USA: North Carolina
Counties
The population of all counties in the State of North Carolina according to census results and latest official estimates.
| Name | Status | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | Population Estimate 2019-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | County | 108,213 | 130,800 | 151,131 | 169,173 | → |
| Alexander | County | 27,544 | 33,603 | 37,198 | 37,417 | → |
| Alleghany | County | 9,590 | 10,677 | 11,155 | 11,134 | → |
| Anson | County | 23,474 | 25,275 | 26,948 | 23,538 | → |
| Ashe | County | 22,209 | 24,384 | 27,281 | 27,215 | → |
| Avery | County | 14,867 | 17,167 | 17,797 | 17,496 | → |
| Beaufort | County | 42,283 | 44,958 | 47,759 | 47,096 | → |
| Bertie | County | 20,388 | 19,773 | 21,282 | 18,962 | → |
| Bladen | County | 28,663 | 32,278 | 35,190 | 32,864 | → |
| Brunswick | County | 50,985 | 73,143 | 107,431 | 142,987 | → |
| Buncombe | County | 174,821 | 206,330 | 238,318 | 262,049 | → |
| Burke | County | 75,744 | 89,148 | 90,912 | 90,424 | → |
| Cabarrus | County | 98,935 | 131,063 | 178,011 | 216,340 | → |
| Caldwell | County | 70,709 | 77,415 | 83,029 | 82,275 | → |
| Camden | County | 5,904 | 6,885 | 9,980 | 10,770 | → |
| Carteret | County | 52,556 | 59,383 | 66,469 | 69,513 | → |
| Caswell | County | 20,693 | 23,501 | 23,719 | 22,590 | → |
| Catawba | County | 118,412 | 141,685 | 154,358 | 159,363 | → |
| Chatham | County | 38,759 | 49,329 | 63,505 | 74,419 | → |
| Cherokee | County | 20,170 | 24,298 | 27,444 | 28,708 | → |
| Chowan | County | 13,506 | 14,526 | 14,793 | 13,917 | → |
| Clay | County | 7,155 | 8,775 | 10,587 | 11,277 | → |
| Cleveland | County | 84,714 | 96,287 | 98,078 | 97,964 | → |
| Columbus | County | 49,587 | 54,749 | 58,098 | 55,452 | → |
| Craven | County | 81,613 | 91,436 | 103,505 | 102,031 | → |
| Cumberland | County | 274,566 | 302,963 | 319,431 | 336,524 | → |
| Currituck | County | 13,736 | 18,190 | 23,547 | 27,916 | → |
| Dare | County | 22,746 | 29,967 | 33,920 | 37,071 | → |
| Davidson | County | 126,677 | 147,246 | 162,878 | 168,238 | → |
| Davie | County | 27,859 | 34,835 | 41,240 | 42,699 | → |
| Duplin | County | 39,995 | 49,063 | 58,505 | 58,802 | → |
| Durham | County | 181,835 | 223,314 | 267,587 | 322,969 | → |
| Edgecombe | County | 56,558 | 55,606 | 56,552 | 51,429 | → |
| Forsyth | County | 265,878 | 306,067 | 350,670 | 382,118 | → |
| Franklin | County | 36,414 | 47,260 | 60,619 | 69,775 | → |
| Gaston | County | 175,093 | 190,365 | 206,086 | 224,652 | → |
| Gates | County | 9,305 | 10,516 | 12,197 | 11,536 | → |
| Graham | County | 7,196 | 7,993 | 8,861 | 8,470 | → |
| Granville | County | 38,345 | 48,498 | 59,916 | 60,358 | → |
| Greene | County | 15,384 | 18,974 | 21,362 | 20,915 | → |
| Guilford | County | 347,420 | 421,048 | 488,406 | 537,872 | → |
| Halifax | County | 55,516 | 57,370 | 54,691 | 50,074 | → |
| Harnett | County | 67,822 | 91,025 | 114,678 | 136,172 | → |
| Haywood | County | 46,942 | 54,033 | 59,036 | 62,510 | → |
| Henderson | County | 69,285 | 89,173 | 106,740 | 117,347 | → |
| Hertford | County | 22,523 | 22,601 | 24,669 | 23,642 | → |
| Hoke | County | 22,856 | 33,646 | 46,952 | 55,166 | → |
| Hyde | County | 5,411 | 5,826 | 5,810 | 4,932 | → |
| Iredell | County | 92,931 | 122,660 | 159,437 | 181,866 | → |
| Jackson | County | 26,846 | 33,121 | 40,271 | 43,736 | → |
