General info

Part of:
United States of America
Entity:
North Carolina
Capital:
Raleigh
Population:
8,661,061 (2005-07-01)
Area:
139,389 sq.km.
ISO code:
us-nc
Region:
Northern America

United States of America  : North Carolina

Administrative units

countiescapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2000-04-01
census		population
2005-07-01
estimate		population
2008-07-01
estimate
source: Bureau of the Census, USA.
note: population figures are from the census of 2000 and the estimates are derived from the this census.
Alamance CountyGraham1,126.05130,800139,480148,053
Alexander CountyTaylorsville681.5333,60335,59036,537
Alleghany CountySparta609.9910,67710,68910,951
Anson CountyWadesboro1,391.1625,27525,48025,162
Ashe CountyJefferson1,105.3624,38425,10825,702
Avery CountyNewland640.2717,16717,78717,884
Beaufort CountyWashington2,483.0044,95845,36846,035
Bertie CountyWindsor1,919.7519,77318,98119,337
Bladen CountyElizabethtown2,297.6632,27832,54532,312
Brunswick CountyBolivia2,719.5173,14388,287103,160
Buncombe CountyAsheville1,708.87206,330218,605229,047
Burke CountyMorganton1,333.5689,14888,58389,361
Cabarrus CountyConcord945.29131,063148,834168,740
Caldwell CountyLenoir1,228.4177,41578,73480,059
Camden CountyCamden791.766,8858,8969,682
Carteret CountyBeaufort3,471.9659,38362,40563,195
Caswell CountyYanceyville1,109.6323,50123,34423,248
Catawba CountyNewton1,070.99141,685150,625157,079
Chatham CountyPittsboro1,836.4349,32957,93563,077
Cherokee CountyMurphy1,208.7024,29825,49726,568
Chowan CountyEdenton604.2714,52614,36114,565
Clay CountyHayesville571.358,7759,69910,389
Cleveland CountyShelby1,213.6796,28797,39899,015
Columbus CountyWhiteville2,469.8154,74953,79454,212
Craven CountyNew Bern2,005.0191,43694,95396,892
Cumberland CountyFayetteville1,705.40302,963305,209312,696
Currituck CountyCurrituck1,361.4318,19022,87424,183
Dare CountyManteo4,044.2929,96733,66333,584
Davidson CountyLexington1,467.93147,246153,116158,166
Davie CountyMocksville691.2434,83538,69440,971
Duplin CountyKenansville2,121.4949,06351,44353,362
Durham CountyDurham771.27223,314243,534262,715
Edgecombe CountyTarboro1,312.0455,60653,39452,682
Forsyth CountyWinston-Salem1,069.46306,067324,430343,028
Franklin CountyLouisburg1,280.9847,26054,23358,927
Gaston CountyGastonia941.56190,365194,668206,679
Gates CountyGatesville895.1010,51611,07411,708
Graham CountyRobbinsville781.147,9937,9537,825
Granville CountyOxford1,389.6848,49853,25757,044
Greene CountySnow Hill688.6518,97419,71320,677
Guilford CountyGreensboro1,703.44421,048444,944472,216
Halifax CountyHalifax1,894.1957,37055,46354,983
Harnett CountyLillington1,557.3691,025102,782112,030
Haywood CountyWaynesville1,436.4654,03355,83756,590
Henderson CountyHendersonville971.3589,17396,359102,367
Hertford CountyWinton933.4822,60123,24123,224
Hoke CountyRaeford1,016.1633,64639,64643,409
Hyde CountySwanquarter3,688.145,8265,3995,181
Iredell CountyStatesville1,546.25122,660140,022155,359
Jackson CountySylva1,280.7533,12135,64636,739
Johnston CountySmithfield2,061.09121,965145,271163,428
Jones CountyTrenton1,225.8910,38110,07710,113
Lee CountySanford671.6649,04055,47059,091
Lenoir CountyKinston1,041.4159,64857,33056,826
Lincoln CountyLincolnton795.2063,78068,99974,746
Macon CountyFranklin1,345.4229,81131,71433,005
Madison CountyMarshall1,169.6119,63519,98820,432
Martin CountyWilliamston1,195.2525,59323,98423,398
McDowell CountyMarion1,156.2042,15143,05443,843
Mecklenburg CountyCharlotte1,414.70695,454799,794890,515
Mitchell CountyBakersville575.3415,68715,79515,784
Montgomery CountyTroy1,299.2426,82227,07927,358
Moore CountyCarthage1,827.6874,76980,84685,608
Nash CountyNashville1,405.5687,42090,41093,674
New Hanover CountyWilmington849.31160,307182,246192,538
Northampton CountyJackson1,426.0722,08621,03920,487
Onslow CountyJacksonville2,353.16150,355158,926165,938
Orange CountyHillsborough1,039.13118,227119,519126,532
Pamlico CountyBayboro1,466.5312,93412,58912,502
Pasquotank CountyElizabeth City749.6534,89738,20641,111
Pender CountyBurgaw2,415.5341,08245,73851,314
Perquimans CountyHertford851.9211,36811,79912,856
Person CountyRoxboro1,046.5935,62336,95537,438
Pitt CountyGreenville1,695.85133,798144,214156,081
Polk CountyColumbus617.9718,32418,81319,074
Randolph CountyAsheboro2,045.91130,454136,587141,186
Richmond CountyRockingham1,242.1146,56445,98446,005
Robeson CountyLumberton2,463.16123,339125,984129,123
Rockingham CountyWentworth1,482.3391,92891,73792,282
Rowan CountySalisbury1,356.79130,340133,671139,225
Rutherford CountyRutherfordton1,465.6762,89962,80263,424
Sampson CountyClinton2,453.8860,16162,29663,927
Scotland CountyLaurinburg830.4535,99836,41236,508
Stanly CountyAlbemarle1,047.0358,10058,43359,614
Stokes CountyDanbury1,180.7544,71145,36146,171
Surry CountyDobson1,392.8771,21971,91272,468
Swain CountyBryson City1,400.2512,96813,27513,512
Transylvania CountyBrevard985.6529,33429,42830,187
Tyrrell CountyColumbia1,554.774,1494,0944,087
Union CountyMonroe1,656.53123,677160,542193,255
Vance CountyHenderson698.8342,95442,86042,891
Wake CountyRaleigh2,220.29627,846753,589866,410
Warren CountyWarrenton1,149.4419,97219,75419,388
Washington CountyPlymouth1,099.1713,72313,10912,946
Watauga CountyBoone809.9742,69543,46045,196
Wayne CountyGoldsboro1,441.82113,329113,203113,671
Wilkes CountyWilkesboro1,968.2165,63266,44466,655
Wilson CountyWilson969.3373,81475,40577,527
Yadkin CountyYadkinville874.1036,34837,27637,954
Yancey CountyBurnsville810.9517,77418,01618,503
total 139,389.308,049,3138,661,0619,222,414