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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC_SWMMAR_FY2024-25_CountyPerCapitaDivision of Waste ManagementNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality County Population MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina Base Year Per Capita Rate % Change from 1991-1992 1991-1992July 2024 2020-20212022-20232024-2025 1991-1992 2024-2025 2024-2025*2021-2022 MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina from FY2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025 FY 2023-2024 183,229 187,028 180,116 169,901 166,616 153,229 99,302 0.91 1.02 12%Alamance 36,401 30,764 28,693 28,814 29,270 28,255 25,716 0.90 0.85 -6%Alexander 11,619 16,769 12,079 11,752 12,009 11,330 14,131 1.45 1.44 0%Alleghany 21,534 28,705 34,243 70,275 34,965 27,612 14,229 0.61 1.33 119%Anson 26,800 43,510 25,074 23,427 25,332 24,648 18,089 0.81 1.62 100%Ashe 17,545 42,769 21,983 17,273 22,726 23,813 11,130 0.74 2.44 229%Avery 43,945 51,156 43,025 44,268 43,649 45,550 41,796 0.99 1.16 18%Beaufort 16,688 23,473 31,421 18,860 46,540 18,905 17,372 0.86 1.41 64%Bertie 29,427 72,323 46,566 74,806 66,145 62,486 25,048 0.86 2.46 186%Bladen 168,153 211,894 213,606 208,406 196,190 217,430 78,123 1.48 1.26 -15%Brunswick 280,032 645,934 340,170 318,506 288,611 352,181 159,040 0.90 2.31 156%Buncombe 90,613 96,249 80,254 81,966 78,703 80,856 78,006 1.02 1.06 4%Burke 246,620 359,395 354,708 318,602 294,511 303,333 95,215 0.94 1.46 55%Cabarrus 82,336 98,819 89,205 94,920 95,900 98,540 65,532 0.92 1.20 30%Caldwell 10,702 4,813 4,754 5,026 5,125 5,081 1,850 0.31 0.45 45%Camden 70,807 152,793 151,172 147,878 131,060 130,709 86,894 1.62 2.16 33%Carteret 22,462 630 1,343 4,986 10,704 9,516 5,136 0.25 0.03 -89%Caswell 168,055 252,245 241,280 255,543 222,495 230,450 151,559 1.26 1.50 19%Catawba 82,762 75,144 126,433 199,658 110,600 41,523 33,235 0.84 0.91 8%Chatham 29,921 18,796 17,636 17,266 18,758 20,852 16,020 0.78 0.63 -19%Cherokee 13,783 15,661 17,725 17,384 18,570 17,889 13,692 0.99 1.14 15%Chowan 11,934 6,116 5,824 5,373 5,989 5,710 4,172 0.57 0.51 -10%Clay 101,137 177,478 170,911 191,690 249,768 219,971 73,138 0.86 1.75 104%Cleveland 50,993 56,459 45,423 38,768 42,655 47,164 45,199 0.91 1.11 22%Columbus 103,220 160,179 120,827 145,547 152,744 96,941 86,549 1.05 1.55 48%Craven 337,971 525,386 472,421 443,143 378,993 419,958 227,302 0.81 1.55 92%Cumberland North Carolina Solid Waste (July 2024 to June 2025) - County Per Capita Report Page 1 of 4Report Printed: 2/6/2026 County Population MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina Base Year Per Capita Rate % Change from 1991-1992 1991-1992July 2024 2020-20212022-20232024-2025 1991-1992 2024-2025 2024-2025*2021-2022 MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina from FY2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025 FY 2023-2024 32,142 67,086 64,197 4,770 15,975 30,034 13,792 1.00 2.09 109%Currituck 38,121 91,499 98,176 97,814 97,800 99,123 51,300 2.23 2.40 8%Dare 178,569 174,002 156,789 167,526 184,657 184,344 139,617 1.08 0.97 -10%Davidson 44,812 28,345 31,151 33,372 35,443 37,531 19,348 0.68 0.63 -7%Davie 49,768 112,145 119,734 109,655 90,522 86,237 33,310 0.82 