| Johnston | County | 81,306 | 121,965 | 168,878 | 209,786 | → |
| Jones | County | 9,414 | 10,381 | 10,153 | 9,339 | → |
| Lee | County | 41,374 | 49,040 | 57,866 | 61,772 | → |
| Lenoir | County | 57,274 | 59,648 | 59,495 | 56,074 | → |
| Lincoln | County | 50,319 | 63,780 | 78,265 | 86,627 | → |
| Macon | County | 23,499 | 29,811 | 33,922 | 35,729 | → |
| Madison | County | 16,953 | 19,635 | 20,764 | 21,638 | → |
| Martin | County | 25,078 | 25,593 | 24,505 | 22,451 | → |
| McDowell | County | 35,681 | 42,151 | 44,996 | 45,784 | → |
| Mecklenburg | County | 511,433 | 695,454 | 919,628 | 1,113,283 | → |
| Mitchell | County | 14,433 | 15,687 | 15,579 | 14,928 | → |
| Montgomery | County | 23,346 | 26,822 | 27,798 | 27,209 | → |
| Moore | County | 59,013 | 74,769 | 88,247 | 101,167 | → |
| Nash | County | 76,677 | 87,420 | 95,840 | 94,258 | → |
| New Hanover | County | 120,284 | 160,307 | 202,667 | 234,275 | → |
| Northampton | County | 20,798 | 22,086 | 22,099 | 19,498 | → |
| Onslow | County | 149,838 | 150,355 | 177,772 | 202,795 | → |
| Orange | County | 93,851 | 118,227 | 133,801 | 148,192 | → |
| Pamlico | County | 11,372 | 12,934 | 13,144 | 12,650 | → |
| Pasquotank | County | 31,298 | 34,897 | 40,661 | 39,970 | → |
| Pender | County | 28,855 | 41,082 | 52,217 | 63,046 | → |
| Perquimans | County | 10,447 | 11,368 | 13,453 | 13,578 | → |
| Person | County | 30,180 | 35,623 | 39,464 | 39,621 | → |
| Pitt | County | 107,924 | 133,798 | 168,148 | 181,257 | → |
| Polk | County | 14,416 | 18,324 | 20,510 | 20,723 | → |
| Randolph | County | 106,546 | 130,454 | 141,752 | 143,495 | → |
| Richmond | County | 44,518 | 46,564 | 46,639 | 44,764 | → |
| Robeson | County | 105,179 | 123,339 | 134,168 | 130,440 | → |
| Rockingham | County | 86,064 | 91,928 | 93,643 | 91,118 | → |
| Rowan | County | 110,605 | 130,340 | 138,428 | 141,818 | → |
| Rutherford | County | 56,918 | 62,899 | 67,810 | 67,031 | → |
| Sampson | County | 47,297 | 60,161 | 63,431 | 63,372 | → |
| Scotland | County | 33,754 | 35,998 | 36,157 | 34,776 | → |
| Stanly | County | 51,765 | 58,100 | 60,585 | 62,645 | → |
| Stokes | County | 37,223 | 44,711 | 47,401 | 45,634 | → |
| Surry | County | 61,704 | 71,219 | 73,673 | 71,741 | → |
| Swain | County | 11,268 | 12,968 | 13,981 | 14,312 | → |
| Transylvania | County | 25,520 | 29,334 | 33,090 | 34,270 | → |
| Tyrrell | County | 3,856 | 4,149 | 4,407 | 3,813 | → |
| Union | County | 84,211 | 123,677 | 201,292 | 240,028 | → |
| Vance | County | 38,892 | 42,954 | 45,422 | 44,670 | → |
| Wake | County | 423,380 | 627,846 | 900,993 | 1,112,795 | → |
| Warren | County | 17,265 | 19,972 | 20,972 | 19,692 | → |
| Washington | County | 13,997 | 13,723 | 13,228 | 11,635 | → |
| Watauga | County | 36,952 | 42,695 | 51,079 | 56,271 | → |
| Wayne | County | 104,666 | 113,329 | 122,623 | 123,904 | → |
| Wilkes | County | 59,393 | 65,632 | 69,340 | 68,296 | → |
| Wilson | County | 66,061 | 73,814 | 81,234 | 81,775 | → |
| Yadkin | County | 30,488 | 36,348 | 38,406 | 37,617 | → |
| Yancey | County | 15,419 | 17,774 | 17,818 | 18,059 | → |
| North Carolina | State | 6,628,637 | 8,049,313 | 9,535,483 | 10,501,384 |
Contents: Incorporated Places
The population of all incorporated places in the State of North Carolina according to census results and latest official estimates.
