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Principle Cities of North Carolina

Counties of North Carolina

North Carolina, often called the Tar Heel State, is a diverse and captivating state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, Georgia to the southwest, and South Carolina to the south, North Carolina is known for its stunning natural landscapes, rich history, and vibrant culture.

One of North Carolina's most iconic features is its picturesque coastline, stretching over 300 miles along the Atlantic Ocean. The state's coastal region is called the Outer Banks and is famous for its sandy beaches, historic lighthouses, and charming seaside towns. Visitors can explore attractions such as the Wright Brothers National Memorial, which commemorates the first powered flight by the Wright brothers in 1903, or visit the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which offers opportunities for fishing, birdwatching, and beachcombing amidst its pristine beaches and dunes.

Inland, North Carolina has several stunning mountain ranges, including the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. The Blue Ridge Parkway, one of America's most scenic drives, winds through the state's western region, offering breathtaking views of the mountains, forests, and valleys below. Visitors can explore attractions such as Grandfather Mountain, Chimney Rock State Park, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which offer hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing opportunities amidst stunning natural scenery.

North Carolina's vibrant cities offer a mix of cultural attractions, dining options, and entertainment venues. Charlotte, the largest city in the state, is known for its thriving banking industry, NASCAR Hall of Fame, and vibrant arts scene. Raleigh, the state capital, is home to several world-class museums and cultural institutions, including the North Carolina Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and the North Carolina Museum of History. Nearby Durham, home to Duke University, offers a vibrant culinary scene, with a wide range of restaurants serving everything from barbecue and fried chicken to farm-to-table cuisine.

Throughout North Carolina, visitors will encounter warm hospitality, friendly locals, and a strong sense of community. Whether exploring its natural wonders, experiencing its rich cultural heritage, or enjoying its vibrant cities, visitors to the Tar Heel State will be captivated by its timeless charm and beauty.