2.25 175%Duplin 340,677 503,950 510,374 386,548 367,219 524,081 218,972 1.17 1.48 26%Durham 48,495 60,308 58,099 67,725 68,729 67,761 71,471 1.25 1.24 -1%Edgecombe 395,597 603,688 522,911 481,544 477,857 543,944 304,290 1.14 1.53 34%Forsyth 80,364 90,311 82,457 55,909 73,792 51,532 28,702 0.76 1.12 48%Franklin 244,074 394,772 391,432 313,290 372,008 362,287 165,100 0.93 1.62 74%Gaston 10,284 7,771 7,617 7,878 8,540 8,852 5,897 0.63 0.76 20%Gates 8,006 6,775 7,296 66 7,225 7,078 4,508 0.62 0.85 36%Graham 62,447 63,897 57,724 54,645 50,929 64,230 54,548 1.39 1.02 -26%Granville 20,188 13,664 10,262 11,529 10,304 15,070 7,428 0.48 0.68 41%Greene 554,791 881,030 829,740 807,328 806,989 781,197 471,541 1.35 1.59 18%Guilford 46,203 67,907 66,268 50,390 90,963 87,535 54,907 0.98 1.47 50%Halifax 144,870 144,340 124,234 125,307 135,004 125,964 69,073 1.01 1.00 -1%Harnett 64,378 89,382 86,960 81,089 101,343 83,282 57,842 1.21 1.39 15%Haywood 122,073 165,097 139,813 130,918 38,539 65,086 81,498 1.14 1.35 19%Henderson 18,516 73,877 62,700 19,940 56,087 21,435 14,288 0.63 3.99 533%Hertford 55,631 44,154 48,818 43,754 40,670 39,203 18,331 0.80 0.79 -1%Hoke 4,635 6,744 7,322 7,459 4,836 4,984 2,762 0.50 1.46 191%Hyde 206,051 265,014 254,193 251,076 283,614 276,569 114,539 1.19 1.29 8%Iredell 44,654 42,344 42,277 36,308 37,344 39,597 18,661 0.68 0.95 39%Jackson 248,941 181,101 188,508 188,891 177,006 215,143 74,169 0.88 0.73 -17%Johnston 9,258 4,087 4,255 -54,057 6,424 5,645 4,360 0.47 0.44 -6%Jones 68,750 111,437 101,484 73,070 71,648 105,728 48,341 1.16 1.62 40%Lee 53,980 81,969 82,675 82,614 54,692 69,332 67,693 1.17 1.52 30%Lenoir North Carolina Solid Waste (July 2024 to June 2025) - County Per Capita Report Page 2 of 4Report Printed: 2/6/2026 County Population MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina Base Year Per Capita Rate % Change from 1991-1992 1991-1992July 2024 2020-20212022-20232024-2025 1991-1992 2024-2025 2024-2025*2021-2022 MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina from FY2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025 FY 2023-2024 97,203 76,402 81,106 81,767 68,597 75,157 44,442 0.87 0.79 -10%Lincoln 38,515 48,759 43,739 41,609 43,484 40,777 19,738 0.82 1.27 54%Macon 21,840 17,713 12,194 12,728 12,827 12,674 11,676 0.68 0.81 19%Madison 20,998 24,473 16,821 23,810 24,366 26,819 30,112 1.19 1.17 -2%Martin 44,665 169,428 48,636 44,259 43,822 46,767 29,180 0.82 3.79 363%McDowell 1,180,037 1,822,613 1,652,709 1,755,493 1,765,703 1,639,517 677,573 1.29 1.54 20%Mecklenburg 14,680 51,848 15,984 14,984 14,149 13,247 15,768 1.11 3.53 218%Mitchell 26,012 36,019 37,936 42,249 51,784 49,627 28,873 1.23 1.38 13%Montgomery 110,469 115,762 108,834 106,689 105,338 104,386 74,062 1.23 1.05 -15%Moore 98,544 151,050 138,208 107,536 111,341 140,545 84,594 1.09 1.53 41%Nash 242,785 433,839 434,176 410,337 402,416 413,138 157,647 1.28 1.79 40%New Hanover 16,362 9,435 9,226 9,493 9,490 14,042 19,528 0.94 0.58 -39%Northampton 215,940 254,394 273,405 349,425 335,022 260,934 158,344 1.04 1.18 13%Onslow 152,383 74,733 75,387 84,452 75,140 96,571 131,067 1.36 0.49 -64%Orange 12,723 22,872 21,864 20,603 17,302 16,628 8,541 0.75 1.80 140%Pamlico 41,353 56,266 55,533 19,376 52,596 