| Name | Status | County | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | Population Estimate 2019-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Town | Moore | 3,273 | 3,741 | 6,284 | 7,988 | → |
| Ahoskie | Town | Hertford | 4,600 | 4,819 | 5,068 | 4,763 | → |
| Alamance | Village | Alamance | 334 | 354 | 956 | 1,042 | → |
| Albemarle | City | Stanly | 15,178 | 15,925 | 15,891 | 16,246 | → |
| Alliance | Town | Pamlico | 655 | 800 | 782 | 758 | → |
| Andrews | Town | Cherokee | 1,764 | 1,747 | 1,776 | 1,846 | → |
| Angier | Town | Harnett / Wake | 2,482 | 3,625 | 4,426 | 5,415 | → |
| Ansonville | Town | Anson | 632 | 638 | 626 | 589 | → |
| Apex | Town | Wake | 5,847 | 21,698 | 37,802 | 59,300 | → |
| Arapahoe | Town | Pamlico | 450 | 453 | 557 | 535 | → |
| Archdale | City | Randolph / Guilford | 7,345 | 9,302 | 11,435 | 11,513 | → |
| Archer Lodge | Town | Johnston | 556 | 1,471 | 4,262 | 5,159 | → |
| Asheboro | City | Randolph | 18,137 | 21,924 | 25,391 | 25,940 | → |
| Asheville | City | Buncombe | 66,184 | 73,989 | 83,359 | 92,870 | → |
| Askewville | Town | Bertie | 206 | 213 | 252 | 220 | → |
| Atkinson | Town | Pender | 282 | 280 | 299 | 356 | → |
| Atlantic Beach | Town | Carteret | 1,932 | 1,835 | 1,499 | 1,512 | → |
| Aulander | Town | Bertie | 1,225 | 921 | 896 | 783 | → |
| Aurora | Town | Beaufort | 667 | 581 | 520 | 510 | → |
| Autryville | Town | Sampson | 219 | 204 | 193 | 199 | → |
| Ayden | Town | Pitt | 4,890 | 4,745 | 4,997 | 5,141 | → |
| Badin | Town | Stanly | 1,164 | 1,802 | 1,974 | 1,973 | → |
| Bailey | Town | Nash | 555 | 684 | 569 | 562 | → |
| Bakersville | Town | Mitchell | 332 | 415 | 466 | 445 | → |
| Bald Head Island | Village | Brunswick | 78 | 173 | 158 | 182 | → |
| Banner Elk | Town | Avery | 985 | 821 | 1,029 | 1,149 | → |
| Bath | Town | Beaufort | 193 | 274 | 249 | 241 | → |
| Bayboro | Town | Pamlico | 731 | 1,234 | 1,260 | 1,240 | → |
| Bear Grass | Town | Martin | 59 | 66 | 73 | 66 | → |
| Beaufort | Town | Carteret | 3,962 | 3,868 | 4,174 | 4,452 | → |
| Beech Mountain | Town | Watauga / Avery | 237 | 325 | 317 | 324 | → |
| Belhaven | Town | Beaufort | 2,288 | 1,957 | 1,692 | 1,579 | → |
| Belmont | City | Gaston | 10,145 | 10,007 | 10,224 | 12,558 | → |
| Belville | Town | Brunswick | 714 | 919 | 1,930 | 2,103 | → |
| Belwood | Town | Cleveland | 629 | 980 | 949 | 954 | → |
| Benson | Town | Johnston / Harnett | 2,912 | 3,075 | 3,321 | 3,922 | → |
| Bermuda Run (incl. Hillsdale) | Town | Davie | 1,876 | 2,022 | 2,589 | 2,709 | → |
| Bessemer City | City | Gaston | 4,927 | 5,411 | 5,332 | 5,577 | → |
| Bethania | Town | Forsyth | 355 | 345 | 328 | 364 | → |
| Bethel | Town | Pitt | 1,824 | 1,661 | 1,577 | 1,611 | → |
| Beulaville | Town | Duplin | 999 | 1,108 | 1,293 | 1,293 | → |
| Biltmore Forest | Town | Buncombe | 1,356 | 1,493 | 1,343 | 1,416 | → |