County Statistics: STI: PopStats

City Name↑↓	Population↑↓	Density↑↓	White↑↓	Black↑↓	Asian↑↓	Hispanic↑↓	Education↑↓	Income↑↓	SSA↑↓	Poverty↑↓	Land Area↑↓
Albemarle	16,444	928.74	63.33	24.41	3.25	6.53	32.6	51,673	38.73	21.59	17.7058
Apex	65,541	2,615.49	66.29	7.71	14.82	6.43	75.57	129,688	16.13	2.87	25.0588
Asheboro	27,117	1,434.68	53.24	13.35	1.05	28.32	27.51	44,405	33.79	21.63	18.9011
Asheville	93,695	2,060.57	78.39	10.39	1.48	6.16	58.8	63,810	34.41	13.32	45.4705
Boone	19,368	3,058.32	87.9	2.55	2.27	4.67	54.06	28,242	13.1	55.9	6.3329
Burlington	56,951	1,881.77	48	28.37	2.44	17.54	38.6	52,963	30.84	18.71	30.2645
Carrboro	21,242	3,280.41	65.1	12.87	9.05	8.06	75.33	76,933	14.67	11.74	6.4754
Cary	174,880	2,917.66	59.18	8.02	20.85	7.83	76.87	125,317	20.96	5.18	59.9384
Chapel Hill	58,919	2,728.24	64.65	10.32	13.38	6.77	81.51	85,940	22.88	18.57	21.596
Charlotte	875,045	2,822.56	39.7	34.74	6.49	15.32	54.57	74,070	19.37	11.7	310.018
Clayton	26,837	1,665.1	58.04	23.51	0.84	13.81	47.62	71,698	26.97	7.84	16.1173
Clemmons	21,281	1,782.06	78.03	6.19	5.5	6	60.08	75,667	34.44	6.76	11.9418
Concord	105,335	1,645.8	54	21.71	5.97	13.87	49.39	83,480	25.49	7.52	64.0024
Cornelius	31,396	2,480.53	82.59	4.74	2.63	6.05	67.92	107,969	30.16	5.16	12.657
Davidson	15,199	2,398.39	80.87	8.18	2.64	3.45	79.36	140,938	22.79	5.88	6.3372
Durham	284,094	2,462.6	40.7	35.82	5.69	13.3	60.95	74,710	21.66	12.61	115.363
Eden	15,349	1,079.43	59.54	28.48	1.43	6.07	23.33	43,607	37.14	22.17	14.2196
Elizabeth City	18,570	1,586.33	36.9	48.58	1.38	8.55	37.28	50,155	38.1	18.95	11.7062
Fayetteville	208,697	1,407.66	35.03	41.39	3.1	12.87	39.83	53,424	25.85	18.75	148.258
Fuquay-Varina	35,428	1,900.04	68.08	15.68	1.87	9.15	62.09	94,142	25.13	10.6	18.6459
Garner	31,684	1,734.09	58.42	24.11	1.61	11.07	55.1	77,171	29.8	5.42	18.2712
Gastonia	80,615	1,550.59	53.76	29.7	1.14	10.44	37.43	58,047	32.97	14.74	51.99
Goldsboro	33,566	1,174.03	34.1	54.42	1.77	5.08	33.14	44,196	39.04	20.94	28.5904
Graham	17,136	1,644.35	53.53	23.66	0.69	18.02	32.24	51,482	31.84	19.15	10.4212
Greensboro	297,202	2,261.63	38.6	42.56	5.32	8.99	48.68	55,051	25.68	18.05	131.41
Greenville	87,894	2,347.57	49.1	40.02	2.86	4.21	52.88	47,485	18.34	25.24	37.4404
Harrisburg	18,934	1,650.96	55.85	17.61	12.6	9.52	62.61	134,767	18.85	2.86	11.4685
Havelock	16,759	980.83	57.4	15.79	4.06	16.52	34.27	56,492	18.79	13.83	17.0865
Hendersonville	15,102	2,038.76	81.18	6.53	0.33	6.97	49.84	50,198	46.56	16.58	7.4074
Hickory	43,352	1,396.61	65.49	13.22	4.01	13.18	47.34	58,251	31.93	16.59	31.0409
High Point	114,120	2,005.38	45.63	31.84	7.72	10.69	42.81	58,582	31.9	15.39	56.9069
Holly Springs	42,023	2,263.54	73.28	9.53	6.17	6.19	72.64	127,755	16.61	4.86	18.5652
Hope Mills	17,671	2,084.06	41.66	33.26	1.27	14.78	35.7	57,864	24.6	16.24	8.4791
Huntersville	61,202	1,480.36	71.32	12.97	4.57	7.19	65.23	112,893	22.34	4.24	41.3426
