| Population | 3,702 |
| Nationwide Rank | 5597 |
Emerald Isle, North Carolina is the 5,597th largest city in the United States as of 2018.
Emerald Isle, North Carolina is a town.
Emerald Isle, North Carolina is as large as it has ever been. In 2018 Emerald Isle had its largest population ever.
Emerald Isle, North Carolina's growth is about average. 49% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5587 | Emmetsburg, Iowa | 3,713 | -4.8% |
| 5588 | Merchantville, New Jersey | 3,713 | -2.2% |
| 5589 | Metamora, Illinois | 3,713 | 35.7% |
| 5590 | Oneida, Tennessee | 3,713 | -3.1% |
| 5591 | Rochester, Illinois | 3,713 | 28.5% |
| 5592 | Hudson, North Carolina | 3,711 | 20.9% |
| 5593 | Eagle Lake, Texas | 3,710 | 1.3% |
| 5594 | Mabank, Texas | 3,705 | 61.3% |
| 5595 | Dannemora, New York | 3,703 | -9.3% |
| 5596 | Quitman, Georgia | 3,703 | -20.6% |
| 5597 | Emerald Isle, North Carolina | 3,702 | 6.2% |
| 5598 | Yellow Springs, Ohio | 3,702 | -1.5% |
| 5599 | Gaylord, Michigan | 3,701 | -0.2% |
| 5600 | Clifton, Arizona | 3,700 | 42.7% |
| 5601 | Stanley, Wisconsin | 3,700 | 94.6% |
| 5602 | Blanding, Utah | 3,696 | 14.0% |
| 5603 | Austin, Arkansas | 3,693 | 508.4% |
| 5604 | Wintersville, Ohio | 3,693 | -5.8% |
| 5605 | Midland, North Carolina | 3,692 | 44.1% |
| 5606 | Gouverneur, New York | 3,690 | -13.2% |
| 5607 | Lowell, North Carolina | 3,688 | 38.1% |
| US Rank | Name | Population | Growth 2000-2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3802 | Mills River | 7,359 | 28.7% |
| 3836 | Gibsonville | 7,257 | 55.2% |
| 3838 | Hillsborough | 7,239 | 31.9% |
| 3855 | Kill Devil Hills | 7,202 | 21.8% |
| 3870 | Forest City | 7,153 | -5.0% |
| 3911 | Unionville | 7,041 | 41.0% |
| 3926 | Oak Ridge | 6,977 | 68.6% |
| 3950 | Selma | 6,913 | 13.3% |
| 3957 | King | 6,877 | 14.0% |
| 4047 | Trinity | 6,627 | -1.4% |
| 4063 | Marvin | 6,592 | 357.7% |
| 4067 | Woodfin | 6,582 | 17.8% |
| 4150 | Carolina Beach | 6,354 | 24.2% |
| 4153 | Hamlet | 6,340 | 2.1% |
| 4221 | Boiling Spring Lakes | 6,137 | 102.5% |
| 4260 | Cherryville | 6,026 | 8.9% |
| 4342 | St. James | 5,837 | 569.3% |
| 4419 | Zebulon | 5,646 | 37.8% |
| 4464 | Nashville | 5,531 | 24.7% |
| 4468 | Bessemer City | 5,527 | 3.6% |
| 4509 | Stokesdale | 5,458 | 66.9% |
| 4558 | Whiteville | 5,340 | 3.4% |
| 4578 | Mocksville | 5,291 | 24.4% |
| 4582 | Wadesboro | 5,287 | -5.5% |
| 4590 | Williamston | 5,273 | -11.2% |
| 4599 | Angier | 5,253 | 55.5% |