| Biscoe | Town | Montgomery | 1,537 | 1,738 | 1,738 | 1,716 | → |
| Black Creek | Town | Wilson | 673 | 731 | 761 | 770 | → |
| Black Mountain | Town | Buncombe | 7,184 | 7,554 | 7,851 | 8,162 | → |
| Bladenboro | Town | Bladen | 1,941 | 1,724 | 1,832 | 1,613 | → |
| Blowing Rock | Town | Watauga / Caldwell | 1,264 | 1,402 | 1,244 | 1,324 | → |
| Boardman | Town | Columbus | 221 | 202 | 157 | 152 | → |
| Bogue | Town | Carteret | 334 | 576 | 686 | 703 | → |
| Boiling Spring Lakes | City | Brunswick | 1,702 | 2,981 | 5,372 | 6,287 | → |
| Boiling Springs | Town | Cleveland | 2,530 | 3,939 | 4,649 | 4,535 | → |
| Bolivia | Town | Brunswick | 252 | 154 | 143 | 154 | → |
| Bolton | Town | Columbus | 531 | 480 | 686 | 641 | → |
| Boone | Town | Watauga | 13,056 | 13,611 | 17,101 | 19,667 | → |
| Boonville | Town | Yadkin | 1,055 | 1,077 | 1,146 | 1,143 | → |
| Bostic | Town | Rutherford | 369 | 331 | 384 | 379 | → |
| Brevard | City | Transylvania | 6,686 | 6,982 | 7,673 | 7,926 | → |
| Bridgeton | Town | Craven | 813 | 569 | 473 | 441 | → |
| Broadway | Town | Lee / Harnett | 995 | 1,041 | 1,206 | 1,286 | → |
| Brookford | Town | Catawba | 482 | 448 | 380 | 380 | → |
| Brunswick | Town | Columbus | 313 | 1,084 | 1,135 | 933 | → |
| Bryson City | Town | Swain | 1,169 | 1,434 | 1,424 | 1,452 | → |
| Bunn | Town | Franklin | 360 | 394 | 346 | 385 | → |
| Burgaw | Town | Pender | 2,479 | 3,492 | 3,854 | 4,149 | → |
| Burlington | City | Alamance / Guilford | 40,822 | 45,805 | 51,062 | 54,606 | → |
| Burnsville | Town | Yancey | 1,492 | 1,627 | 1,694 | 1,647 | → |
| Butner | Town | Granville | 5,006 | 6,089 | 7,589 | 7,859 | → |
| Cajah's Mountain | Town | Caldwell | 2,905 | 2,987 | 2,774 | 2,737 | → |
| Calabash | Town | Brunswick | 939 | 1,628 | 1,790 | 2,270 | → |
| Calypso | Town | Duplin | 505 | 451 | 530 | 526 | → |
| Cameron | Town | Moore | 246 | 345 | 286 | 341 | → |
| Candor | Town | Montgomery / Moore | 775 | 867 | 841 | 817 | → |
| Canton | Town | Haywood | 3,880 | 4,091 | 4,211 | 4,347 | → |
| Cape Carteret | Town | Carteret | 1,082 | 1,178 | 1,986 | 2,061 | → |
| Carolina Beach | Town | New Hanover | 4,249 | 5,116 | 5,706 | 6,399 | → |
| Carolina Shores | Town | Brunswick | 1,247 | 2,026 | 3,368 | 4,659 | → |
| Carrboro | Town | Orange | 11,748 | 17,653 | 19,568 | 21,190 | → |
| Carthage | Town | Moore | 1,432 | 1,899 | 2,295 | 2,553 | → |
| Cary | Town | Wake / Chatham | 50,862 | 98,332 | 135,869 | 170,282 | → |
| Casar | Town | Cleveland | 328 | 306 | 294 | 293 | → |
| Castalia | Town | Nash | 256 | 361 | 265 | 270 | → |
| Caswell Beach | Town | Brunswick | 177 | 361 | 395 | 431 | → |
| Catawba | Town | Catawba | 761 | 693 | 614 | 624 | → |
| Cedar Point | Town | Carteret | 878 | 835 | 1,247 | 1,304 | → |
| Cedar Rock | Village | Caldwell | 298 | 315 | 303 | 300 | → |
| Cerro Gordo | Town | Columbus | 227 | 243 | 212 | 195 | → |
