Huntersville had 431 people on it's first census in 1890. The most significant increase was between 1990 (5,013) and 2000 (16,371). The current census for 2020 has the Town's population at 61,376 - which is a 99.3% increase from our first census!
| year | population | % increase | # increase |
| 2020 | 61,376 | 20.5% | 12,603 |
| 2010 | 48,773 | 66.4% | 32,402 |
| 2000 | 16,371 | 69.4% | 11,358 |
| 1990 | 5,013 | 24.5% | 1,227 |
| 1980 | 3,786 | 59.4% | 2,248 |
| 1970 | 1,538 | 34.7% | 534 |
| 1960 | 1,004 | 8.8% | 88 |
| 1950 | 916 | 16.7% | 153 |
| 1940 | 763 | -4.8% | -37 |
| 1930 | 800 | -4.1% | -33 |
| 1920 | 833 | 29.1% | 242 |
| 1910 | 591 | 9.8% | 58 |
| 1900 | 533 | 19.1% | 102 |
| 1890 | 431 |
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