| 4633 | Sawmills | 5,186 | 4.8% |
| 4647 | Walkertown | 5,150 | 23.7% |
| 4662 | Ayden | 5,116 | 8.6% |
| 4687 | Erwin | 5,078 | 12.5% |
| 4724 | Archer Lodge | 5,014 | |
| 4750 | Raeford | 4,962 | 29.8% |
| 4780 | Long View | 4,917 | 3.6% |
| 4793 | Pleasant Garden | 4,907 | 3.9% |
| 4819 | Midway | 4,873 | 8.1% |
| 4860 | Ahoskie | 4,801 | -2.6% |
| 4884 | Dallas | 4,750 | 26.4% |
| 4932 | Farmville | 4,677 | 5.5% |
| 4936 | Edenton | 4,668 | -6.4% |
| 4942 | Mount Olive | 4,648 | 2.0% |
| 4950 | Granite Falls | 4,636 | 0.0% |
| 4965 | Newport | 4,603 | 37.3% |
| 4986 | Creedmoor | 4,576 | 89.9% |
| 4992 | Boiling Springs | 4,559 | 17.2% |
| 5032 | Jamestown | 4,490 | 44.8% |
| 5067 | Valdese | 4,438 | -5.5% |
| 5080 | Cramerton | 4,422 | 47.8% |
| 5085 | Wingate | 4,420 | 82.1% |
| 5105 | Beaufort | 4,391 | 15.7% |
| 5113 | Carolina Shores | 4,378 | 132.7% |
| 5150 | Canton | 4,332 | 7.8% |
| 5179 | Pittsboro | 4,287 | 79.8% |
| 5180 | Shallotte | 4,287 | 141.1% |
| 5222 | Spindale | 4,227 | 6.0% |
| 5224 | North Wilkesboro | 4,225 | 1.3% |
| 5234 | China Grove | 4,213 | 14.2% |
| 5276 | Burgaw | 4,140 | 19.6% |
| 5287 | Tabor City | 4,122 | 62.2% |
| 5294 | Randleman | 4,119 | 14.6% |
| 5336 | Rutherfordton | 4,058 | -2.7% |
| 5346 | Trent Woods | 4,045 | -4.2% |
| 5348 | Franklin | 4,042 | 5.8% |
| 5356 | Elkin | 4,036 | -3.4% |
| 5397 | Gamewell | 3,976 | 3.2% |
| 5398 | Weaverville | 3,974 | 35.6% |
| 5418 | Sunset Beach | 3,952 | 86.5% |
| 5461 | Wallace | 3,895 | 16.3% |
| 5496 | Lake Park | 3,837 | 79.2% |
| 5502 | Benson | 3,832 | 27.1% |
| 5503 | Fairview | 3,832 | 24.4% |
| 5509 | Southport | 3,828 | 57.2% |
| 5574 | Stanley | 3,742 | 22.1% |
| 5583 | Eastover | 3,728 | -2.7% |
| 5592 | Hudson | 3,711 | 20.9% |
| 5597 | Emerald Isle | 3,702 | 6.2% |
| 5605 | Midland | 3,692 | 44.1% |
| 5607 | Lowell | 3,688 | 38.1% |
| 5640 | Ranlo | 3,636 | 63.1% |
| 5673 | Lillington | 3,604 | 23.5% |
| 5732 | Louisburg | 3,535 | 10.1% |
| 5738 | Kitty Hawk | 3,530 | 17.7% |
| 5760 | Wilkesboro | 3,498 | 9.3% |
| 5786 | Elizabethtown | 3,469 | -9.2% |
| 5809 | Plymouth | 3,447 | -16.6% |
| 5819 | Red Oak | 3,438 | 25.9% |
| 5827 | Maiden | 3,427 | 4.9% |
| 5871 | Flat Rock | 3,362 | 24.8% |
| 5875 | Red Springs | 3,357 | -3.5% |
| 5884 | Troy | 3,343 | -5.3% |
| 5888 | Windsor | 3,339 | 44.1% |
| 5894 | Whispering Pines | 3,335 | 60.7% |
| 5954 | Swansboro | 3,273 | 85.3% |
| 5986 | Spencer | 3,241 | -3.4% |
| 6011 | Rural Hall | 3,216 | 30.9% |