| Chadbourn | Town | Columbus | 2,043 | 2,134 | 1,841 | 1,711 | → |
| Chapel Hill | Town | Orange / Durham | 38,346 | 50,541 | 57,221 | 64,051 | → |
| Charlotte | City | Mecklenburg | 426,984 | 574,151 | 735,580 | 885,708 | → |
| Cherryville | City | Gaston | 5,106 | 5,505 | 5,740 | 6,072 | → |
| Chimney Rock Village | Village | Rutherford | 118 | 164 | 119 | 116 | → |
| China Grove | Town | Rowan | 4,066 | 4,060 | 4,184 | 4,220 | → |
| Chocowinity | Town | Beaufort | 833 | 721 | 761 | 788 | → |
| Claremont | City | Catawba | 1,037 | 1,084 | 1,357 | 1,408 | → |
| Clarkton | Town | Bladen | 739 | 754 | 841 | 738 | → |
| Clayton | Town | Johnston / Wake | 6,050 | 7,573 | 16,210 | 24,887 | → |
| Clemmons | Village | Forsyth | 9,890 | 15,886 | 18,624 | 20,867 | → |
| Cleveland | Town | Rowan | 703 | 835 | 856 | 872 | → |
| Clinton | City | Sampson | 8,540 | 8,641 | 8,714 | 8,454 | → |
| Clyde | Town | Haywood | 1,077 | 1,363 | 1,231 | 1,304 | → |
| Coats | Town | Harnett | 1,574 | 1,987 | 2,104 | 2,500 | → |
| Cofield | Village | Hertford | 407 | 369 | 393 | 369 | → |
| Colerain | Town | Bertie | 246 | 221 | 204 | 178 | → |
| Columbia | Town | Tyrrell | 907 | 823 | 853 | 759 | → |
| Columbus | Town | Polk | 1,052 | 1,152 | 995 | 998 | → |
| Como | Town | Hertford | 222 | 80 | 91 | 83 | → |
| Concord | City | Cabarrus | 37,661 | 56,392 | 79,342 | 96,341 | → |
| Conetoe | Town | Edgecombe | 283 | 353 | 291 | 266 | → |
| Connelly Springs | Town | Burke | 1,389 | 1,802 | 1,650 | 1,644 | → |
| Conover | City | Catawba | 5,564 | 6,566 | 8,298 | 8,540 | → |
| Conway | Town | Northampton | 756 | 722 | 829 | 729 | → |
| Cooleemee | Town | Davie | 970 | 909 | 968 | 983 | → |
| Cornelius | Town | Mecklenburg | 6,501 | 13,874 | 24,906 | 30,257 | → |
| Cove City | Town | Craven | 503 | 428 | 399 | 388 | → |
| Cramerton | Town | Gaston | 2,387 | 2,986 | 4,177 | 4,458 | → |
| Creedmoor | City | Granville | 1,779 | 2,351 | 4,077 | 4,612 | → |
| Creswell | Town | Washington | 359 | 279 | 270 | 234 | → |
| Crossnore | Town | Avery | 271 | 237 | 191 | 239 | → |
| Dallas | Town | Gaston | 3,377 | 4,067 | 4,468 | 4,797 | → |
| Danbury | Town | Stokes | 122 | 146 | 189 | 183 | → |
| Davidson | Town | Mecklenburg / Iredell | 4,163 | 7,203 | 10,873 | 13,054 | → |
| Dellview | Town | Gaston | 10 | ... | 13 | ... | → |
| Denton | Town | Davidson | 1,533 | 1,621 | 1,642 | 1,680 | → |
| Dillsboro | Town | Jackson | 130 | 238 | 232 | 248 | → |
| Dobbins Heights | Town | Richmond | 1,090 | 913 | 799 | 839 | → |
| Dobson | Town | Surry | 1,193 | 1,514 | 1,588 | 1,539 | → |
| Dortches | Town | Nash | 840 | 797 | 951 | 963 | → |
| Dover | Town | Craven | 454 | 440 | 401 | 386 | → |
| Drexel | Town | Burke | 1,760 | 1,928 | 1,889 | 1,854 | → |
| Dublin | Town | Bladen | 246 | 293 | 348 | 315 | → |
| Duck | Town | Dare | 426 | 448 | 373 | 396 | → |