24,468 30,150 0.97 1.36 40%Pasquotank 69,351 55,070 63,520 52,502 46,680 45,379 18,188 0.60 0.79 32%Pender 13,417 28,872 24,807 7,953 6,219 23,344 7,520 0.73 2.15 195%Perquimans 39,721 34,423 34,466 37,903 50,554 52,451 24,249 0.80 0.87 8%Person 175,285 199,378 151,047 165,432 172,395 193,026 132,896 1.21 1.14 -6%Pitt 19,819 22,439 28,208 24,198 24,528 22,987 9,327 0.63 1.13 80%Polk 147,760 115,781 125,871 130,499 126,724 125,751 78,663 0.73 0.78 7%Randolph 41,730 69,783 69,750 70,977 65,362 67,469 60,752 1.35 1.67 24%Richmond 116,273 162,645 165,254 197,793 185,047 181,971 104,700 0.99 1.40 41%Robeson 92,416 244,742 136,588 150,600 149,807 136,795 71,481 0.83 2.65 219%Rockingham 153,675 230,423 223,376 185,054 207,496 199,527 90,081 0.80 1.50 87%Rowan 65,075 63,525 60,816 55,736 62,981 67,976 89,175 1.56 0.98 -37%Rutherford 60,164 76,115 57,828 66,125 65,614 67,679 33,545 0.70 1.27 81%Sampson North Carolina Solid Waste (July 2024 to June 2025) - County Per Capita Report Page 3 of 4Report Printed: 2/6/2026 County Population MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina Base Year Per Capita Rate % Change from 1991-1992 1991-1992July 2024 2020-20212022-20232024-2025 1991-1992 2024-2025 2024-2025*2021-2022 MSW and CD Tons Generated in North Carolina from FY2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025 FY 2023-2024 33,360 43,336 31,748 31,629 36,643 42,855 39,867 1.17 1.30 11%Scotland 65,293 131,498 109,229 78,065 84,753 79,432 69,288 1.32 2.01 53%Stanly 45,743 15,376 13,928 15,086 17,327 11,515 17,976 0.47 0.34 -28%Stokes 71,772 70,257 70,999 68,187 66,716 67,676 73,595 1.18 0.98 -17%Surry 13,741 10,898 9,524 9,679 9,516 9,619 5,651 0.50 0.79 59%Swain 33,406 42,579 31,151 37,810 34,516 32,258 30,072 1.16 1.27 10%Transylvania 3,479 2,911 2,556 2,363 2,461 2,537 2,985 0.79 0.84 6%Tyrrell 265,730 457,246 406,305 478,799 380,424 378,443 77,842 0.90 1.72 91%Union 41,240 59,719 54,380 47,558 44,334 57,296 43,267 1.11 1.45 30%Vance 1,216,309 1,557,814 1,589,445 1,700,314 1,826,769 1,704,283 569,622 1.29 1.28 -1%Wake 18,671 1,246 1,009 2,396 9,309 9,515 10,978 0.63 0.07 -89%Warren 10,422 9,818 9,589 9,949 7,709 8,946 11,699 0.84 0.94 12%Washington 55,025 73,973 82,288 87,406 63,415 68,316 36,755 0.99 1.34 36%Watauga 118,671 207,670 233,298 142,216 188,043 145,265 106,149 1.00 1.75 75%Wayne 66,296 98,855 87,605 84,395 67,846 61,469 58,818 0.97 1.49 54%Wilkes 78,937 183,013 210,634 135,466 148,315 214,120 120,870 1.82 2.32 27%Wilson 37,722 26,959 36,607 33,223 35,370 41,846 20,779 0.67 0.71 7%Yadkin 18,555 21,452 33,787 16,481 16,262 27,537 15,576 1.01 1.16 14%Yancey 25,153 15,968 16,889 16,322 19,054N.C. Waste - Cherokee Reservation 748,752 268,779 179,219 156,839 110,645N.C. Waste - Unspecified County State Totals 10,978,531 7,257,42813,949,01714,024,45314,037,10814,500,479 1.07 1.47 38% * Percent Change formula: (current year per capita minus base year per capita) divided by base year per capita 16,188,508 Totals include waste generated in North Carolina that was disposed in out-of-state facilities ** 633,989 Tons of this are known to be Debris from Hurricane Helene North Carolina Solid Waste (July 2024 to June 2025) - County Per Capita Report Page 4 of 4Report Printed: 2/6/2026