| 6014 | Locust | 3,209 | 26.0% |
| 6115 | Landis | 3,127 | 2.4% |
| 6125 | Warsaw | 3,115 | 2.0% |
| 6156 | Wallburg | 3,082 | 7.2% |
| 6184 | Mineral Springs | 3,055 | 64.9% |
| 6194 | Murfreesboro | 3,043 | 23.8% |
| 6195 | River Bend | 3,043 | 3.9% |
| 6232 | Pembroke | 3,001 | 9.4% |
| 6241 | Granite Quarry | 2,994 | 33.3% |
| 6287 | Nags Head | 2,940 | 8.4% |
| 6298 | Polkton | 2,925 | 49.1% |
| 6310 | Southern Shores | 2,915 | 31.4% |
| 6327 | Yadkinville | 2,899 | 1.9% |
| 6509 | Cajah's Mountain | 2,736 | 1.1% |
| 6527 | Sylva | 2,724 | 11.8% |
| 6535 | Troutman | 2,720 | 54.0% |
| 6548 | Marshville | 2,712 | 14.0% |
| 6564 | Wentworth | 2,702 | -2.7% |
| 6573 | Wilson's Mills | 2,689 | 96.9% |
| 6586 | Tobaccoville | 2,680 | 17.2% |
| 6626 | Liberty | 2,656 | -0.1% |
| 6628 | Grifton | 2,654 | 17.1% |
| 6643 | La Grange | 2,634 | -7.0% |
| 6661 | Bermuda Run | 2,616 | 83.0% |
| 6666 | Fairmont | 2,611 | 0.1% |
| 6683 | Holly Ridge | 2,598 | 213.0% |
| 6751 | Wrightsville Beach | 2,542 | -1.9% |
| 6805 | Haw River | 2,499 | 31.0% |
| 6808 | Carthage | 2,497 | 25.7% |
| 6858 | Coats | 2,464 | 31.9% |
| 6902 | Norwood | 2,431 | -5.9% |
| 6925 | Surf City | 2,417 | 63.7% |
| 6986 | Mayodan | 2,371 | -3.9% |
| 6992 | Maxton | 2,368 | -12.8% |
| 7052 | St. Pauls | 2,332 | 15.9% |
| 7066 | Laurel Park | 2,321 | 16.9% |
| 7072 | Enfield | 2,314 | -5.5% |
| 7102 | Green Level | 2,295 | 5.6% |
| 7229 | Jonesville | 2,209 | -2.3% |
| 7234 | Calabash | 2,205 | 70.1% |
| 7252 | Four Oaks | 2,190 | 30.8% |
| 7277 | Franklinton | 2,175 | 24.1% |
| 7278 | Taylorsville | 2,174 | 19.6% |
| 7324 | Spruce Pine | 2,148 | 5.5% |
| 7327 | Rockwell | 2,147 | 8.9% |
| 7358 | Navassa | 2,119 | 53.2% |
| 7362 | Madison | 2,118 | -6.4% |
| 7370 | Hertford | 2,113 | 1.8% |
| 7406 | Kure Beach | 2,102 | 35.0% |
| 7476 | Belville | 2,073 | 74.7% |
| 7488 | Cape Carteret | 2,067 | 66.4% |
| 7547 | Mars Hill | 2,032 | 15.0% |
| 7585 | Sharpsburg | 2,014 | -16.8% |
| 7591 | Hildebran | 2,010 | 6.4% |
| 7625 | Yanceyville | 1,994 | -7.5% |
| 7647 | Pine Level | 1,978 | 30.0% |
| 7660 | Badin | 1,969 | 58.9% |
| 7701 | Mount Pleasant | 1,952 | 34.6% |
| 7721 | Princeville | 1,939 | 89.9% |
| 7809 | Oakboro | 1,894 | 57.8% |
| 7857 | Scotland Neck | 1,872 | -20.4% |
| 7902 | Drexel | 1,851 | -3.7% |
| Year | Population | Rank in US |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,702 | 5,597 |
| 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 |