Population Rowan County’s population is about 130,000 people. Approximately 20% of the residents live in the City of Salisbury, 13% in the other towns and the rest in unincorporated sections of the County.   2000 2005 Annual Growth Rate 2010 (estimated) Annual Growth Rate Population 130,340 130,457 0.02% 138,271 0.43% Households 49,940 52,380 0.98% 53,582 0.50% Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing & 2005 American Community Survey. ESRI forecast for 2010. Municipality 2000 China Grove town 3,616 Cleveland town 808 East Spencer town 1,755 Faith town 695 Granite Quarry town 2,175 Landis town 2,996 Rockwell town 1,971 Salisbury city 26,462 Spencer town 3,355 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing & 2005 American Community Survey. ESRI forecast for 2010.   Back to Demographics & Statistics