Indian Trail	40,325	1,801.51	71.82	8.92	3.27	11.26	49.94	95,101	20.53	4.15	22.384
Jacksonville	71,908	1,473.45	53.22	17.74	2.68	19.24	35.57	50,185	18.38	15.45	48.8025
Kannapolis	53,314	1,591.52	58.65	21.91	2.31	12.22	37.32	66,487	29.46	11.68	33.4988
Kernersville	27,177	1,501.4	68.04	16.74	1.74	11.43	46.82	66,151	30.76	12.17	18.1011
Kinston	19,704	1,078.12	22.28	68.82	1.04	3.09	24.62	35,653	47.71	28.24	18.2762
Knightdale	19,127	2,252.0	35.93	47.14	2.74	8.64	53.99	79,364	19.55	6.87	8.4933
Leland	24,473	1,096.08	82.41	8.74	0.65	4.38	52.54	82,651	46.45	4.62	22.3277
Lenoir	18,301	878.8	70.55	13.74	0.49	11.92	26.7	44,802	44.68	16	20.8251
Lexington	19,595	1,019.53	44.58	30.75	3.56	16.39	20.47	36,868	36.14	21.01	19.2196
Lumberton	19,099	1,075.44	37.03	36.57	1.4	9.36	32.59	41,314	34.53	29.38	17.7592
Matthews	29,613	1,730.28	71.99	12.03	6.02	6.22	59.78	103,405	31.44	4.76	17.1146
Mebane	17,899	1,626.12	57.12	24.41	4.42	5.38	46.69	78,419	25.12	9.13	11.0072
Mint Hill	26,537	1,086.94	71.98	15.22	3.82	6.26	49.61	92,102	34.67	8.33	24.4144
Monroe	34,897	1,128.69	44.08	22.95	0.62	28	28.61	63,982	30.5	11.7	30.9182
Mooresville	50,025	1,886.94	74.36	10.35	4.96	6.51	54.07	82,622	24.33	7.64	26.5112
Morganton	17,457	907.14	59.95	13.26	2.28	20.2	35.29	47,715	38.35	28	19.244
Morrisville	29,756	3,370.9	35.94	11.54	42.5	4.13	77.83	114,075	12.78	5.8	8.8273
Mount Holly	17,644	1,573.24	72.63	14.25	4.68	5.94	47.52	73,923	23.7	8.29	11.2151
Murraysville	16,672	1,935.42	73.69	10.31	1.45	8.13	57.67	76,154	24.45	3.6	8.6142
New Bern	31,373	1,102.48	54	30.57	5.1	6.38	39.78	55,673	40.85	16.54	28.4569
Pinehurst	17,653	1,056.47	88.56	1.54	1.99	2.66	70.35	102,917	53.75	3.51	16.7094
Raleigh	465,517	3,133.86	52.47	27.46	4.52	11.61	60.05	78,631	20.66	11.81	148.544
Roanoke Rapids	15,143	1,527.59	51.79	33.99	1.32	6	30.76	45,732	34.62	20.39	9.913
Rocky Mount	54,260	1,214.32	28.84	62.02	1.25	4.29	31.99	50,092	35.89	19.63	44.6834
Salisbury	35,437	1,608.82	48.56	36.54	1.3	10.3	34.08	48,888	35.55	23.32	22.0267
Sanford	30,373	1,027.12	40.39	25.26	1.37	30.1	33.95	52,951	27.83	21.51	29.5711
Shelby	21,712	971.29	54.99	33.48	1.18	4.08	38.32	46,176	42.33	18.28	22.3539
Southern Pines	15,701	893.84	73.22	13.29	2.97	7.8	63.73	81,867	34.34	9.75	17.5657
Stallings	16,193	1,932.91	74.46	9.83	4.68	8.35	57.84	99,451	29.76	4.6	8.3775
Statesville	28,576	1,128.39	50.54	28.47	2.15	15.08	38.37	51,784	31.87	18.49	25.3245
Thomasville	27,130	1,617.88	60.19	17.84	0.72	16.13	23.86	48,457	34.9	20.65	16.7688
Wake Forest	48,047	2,461.63	67.44	17.89	2.29	7.87	68.32	115,159	24.08	3.02	19.5184
Waxhaw	20,665	1,703.56	70.79	8.03	5.85	10.15	64.56	124,711	23.46	3.77	12.1305
Wilmington	116,933	2,274.74	71.54	16.07	1.28	7	54.27	58,908	29.46	17.79	51.4051
Wilson	47,767	1,528.84	34.74	49.09	1.14	12.14	31.22	46,891	36.09	23.95	31.244
Winston-Salem	249,571	1,869.01	44.93	32.43	2.46	16.56	43.24	54,416	31.08	18.41	133.531

