Counties in North Carolina
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North Carolina has 100 counties, home to about 10,584,340 people. Sort the table by any column, or search by name or seat.
Counties100Eastern time
Most peopleWake County1,151,009 residents, 11% of the state
Fewest peopleTyrrell County3,376 residents
Most crowdedMecklenburg County2,160 people per sq mi
Largest by landRobeson County947.3 sq mi
Priciest homesOrange Countymedian value $428,500
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County explorer: all 100 counties in North Carolina
| County | Seat | Population | Land sq mi | People / sq mi | Median home | Time zone | FIPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake | Raleigh | 1,151,009 | 834.6 | 1,379 | $422,800 | Eastern | 37183 |
| Mecklenburg | Charlotte | 1,130,906 | 523.6 | 2,160 | $371,200 | Eastern | 37119 |
| Guilford | Greensboro | 542,987 | 646.0 | 841 | $234,900 | Eastern | 37081 |
| Forsyth | Winston-Salem | 386,740 | 408.0 | 948 | $227,800 | Eastern | 37067 |
| Cumberland | Fayetteville | 336,749 | 652.6 | 516 | $183,700 | Eastern | 37051 |
| Durham | Durham | 329,405 | 287.5 | 1,146 | $351,700 | Eastern | 37063 |
| Buncombe | Asheville | 271,790 | 656.5 | 414 | $360,000 | Eastern | 37021 |
| Union | Monroe | 244,975 | 632.7 | 387 | $374,400 | Eastern | 37179 |
| Gaston | Gastonia | 231,485 | 355.8 | 651 | $235,000 | Eastern | 37071 |
| Cabarrus | Concord | 231,262 | 361.2 | 640 | $318,600 | Eastern | 37025 |
| New Hanover | Wilmington | 231,214 | 192.2 | 1,203 | $353,700 | Eastern | 37129 |
| Johnston | Smithfield | 226,623 | 792.0 | 286 | $267,600 | Eastern | 37101 |
| Onslow | Jacksonville | 208,537 | 762.1 | 274 | $219,500 | Eastern | 37133 |
| Iredell | Statesville | 191,800 | 574.4 | 334 | $292,300 | Eastern | 37097 |
| Alamance | Graham | 174,286 | 423.5 | 412 | $221,200 | Eastern | 37001 |
| Pitt | Greenville | 172,279 | 652.4 | 264 | $194,300 | Eastern | 37147 |
| Davidson | Lexington | 171,063 | 553.0 | 309 | $200,100 | Eastern | 37057 |
| Catawba | Newton | 162,051 | 401.4 | 404 | $218,100 | Eastern | 37035 |
| Rowan | Salisbury | 148,487 | 511.6 | 290 | $216,100 | Eastern | 37159 |
| Orange | Hillsborough | 147,292 | 397.5 | 371 | $428,500 | Eastern | 37135 |
| Brunswick | Bolivia | 145,889 | 850.1 | 172 | $314,700 | Eastern | 37019 |
| Randolph | Asheboro | 145,322 | 782.3 | 186 | $171,600 | Eastern | 37151 |
| Harnett | Lillington | 136,503 | 595.1 | 229 | $220,700 | Eastern | 37085 |
| Wayne | Goldsboro | 117,606 | 553.9 | 212 | $162,700 | Eastern | 37191 |
| Henderson | Hendersonville | 117,387 | 372.9 | 315 | $317,800 | Eastern | 37089 |
| Robeson | Lumberton | 116,858 | 947.3 | 123 | $88,600 | Eastern | 37155 |
| Moore | Carthage | 102,840 | 697.6 | 147 | $315,300 | Eastern | 37125 |
| Craven | New Bern | 101,074 | 706.5 | 143 | $206,200 | Eastern | 37049 |
| Cleveland | Shelby | 100,170 | 464.3 | 216 | $180,200 | Eastern | 37045 |
| Nash | Nashville | 95,451 | 540.4 | 177 | $171,100 | Eastern | 37127 |
| Rockingham | Wentworth | 91,585 | 565.6 | 162 | $156,000 | Eastern | 37157 |
| Lincoln | Lincolnton | 90,359 | 295.9 | 305 | $279,500 | Eastern | 37109 |
| Burke | Morganton | 87,863 | 506.2 | 174 | $170,500 | Eastern | 37023 |