| Dunn | City | Harnett | 9,214 | 9,212 | 9,272 | 9,718 | → |
| Durham | City | Durham / Wake / Orange | 148,450 | 191,706 | 230,740 | 278,993 | → |
| Earl | Town | Cleveland | 226 | 259 | 257 | 260 | → |
| East Arcadia | Town | Bladen | 468 | 510 | 498 | 467 | → |
| East Bend | Town | Yadkin | 612 | 657 | 622 | 601 | → |
| East Laurinburg | Town | Scotland | 335 | 284 | 304 | 279 | → |
| East Spencer | Town | Rowan | 2,145 | 1,715 | 1,546 | 1,551 | → |
| Eastover | Town | Cumberland | 2,564 | 2,591 | 3,626 | 3,762 | → |
| Eden | City | Rockingham | 15,860 | 15,947 | 15,703 | 14,886 | → |
| Edenton | Town | Chowan | 5,339 | 5,374 | 5,002 | 4,614 | → |
| Elizabeth City | City | Pasquotank / Camden | 16,112 | 16,958 | 18,656 | 17,751 | → |
| Elizabethtown | Town | Bladen | 3,785 | 3,849 | 3,634 | 3,378 | → |
| Elk Park | Town | Avery | 486 | 466 | 454 | 444 | → |
| Elkin | Town | Surry / Wilkes | 3,867 | 4,125 | 4,025 | 4,011 | → |
| Ellenboro | Town | Rutherford | 538 | 783 | 846 | 832 | → |
| Ellerbe | Town | Richmond | 1,107 | 1,058 | 1,016 | 978 | → |
| Elm City | Town | Wilson / Nash | 1,799 | 1,256 | 1,302 | 1,292 | → |
| Elon | Town | Alamance | 4,846 | 6,806 | 9,373 | 12,232 | → |
| Emerald Isle | Town | Carteret | 2,433 | 3,488 | 3,658 | 3,695 | → |
| Enfield | Town | Halifax | 3,047 | 2,635 | 2,543 | 2,274 | → |
| Erwin | Town | Harnett | 4,271 | 4,480 | 4,539 | 5,156 | → |
| Eureka | Town | Wayne | 282 | 248 | 198 | 196 | → |
| Everetts | Town | Martin | 143 | 176 | 155 | 142 | → |
| Fair Bluff | Town | Columbus | 1,068 | 1,058 | 951 | 881 | → |
| Fairmont | Town | Robeson | 2,642 | 2,509 | 2,702 | 2,597 | → |
| Fairview | Town | Union | 2,298 | 3,015 | 3,343 | 3,900 | → |
| Faison | Town | Duplin / Sampson | 713 | 756 | 960 | 956 | → |
| Faith | Town | Rowan | 622 | 877 | 789 | 806 | → |
| Falcon | Town | Cumberland / Sampson | 227 | 373 | 267 | 270 | → |
| Falkland | Town | Pitt | 108 | 112 | 96 | 98 | → |
| Fallston | Town | Cleveland | 498 | 620 | 605 | 605 | → |
| Farmville | Town | Pitt | 4,509 | 4,215 | 4,649 | 4,764 | → |
| Fayetteville | City | Cumberland | 196,128 | 203,199 | 200,565 | 211,657 | → |
| Flat Rock | Village | Henderson | 1,776 | 2,591 | 3,114 | 3,383 | → |
| Fletcher | Town | Henderson | 3,132 | 4,264 | 7,208 | 8,369 | → |
| Fontana Dam | Town | Graham | 40 | 25 | 7 | 7 | → |
| Forest City | Town | Rutherford | 8,452 | 7,504 | 7,476 | 7,162 | → |
| Forest Hills | Village | Jackson | 186 | 310 | 354 | 374 | → |
| Fountain | Town | Pitt | 435 | 519 | 427 | 435 | → |
| Four Oaks | Town | Johnston | 1,365 | 1,524 | 1,946 | 2,254 | → |
| Foxfire | Village | Moore | 342 | 526 | 916 | 1,042 | → |
| Franklin | Town | Macon | 3,621 | 3,698 | 3,884 | 4,105 | → |
| Franklinton | Town | Franklin | 2,008 | 2,152 | 2,010 | 2,241 | → |
| Franklinville | Town | Randolph | 698 | 1,273 | 1,169 | 1,187 | → |