Color Schemes:

Population

County Name↑↓	Population↑↓	Density↑↓	White↑↓	Black↑↓	Asian↑↓	Hispanic↑↓	Education↑↓	Income↑↓	SSA↑↓	Poverty↑↓	Land Area↑↓
Alamance	183,028	432.23	60.62	19.41	1.63	13.92	37.87	64,230	20.52	13.33	423.452
Alexander	37,110	142.74	85.25	5.01	1.12	4.97	26.64	64,781	25.41	11.52	259.985
Alleghany	11,722	49.92	85.48	1.4	0.22	10.82	30.74	48,361	32.38	17.04	234.835
Anson	22,405	42.16	47.04	45.08	1.27	3.67	21.41	44,345	27.32	17.26	531.461
Ashe	27,960	65.59	91.22	0.73	0.43	5.4	33.74	53,170	31.12	16.09	426.264
Avery	18,158	73.41	87.52	3.54	0.4	5.31	31.61	58,136	26.64	11.99	247.338
Beaufort	45,936	55.16	65.99	22.75	0.3	8.05	31.96	59,366	32.88	16.69	832.736
Bertie	17,882	25.58	35.58	59.36	0.6	1.66	23.96	47,552	33.41	22.84	699.176
Bladen	30,071	34.37	53.39	33.55	0.23	8.12	29.5	45,874	28.94	27.24	875.032
Brunswick	166,969	196.42	81.16	8.48	0.63	5.29	44.15	77,664	34.67	9.44	850.083
Buncombe	280,377	427.08	81.07	5.61	1.21	7.54	51.65	73,506	22.88	11.48	656.497
Burke	89,933	177.65	79.63	5.53	3.56	7.49	32.07	58,500	25.73	15.94	506.237
Cabarrus	245,705	680.19	60.24	18.55	5.15	11.46	46.36	86,422	15.62	8.68	361.232
Caldwell	81,439	172.58	84.99	4.58	0.61	6.16	27.56	56,537	26.29	13.1	471.888
Camden	11,066	46.05	79.07	9.14	1.24	3.41	37.91	84,508	21.55	7.48	240.33
Carteret	70,688	139.26	85.48	4.49	1.03	4.58	43.27	70,051	30.09	10.81	507.604
Caswell	23,313	54.81	61.32	30.46	0.59	4.5	27.11	62,193	28.25	14.19	425.367
Catawba	167,324	416.88	73.17	7.97	4.14	10.41	37.31	65,145	23.89	12.51	401.374
Chatham	83,785	122.91	70.99	10.06	1.92	12.52	57.45	94,674	25.75	9.52	681.679
Cherokee	31,761	69.72	89.12	1.39	0.54	3.33	36.44	52,931	35.13	15.14	455.541
Chowan	14,084	81.57	60.44	32.8	0.19	3.54	33.64	56,772	31.67	18.11	172.657
Clay	12,180	56.66	91.04	0.81	0.71	3.92	40.93	62,099	38.18	18.46	214.983
Cleveland	102,349	220.46	70.94	20.13	0.94	4.08	32.57	55,695	25.94	18.1	464.25
Columbus	51,176	54.55	58.89	28.82	0.4	5.4	26.09	46,456	28.23	21.13	938.121
Craven	104,537	147.95	65	20.25	2.74	7.28	37.38	64,926	25.49	14.14	706.573
Cumberland	342,004	524.1	40.36	36.84	2.54	12.08	38.08	58,562	18.19	16.86	652.556
Currituck	32,202	122.95	84.69	5.1	0.88	4.47	37.13	87,696	19.91	8.29	261.909
Dare	38,477	100.4	86.16	2.35	0.59	7.33	51.79	86,728	26.78	5.62	383.229
Davidson	178,264	322.25	77.57	9.38	1.46	7.94	31.12	61,316	23.19	13.34	553.178
Davie	45,433	172.29	82.34	4.89	0.7	7.65	36.36	72,183	25.4	9.89	263.699
Duplin	50,407	61.87	52	22.21	0.38	21.82	26.82	53,411	23.45	15.71	814.72
Durham	343,347	1,198.32	42.13	33.43	5.37	14.53	59.49	80,967	14.87	10.82	286.525