| Caldwell | Lenoir | 80,618 | 471.9 | 171 | $174,000 | Eastern | 37027 |
| Wilson | Wilson | 78,648 | 367.6 | 214 | $171,800 | Eastern | 37195 |
| Chatham | Pittsboro | 78,319 | 681.5 | 115 | $397,800 | Eastern | 37037 |
| Franklin | Louisburg | 71,962 | 491.8 | 146 | $240,900 | Eastern | 37069 |
| Surry | Dobson | 71,407 | 532.6 | 134 | $166,400 | Eastern | 37171 |
| Carteret | Beaufort | 68,652 | 507.6 | 135 | $304,200 | Eastern | 37031 |
| Wilkes | Wilkesboro | 65,983 | 753.7 | 88 | $161,400 | Eastern | 37193 |
| Rutherford | Rutherfordton | 64,850 | 565.4 | 115 | $180,800 | Eastern | 37161 |
| Lee | Sanford | 64,565 | 255.1 | 253 | $213,800 | Eastern | 37105 |
| Stanly | Albemarle | 63,557 | 395.1 | 161 | $214,300 | Eastern | 37167 |
| Pender | Burgaw | 63,475 | 871.3 | 73 | $267,100 | Eastern | 37141 |
| Haywood | Waynesville | 62,432 | 553.6 | 113 | $254,900 | Eastern | 37087 |
| Granville | Oxford | 61,439 | 532.0 | 115 | $235,700 | Eastern | 37077 |
| Sampson | Clinton | 59,245 | 945.9 | 63 | $128,400 | Eastern | 37163 |
| Lenoir | Kinston | 54,917 | 399.1 | 138 | $111,400 | Eastern | 37107 |
| Watauga | Boone | 54,607 | 312.4 | 175 | $321,500 | Eastern | 37189 |
| Hoke | Raeford | 53,102 | 390.2 | 136 | $196,000 | Eastern | 37093 |
| Columbus | Whiteville | 50,453 | 938.2 | 54 | $128,300 | Eastern | 37047 |
| Duplin | Kenansville | 49,053 | 814.7 | 60 | $123,200 | Eastern | 37061 |
| Edgecombe | Tarboro | 48,777 | 505.4 | 97 | $116,800 | Eastern | 37065 |
| Halifax | Halifax | 48,219 | 723.7 | 67 | $102,500 | Eastern | 37083 |
| Stokes | Danbury | 44,889 | 449.3 | 100 | $186,800 | Eastern | 37169 |
| McDowell | Marion | 44,679 | 440.0 | 102 | $168,300 | Eastern | 37111 |
| Beaufort | Washington | 44,597 | 832.7 | 54 | $181,200 | Eastern | 37013 |
| Davie | Mocksville | 43,526 | 263.7 | 165 | $235,300 | Eastern | 37059 |
| Jackson | Sylva | 43,089 | 491.1 | 88 | $253,900 | Eastern | 37099 |
| Richmond | Rockingham | 42,818 | 473.7 | 90 | $120,800 | Eastern | 37153 |
| Vance | Henderson | 42,361 | 252.4 | 168 | $146,300 | Eastern | 37181 |
| Pasquotank | Elizabeth City | 40,830 | 226.9 | 180 | $223,300 | Eastern | 37139 |
| Person | Roxboro | 39,275 | 392.3 | 100 | $192,800 | Eastern | 37145 |
| Dare | Manteo | 37,534 | 383.2 | 98 | $425,400 | Eastern | 37055 |
| Macon | Franklin | 37,533 | 515.6 | 73 | $229,000 | Eastern | 37113 |
| Yadkin | Yadkinville | 37,419 | 334.9 | 112 | $176,400 | Eastern | 37197 |
| Alexander | Taylorsville | 36,440 | 260.0 | 140 | $190,000 | Eastern | 37003 |
| Scotland | Laurinburg | 34,353 | 319.1 | 108 | $109,900 | Eastern | 37165 |
| Transylvania | Brevard | 33,243 | 378.4 | 88 | $336,100 | Eastern | 37175 |
| Currituck | Currituck | 29,612 | 261.9 | 113 | $351,200 | Eastern | 37053 |
| Bladen | Elizabethtown | 29,591 | 875.0 | 34 | $125,800 | Eastern | 37017 |
| Cherokee | Murphy | 29,197 | 455.5 | 64 | $208,700 | Eastern | 37039 |
| Ashe | Jefferson | 26,831 | 426.3 | 63 | $221,900 | Eastern | 37009 |
| Montgomery | Troy | 25,874 | 491.5 | 53 | $150,300 | Eastern | 37123 |
| Caswell | Yanceyville | 22,689 | 425.5 | 53 | $151,200 | Eastern | 37033 |
| Anson | Wadesboro | 21,903 | 531.5 | 41 | $119,300 | Eastern | 37007 |
| Martin | Williamston | 21,773 | 456.4 | 48 | $109,900 | Eastern | 37117 |
