumberland, Pennsylvania | 3,672 | -1.0% |
| 5606 | Oakwood, Ohio | 3,672 | 509.9% |
| 5607 | Hebron, Indiana | 3,671 | 1.4% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3814 | Mills River | 7,294 | 27.5% |
| 3829 | Wendell | 7,261 | 64.3% |
| 3836 | Hillsborough | 7,231 | 31.7% |
| 3842 | Forest City | 7,210 | -4.2% |
| 3872 | Kill Devil Hills | 7,117 | 20.4% |
| 3881 | Gibsonville | 7,096 | 51.8% |
| 3930 | Oak Ridge | 6,917 | 67.2% |
| 3933 | King | 6,904 | 14.4% |
| 4008 | Unionville | 6,705 | 34.2% |
| 4014 | Selma | 6,684 | 9.6% |
| 4030 | Trinity | 6,628 | -1.4% |
| 4090 | Marvin | 6,490 | 350.6% |
| 4091 | Woodfin | 6,489 | 16.2% |
| 4154 | Hamlet | 6,314 | 1.7% |
| 4160 | Carolina Beach | 6,270 | 22.6% |
| 4251 | Boiling Spring Lakes | 6,028 | 98.9% |
| 4266 | Cherryville | 5,978 | 8.1% |
| 4462 | St. James | 5,514 | 532.3% |
| 4475 | Nashville | 5,487 | 23.7% |
| 4481 | Bessemer City | 5,472 | 2.6% |
| 4507 | Stokesdale | 5,413 | 65.5% |
| 4514 | Whiteville | 5,396 | 4.5% |
| 4564 | Williamston | 5,302 | -10.7% |
| 4578 | Wadesboro | 5,276 | -5.7% |
| 4583 | Mocksville | 5,271 | 23.9% |
| 4585 | Zebulon | 5,268 | 28.6% |
| 4624 | Sawmills | 5,180 | 4.7% |
| 4637 | Ayden | 5,143 | 9.1% |
| 4648 | Walkertown | 5,120 | 23.0% |
| 4674 | Angier | 5,091 | 50.7% |
| 4758 | Raeford | 4,934 | 29.1% |
| 4768 | Erwin | 4,919 | 8.9% |
| 4780 | Archer Lodge | 4,903 | |
| 4793 | Long View | 4,886 | 2.9% |
| 4805 | Ahoskie | 4,874 | -1.1% |
| 4808 | Pleasant Garden | 4,869 | 3.1% |
| 4844 | Midway | 4,792 | 6.3% |
| 4889 | Edenton | 4,708 | -5.6% |
| 4892 | Farmville | 4,706 | 6.1% |
| 4900 | Dallas | 4,698 | 25.0% |
| 4901 | Boiling Springs | 4,687 | 20.5% |
| 4917 | Granite Falls | 4,659 | 0.5% |
| 4926 | Mount Olive | 4,650 | 2.0% |
| 4949 | Newport | 4,617 | 37.7% |
| 5001 | Creedmoor | 4,518 | 87.5% |
| 5057 | Valdese | 4,431 | -5.7% |
| 5096 | Cramerton | 4,376 | 46.3% |
| 5169 | North Wilkesboro | 4,276 | 2.5% |
| 5174 | Canton | 4,272 | 6.3% |
| 5210 | Pittsboro | 4,221 | 77.0% |
| 5215 | Spindale | 4,218 | 5.8% |
| 5224 | China Grove | 4,202 | 13.9% |
| 5243 | Jamestown | 4,167 | 34.4% |
| 5245 | Beaufort | 4,164 | 9.7% |
| 5261 | Carolina Shores | 4,146 | 120.4% |
| 5271 | Randleman | 4,131 | 14.9% |
| 5287 | Burgaw | 4,110 | 18.7% |
| 5299 | Shallotte | 4,092 | 130.1% |
| 5310 | Trent Woods | 4,077 | -3.4% |
| 5343 | Rutherfordton | 4,031 | -3.4% |
| 5357 | Franklin | 4,007 | 4.8% |
| 5387 | Elkin | 3,978 | -4.8% |
| 5392 | Gamewell | 3,971 | 3.1% |
| 5401 | Wingate | 3,959 | 63.1% |
| 5424 | Tabor City | 3,922 | 54.4% |
| 5425 | Wallace | 3,919 | 17.0% |
| 5431 | Weaverville | 3,911 | 33.4% |
| 5448 | Sunset Beach | 3,894 | 83.7% |
| 5525 | Lake Park | 3,790 | 77.1% |
| 5543 | Fairview | 3,770 | 22.4% |
| 5566 | Benson | 3,732 | 23.8% |
| 5572 | Southport | 3,725 | 53.0% |
| 5581 | Eastover | 3,710 | -3.2% |
| 5585 | Stanley | 3,703 | 20.8% |
| 5588 | Hudson | 3,698 | 20.4% |
| 5597 | Emerald Isle | 3,683 | 5.6% |
| 5618 | Lowell | 3,654 | 36.9% |
| 5650 | Midland | 3,615 | 41.1% |
| 5666 | Ranlo | 3,599 | 61.4% |
| 5674 | Lillington | 3,582 | 22.8% |
| 5719 | Louisburg | 3,533 | 10.0% |
| 5752 | Kitty Hawk | 3,496 | 16.6% |
| 5753 | Plymouth | 3,496 | -15.4% |
| 5756 | Wilkesboro | 3,491 | 9.0% |