Edgecombe	49,719	98.37	35.88	55.41	0.23	5.51	25.84	49,677	26.71	20.35	505.436
Forsyth	399,452	979.41	55.15	24.63	2.44	13.77	44.7	64,559	19.96	14.27	407.851
Franklin	79,319	161.28	62.06	23.1	0.69	9.73	34.72	75,375	18.56	10.17	491.802
Gaston	241,928	680.05	68.73	17.02	1.66	8.28	36.76	66,142	20.5	13.12	355.752
Gates	10,591	31.09	63.41	30.12	0.13	2.59	18.93	60,525	26.74	13.8	340.612
Graham	8,431	28.88	85.73	0.56	0.13	3.49	26.15	52,138	28.28	14.07	291.966
Granville	63,447	119.26	56.41	28.76	0.65	9.61	34.06	70,609	21.24	12.93	531.991
Greene	20,939	78.5	46.61	33.72	0.13	14.92	23.22	52,369	19.77	20.67	266.734
Guilford	557,958	863.82	48.19	33.01	5.19	9.11	47.52	66,543	18.56	14.45	645.922
Halifax	48,649	67.22	38.65	50.94	0.73	3.18	24.95	45,132	31.25	25.67	723.738
Harnett	144,920	243.59	59.62	19.78	1.04	13.87	35.85	68,645	16.48	14.58	594.933
Haywood	63,850	115.34	90.49	0.93	0.49	4.6	41.57	61,094	30.91	12.2	553.56
Henderson	121,289	325.22	80.38	2.98	1.18	11.91	44.53	68,842	29.21	11.69	372.949
Hertford	21,593	61.14	31.83	56.76	0.82	6.42	26.1	48,592	27.21	19.43	353.164
Hoke	55,507	142.27	37.99	31.78	1.37	14.8	34.83	61,333	16.02	18.17	390.153
Hyde	4,707	7.69	60.61	26.79	0.08	9.62	26.08	47,270	27.11	22.78	612.345
Iredell	204,666	356.31	73.81	11.38	2.58	8.21	43.42	78,362	19.09	9.48	574.409
Jackson	45,968	93.6	76.83	1.81	1.14	7.19	41.85	56,221	20.9	20.1	491.107
Johnston	248,475	313.72	64.54	15.53	0.79	14.81	40.86	80,062	16.19	10.52	792.017
Jones	9,426	20.0	62.48	27.81	0.73	4.94	25.94	57,720	29.2	18.75	471.368
Lee	67,597	265.02	57.91	17.49	1.11	19.63	34.48	64,325	20.55	15.19	255.062
Lenoir	55,914	140.1	48.89	39.04	0.7	8.21	28.32	45,668	27.74	21.43	399.087
Lincoln	96,761	327.06	83.37	5.19	0.8	7.22	38.53	82,014	20.83	9.89	295.847
McDowell	46,009	104.58	85.92	3.68	0.94	6.45	30.97	56,440	28.33	14.88	439.954
Macon	38,860	75.37	86.28	0.85	0.77	8.86	34.25	53,613	32.89	16.91	515.579
Madison	22,829	50.77	91.89	0.96	0.39	3.05	39.03	63,651	27.19	15.4	449.615
Martin	22,279	48.81	52.01	40.79	0.57	4.04	28.44	47,971	30.83	22.04	456.412
Mecklenburg	1,189,494	2,271.74	44.68	30.33	6.29	14.5	55.99	84,221	12.74	9.79	523.605
Mitchell	15,334	69.31	90.99	0.55	0.35	5.3	33.26	57,287	31.64	16.16	221.251
Montgomery	26,541	54.0	64.16	16.77	1.57	14.48	31.83	60,467	24.37	15.2	491.537
Moore	107,672	154.33	75.97	10.57	1.24	7.16	51.97	81,678	26.39	9.94	697.68
Nash	98,086	181.49	49.25	38.6	0.86	7.57	34.32	60,887	24.48	15.15	540.444
New Hanover	244,223	1,270.31	75.57	11.72	1.4	6.84	54.49	74,249	21.03	12.58	192.255
Northampton	17,419	32.46	39.76	53.75	0.12	2.31	28.93	49,316	33.74	21.83	536.695
Onslow	217,218	285.03	64.7	13.02	2.02	13.17	36.04	64,816	14.76	12.59	762.075