| Fremont | Town | Wayne | 1,708 | 1,464 | 1,276 | 1,262 | → |
| Fuquay-Varina | Town | Wake | 7,012 | 10,450 | 18,053 | 30,324 | → |
| Gamewell | Town | Caldwell | 3,747 | 3,693 | 4,042 | 3,996 | → |
| Garland | Town | Sampson | 769 | 784 | 620 | 617 | → |
| Garner | Town | Wake | 16,054 | 18,633 | 25,786 | 31,407 | → |
| Garysburg | Town | Northampton | 1,153 | 1,241 | 1,053 | 918 | → |
| Gaston | Town | Northampton | 1,022 | 973 | 1,151 | 1,020 | → |
| Gastonia | City | Gaston | 59,757 | 67,294 | 71,729 | 77,273 | → |
| Gatesville | Town | Gates | 343 | 301 | 315 | 299 | → |
| Gibson | Town | Scotland | 536 | 568 | 540 | 500 | → |
| Gibsonville | Town | Guilford / Alamance | 4,023 | 4,835 | 6,503 | 7,339 | → |
| Glen Alpine | Town | Burke | 1,071 | 1,172 | 1,501 | 1,483 | → |
| Godwin | Town | Cumberland | 77 | 168 | 139 | 143 | → |
| Goldsboro | City | Wayne | 44,966 | 40,126 | 35,413 | 34,186 | → |
| Goldston | Town | Chatham | 343 | 323 | 260 | 301 | → |
| Graham | City | Alamance | 11,116 | 13,057 | 14,317 | 15,646 | → |
| Grandfather Village | Village | Avery | 34 | 77 | 25 | 24 | → |
| Granite Falls | Town | Caldwell | 3,549 | 4,613 | 4,707 | 4,659 | → |
| Granite Quarry | Town | Rowan | 2,104 | 2,186 | 2,947 | 3,012 | → |
| Grantsboro | Town | Pamlico | 388 | 485 | 681 | 652 | → |
| Green Level | Town | Alamance | 1,621 | 2,194 | 2,111 | 2,326 | → |
| Greenevers | Town | Duplin | 510 | 617 | 638 | 647 | → |
| Greensboro | City | Guilford | 191,591 | 236,152 | 268,936 | 296,710 | → |
| Greenville | City | Pitt | 49,366 | 62,920 | 84,630 | 93,400 | → |
| Grifton | Town | Pitt / Lenoir | 2,443 | 2,153 | 2,620 | 2,682 | → |
| Grimesland | Town | Pitt | 461 | 549 | 426 | 442 | → |
| Grover | Town | Cleveland | 618 | 704 | 708 | 704 | → |
| Halifax | Town | Halifax | 329 | 352 | 227 | 204 | → |
| Hamilton | Town | Martin | 557 | 524 | 400 | 370 | → |
| Hamlet | City | Richmond | 6,404 | 6,238 | 6,639 | 6,328 | → |
| Harmony | Town | Iredell | 532 | 576 | 531 | 595 | → |
| Harrells | Town | Sampson / Duplin | 204 | 202 | 197 | 197 | → |
| Harrellsville | Town | Hertford | 106 | 113 | 107 | 98 | → |
| Harrisburg | Town | Cabarrus | 3,143 | 5,499 | 13,348 | 16,576 | → |
| Hassell | Town | Martin | 95 | 80 | 84 | 76 | → |
| Havelock | City | Craven | 20,463 | 22,404 | 20,790 | 19,854 | → |
| Haw River | Town | Alamance | 1,757 | 1,917 | 2,286 | 2,535 | → |
| Hayesville | Town | Clay | 320 | 302 | 455 | 483 | → |
| Hemby Bridge | Town | Union | 1,014 | 1,210 | 1,554 | 1,809 | → |
| Henderson | City | Vance | 16,591 | 16,290 | 15,580 | 14,911 | → |
| Hendersonville | City | Henderson | 9,897 | 11,676 | 13,105 | 14,157 | → |
| Hertford | Town | Perquimans | 2,270 | 2,095 | 2,142 | 2,113 | → |
| Hickory | City | Catawba / Burke / Caldwell | 34,366 | 38,070 | 40,186 | 41,171 | → |
| High Point | City | Guilford / Davidson / Forsyth / Randolph | 72,164 | 87,564 | 104,517 | 112,791 | → |