| 5764 | Elizabethtown | 3,473 | -9.1% |
| 5789 | Red Oak | 3,442 | 26.0% |
| 5809 | Maiden | 3,419 | 4.7% |
| 5821 | Red Springs | 3,408 | -2.0% |
| 5886 | Flat Rock | 3,331 | 23.6% |
| 5920 | Troy | 3,301 | -6.5% |
| 5925 | Whispering Pines | 3,297 | 58.8% |
| 5926 | Windsor | 3,297 | 42.3% |
| 5969 | Spencer | 3,256 | -3.0% |
| 6010 | Swansboro | 3,210 | 81.7% |
| 6020 | Rural Hall | 3,196 | 30.1% |
| 6039 | Locust | 3,176 | 24.7% |
| 6097 | Polkton | 3,125 | 59.3% |
| 6110 | Landis | 3,114 | 2.0% |
| 6117 | Warsaw | 3,107 | 1.8% |
| 6123 | Wallburg | 3,104 | 8.0% |
| 6167 | River Bend | 3,065 | 4.7% |
| 6211 | Pembroke | 3,016 | 10.0% |
| 6219 | Mineral Springs | 3,007 | 62.3% |
| 6244 | Granite Quarry | 2,983 | 32.8% |
| 6266 | Murfreesboro | 2,963 | 20.5% |
| 6321 | Nags Head | 2,904 | 7.1% |
| 6335 | Yadkinville | 2,889 | 1.5% |
| 6344 | Southern Shores | 2,883 | 29.9% |
| 6504 | Cajah's Mountain | 2,735 | 1.0% |
| 6537 | Wentworth | 2,713 | -2.3% |
| 6565 | Marshville | 2,690 | 13.1% |
| 6578 | Troutman | 2,680 | 51.7% |
| 6583 | Sylva | 2,678 | 9.9% |
| 6606 | Grifton | 2,663 | 17.5% |
| 6607 | La Grange | 2,663 | -6.0% |
| 6608 | Tobaccoville | 2,663 | 16.5% |
| 6611 | Liberty | 2,659 | 0.0% |
| 6644 | Wilson's Mills | 2,626 | 92.3% |
| 6659 | Fairmont | 2,612 | 0.1% |
| 6680 | Bermuda Run | 2,593 | 81.4% |
| 6738 | Wrightsville Beach | 2,548 | -1.6% |
| 6834 | Haw River | 2,472 | 29.6% |
| 6846 | Carthage | 2,463 | 24.0% |
| 6882 | Coats | 2,436 | 30.4% |
| 6918 | Mayodan | 2,409 | -2.3% |
| 6920 | Norwood | 2,409 | -6.8% |
| 6951 | Maxton | 2,383 | -12.2% |
| 6959 | Holly Ridge | 2,377 | 186.3% |
| 6998 | St. Pauls | 2,351 | 16.8% |
| 7004 | Enfield | 2,347 | -4.2% |
| 7014 | Surf City | 2,342 | 58.6% |
| 7052 | Laurel Park | 2,315 | 16.6% |
| 7169 | Green Level | 2,247 | 3.4% |
| 7186 | Jonesville | 2,234 | -1.2% |
| 7265 | Taylorsville | 2,179 | 19.9% |
| 7295 | Calabash | 2,158 | 66.5% |
| 7320 | Rockwell | 2,142 | 8.6% |
| 7334 | Madison | 2,134 | -5.7% |
| 7337 | Franklinton | 2,132 | 21.6% |
| 7338 | Spruce Pine | 2,130 | 4.6% |
| 7351 | Hertford | 2,124 | 2.4% |
| 7362 | Mars Hill | 2,118 | 19.9% |
| 7384 | Kure Beach | 2,105 | 35.1% |
| 7438 | Four Oaks | 2,082 | 24.3% |
| 7479 | Cape Carteret | 2,062 | 66.0% |
| 7496 | Belville | 2,052 | 73.0% |
| 7564 | Sharpsburg | 2,017 | -16.7% |
| 7583 | Hildebran | 2,007 | 6.3% |
| 7665 | Princeville | 1,966 | 92.5% |
| 7672 | Badin | 1,960 | 58.1% |
| 7707 | Yanceyville | 1,944 | -9.8% |
| 7746 | Pine Level | 1,927 | 26.6% |
| 7785 | Mount Pleasant | 1,904 | 31.3% |
| 7794 | Scotland Neck | 1,899 | -19.3% |
| 7800 | Navassa | 1,895 | 37.0% |
| 7846 | Oakboro | 1,875 | 56.2% |
| 7876 | Drexel | 1,860 | -3.3% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3,683 | 5,597 |
| 2016 | 3,704 | 5,580 |
| 2015 | 3,720 | 5,551 |
| 2014 | 3,717 | 5,538 |
| 2013 | 3,714 | 5,529 |
| 2012 | 3,669 | 5,542 |
| 2011 | 3,694 | 5,520 |
| 2010 | 3,655 | 5,533 |
| 2009 | 3,695 | 5,426 |
| 2008 | 3,656 | 5,446 |
| 2007 | 3,654 | 5,431 |
| 2006 | 3,686 | 5,382 |
| 2005 | 3,659 | 5,374 |
| 2004 | 3,624 | 5,380 |
| 2003 | 3,554 | 5,423 |
| 2002 | 3,510 | 5,438 |
| 2001 | 3,493 | 5,430 |
| 2000 | 3,485 | 5,421 |
| 1990 | 2,433 | 6,208 |