| Madison | Marshall | 21,640 | 449.6 | 48 | $263,500 | Eastern | 37115 |
| Hertford | Winton | 20,492 | 353.2 | 58 | $111,100 | Eastern | 37091 |
| Greene | Snow Hill | 20,421 | 266.7 | 77 | $114,000 | Eastern | 37079 |
| Polk | Columbus | 19,689 | 237.7 | 83 | $281,100 | Eastern | 37149 |
| Warren | Warrenton | 18,751 | 429.4 | 44 | $124,700 | Eastern | 37185 |
| Yancey | Burnsville | 18,676 | 312.6 | 60 | $222,300 | Eastern | 37199 |
| Avery | Newland | 17,643 | 247.3 | 71 | $233,200 | Eastern | 37011 |
| Bertie | Windsor | 17,482 | 699.2 | 25 | $95,800 | Eastern | 37015 |
| Northampton | Jackson | 17,212 | 536.7 | 32 | $102,200 | Eastern | 37131 |
| Mitchell | Bakersville | 14,973 | 221.3 | 68 | $202,100 | Eastern | 37121 |
| Swain | Bryson City | 14,065 | 527.7 | 27 | $209,800 | Eastern | 37173 |
| Chowan | Edenton | 13,814 | 172.7 | 80 | $204,400 | Eastern | 37041 |
| Perquimans | Hertford | 13,146 | 247.2 | 53 | $211,600 | Eastern | 37143 |
| Pamlico | Bayboro | 12,315 | 336.5 | 37 | $209,800 | Eastern | 37137 |
| Clay | Hayesville | 11,391 | 215.0 | 53 | $263,300 | Eastern | 37043 |
| Alleghany | Sparta | 11,075 | 234.8 | 47 | $199,000 | Eastern | 37005 |
| Washington | Plymouth | 10,905 | 346.5 | 31 | $107,000 | Eastern | 37187 |
| Camden | Camden | 10,743 | 240.3 | 45 | $289,800 | Eastern | 37029 |
| Gates | Gatesville | 10,437 | 340.6 | 31 | $163,900 | Eastern | 37073 |
| Jones | Trenton | 9,245 | 471.4 | 20 | $122,600 | Eastern | 37103 |
| Graham | Robbinsville | 8,041 | 292.0 | 28 | $155,800 | Eastern | 37075 |
| Hyde | Swan Quarter | 4,625 | 612.3 | 8 | $119,600 | Eastern | 37095 |
| Tyrrell | Columbia | 3,376 | 390.8 | 9 | $138,400 | Eastern | 37177 |
Which North Carolina cities are in more than one county?
- Raleigh: Wake County 99.6%, Durham County 0.4% of residents
- Cary: Wake County 97.8%, Chatham County 2.1% of residents
- High Point: Guilford County 94.1%, Davidson County 5.9% of residents
- Chapel Hill: Orange County 95.2%, Durham County 4.8% of residents
- Burlington: Alamance County 96.2%, Guilford County 3.8% of residents
- Kannapolis: Cabarrus County 81.3%, Rowan County 18.7% of residents
- Rocky Mount: Nash County 71.8%, Edgecombe County 28.2% of residents
- Wake Forest: Wake County 96.2%, Franklin County 3.8% of residents
- Morrisville: Wake County 99.8%, Durham County 0.2% of residents
- Kernersville: Forsyth County 96.8%, Guilford County 3.2% of residents
- Thomasville: Davidson County 98.0%, Randolph County 2.0% of residents
- Mebane: Alamance County 80.4%, Orange County 19.6% of residents
Sources: Census TIGER/Line 2024; ACS 2019-2023 5-year; Wikidata, CC0 (seats); timezone-boundary-builder (time zones). Data as of November 1, 2026. Not affiliated with any government agency.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How many counties are in North Carolina?
100.
What is the most populated county in North Carolina?
Wake County, with about 1,151,009 people (11% of the state).
What is the least populated county in North Carolina?
Tyrrell County, with about 3,376 people.
What is the largest county in North Carolina by land?
Robeson County, 947.3 sq mi of land.
What county am I in, in North Carolina?
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