Orange	152,279	383.03	66.5	10.6	8.19	9.82	69.27	91,690	15.75	12.94	397.559
Pamlico	13,046	38.77	74.51	17.48	0.55	4.19	33.33	60,985	34.46	14	336.515
Pasquotank	42,201	186.0	53.41	35.38	1.19	5.74	36.39	64,658	22.72	13.9	226.882
Pender	70,001	80.34	75.37	11.7	0.55	7.68	41	80,975	21.56	11.06	871.296
Perquimans	13,692	55.39	71.39	21.6	0.34	2.72	29.19	62,768	31.87	11.59	247.173
Person	40,505	103.24	65.39	25.08	0.37	5.15	28.91	61,763	26.37	17.76	392.34
Pitt	178,021	272.89	51.89	35.37	1.75	7.07	46.66	60,159	19.01	19.24	652.366
Polk	20,419	85.91	86.05	4.27	0.25	5.5	43.48	65,468	34.12	11.71	237.687
Randolph	148,170	189.39	76.58	5.69	1.31	12.62	27.03	59,164	23.79	13.69	782.337
Richmond	43,268	91.34	55.61	30.25	0.84	7.16	29.26	46,554	26.67	22.41	473.689
Robeson	119,689	126.35	24.8	22.87	0.73	9.74	24.82	41,878	23.8	27.01	947.295
Rockingham	93,838	165.9	70.79	17.83	0.54	6.53	26.08	53,535	27.58	18.54	565.642
Rowan	154,578	302.14	69.03	15.74	1.02	10.43	31.42	62,800	22.16	14.83	511.608
Rutherford	66,554	117.7	81.72	8.6	0.52	4.99	31.57	54,143	27.57	18	565.437
Sampson	60,425	63.88	50.65	24.32	0.44	20.35	26.23	53,827	23.76	19.17	945.93
Scotland	34,516	108.15	41.37	38.87	0.69	3.46	25.16	45,658	26.23	23.87	319.141
Stanly	67,537	170.95	79.02	10.97	1.84	4.82	31.58	64,848	23.33	12.86	395.079
Stokes	45,962	102.29	89.27	3.99	0.2	3.47	27.62	60,222	28.86	12.28	449.345
Surry	72,209	135.57	81.77	3.44	0.55	11.72	30.14	55,660	26.38	18.77	532.645
Swain	15,403	29.19	60.02	0.93	0.45	5.47	31.68	56,962	29.12	17.1	527.729
Transylvania	34,021	89.92	88.25	3.64	0.29	4.3	46.55	67,556	31.29	13.27	378.358
Tyrrell	3,301	8.45	58.01	29.78	0.67	9.18	20.55	53,228	28.78	16.53	390.777
Union	264,786	418.48	68.78	10.98	3.91	12.12	47.6	100,160	14.45	6.74	632.736
Vance	43,380	171.87	39.04	48.35	0.78	8.53	27.08	51,916	26.36	17.39	252.396
Wake	1,213,779	1,454.35	57.65	18.57	8.35	10.89	63.9	102,659	13.28	8.05	834.587
Warren	19,252	44.84	38.31	48.15	0.46	4.12	27.06	46,770	26.6	19.61	429.391
Washington	11,023	31.81	44.12	48.06	0.16	4.8	24.79	43,084	33.87	24.72	346.51
Watauga	54,980	175.97	87.12	2.8	1.53	5.23	52.09	54,453	18.63	24.12	312.438
Wayne	120,925	218.31	51.81	30.01	1.21	12.73	32.21	57,428	22.09	15.96	553.922
Wilkes	66,693	88.49	86.05	3.85	0.47	6.84	28.04	52,088	29.99	15.9	753.679
Wilson	80,159	218.08	46.17	38.06	1.09	11.19	30.87	53,561	26.54	19.05	367.574
Yadkin	38,201	114.05	82.75	2.85	0.23	11.26	27.21	62,759	26.05	11.62	334.942
Yancey	19,229	61.51	91.12	0.49	0.29	5.34	33.57	57,446	32.24	16.13	312.592

City Statistics: American Community Survey 2022,
County Statistics: STI: PopStats