| High Shoals | City | Gaston | 808 | 1,004 | 705 | 748 | → |
| Highlands | Town | Macon / Jackson | 949 | 928 | 930 | 982 | → |
| Hildebran | Town | Burke | 1,363 | 1,921 | 2,020 | 2,010 | → |
| Hillsborough | Town | Orange | 5,121 | 6,324 | 6,598 | 7,161 | → |
| Hobgood | Town | Halifax | 438 | 412 | 349 | 317 | → |
| Hoffman | Town | Richmond | 342 | 615 | 578 | 572 | → |
| Holden Beach | Town | Brunswick | 626 | 799 | 575 | 664 | → |
| Holly Ridge | Town | Onslow | 803 | 1,070 | 1,288 | 2,827 | → |
| Holly Springs | Town | Wake | 2,527 | 10,859 | 24,737 | 37,812 | → |
| Hookerton | Town | Greene | 443 | 483 | 409 | 388 | → |
| Hope Mills | Town | Cumberland | 8,302 | 11,817 | 15,103 | 15,849 | → |
| Hot Springs | Town | Madison | 572 | 649 | 556 | 577 | → |
| Hudson | Town | Caldwell | 3,049 | 3,082 | 3,777 | 3,709 | → |
| Huntersville | Town | Mecklenburg | 9,313 | 26,196 | 46,924 | 58,098 | → |
| Indian Beach | Town | Carteret | 255 | 95 | 115 | 119 | → |
| Indian Trail | Town | Union | 6,530 | 13,512 | 33,618 | 40,252 | → |
| Jackson | Town | Northampton | 673 | 696 | 511 | 454 | → |
| Jacksonville | City | Onslow | 78,080 | 66,765 | 70,285 | 72,436 | → |
| Jamestown | Town | Guilford | 2,568 | 2,609 | 3,437 | 4,487 | → |
| Jamesville | Town | Martin | 600 | 510 | 489 | 447 | → |
| Jefferson | Town | Ashe | 1,379 | 1,487 | 1,600 | 1,533 | → |
| Jonesville | Town | Yadkin | 2,342 | 2,244 | 2,285 | 2,215 | → |
| Kannapolis | City | Cabarrus / Rowan | 33,701 | 36,959 | 42,618 | 50,841 | → |
| Kelford | Town | Bertie | 204 | 250 | 251 | 222 | → |
| Kenansville | Town | Duplin | 855 | 1,175 | 858 | 841 | → |
| Kenly | Town | Johnston / Wilson | 1,572 | 1,579 | 1,340 | 1,584 | → |
| Kernersville | Town | Forsyth / Guilford | 14,909 | 19,324 | 23,100 | 24,660 | → |
| Kill Devil Hills | Town | Dare | 4,253 | 5,904 | 6,687 | 7,333 | → |
| King | City | Stokes / Forsyth | 4,453 | 6,022 | 6,873 | 6,861 | → |
| Kings Mountain | City | Cleveland / Gaston | 10,049 | 9,984 | 10,653 | 10,982 | → |
| Kingstown | Town | Cleveland | 962 | 843 | 681 | 677 | → |
| Kinston | City | Lenoir | 25,883 | 23,905 | 21,737 | 20,041 | → |
| Kittrell | Town | Vance | 223 | 413 | 158 | 162 | → |
| Kitty Hawk | Town | Dare | 1,936 | 2,977 | 3,270 | 3,571 | → |
| Knightdale | Town | Wake | 4,711 | 8,434 | 11,377 | 17,843 | → |
| Kure Beach | Town | New Hanover | 716 | 1,511 | 2,009 | 2,098 | → |
| La Grange | Town | Lenoir | 2,836 | 2,856 | 2,842 | 2,619 | → |
| Lake Lure | Town | Rutherford | 699 | 990 | 1,167 | 1,154 | → |
| Lake Park | Village | Union | 112 | 2,094 | 3,423 | 3,909 | → |
| Lake Santeetlah | Town | Graham | 47 | 67 | 45 | 42 | → |
| Lake Waccamaw | Town | Columbus | 1,154 | 1,304 | 1,473 | 1,400 | → |
| Landis | Town | Rowan | 2,931 | 3,084 | 3,083 | 3,138 | → |
| Lansing | Town | Ashe | 171 | 157 | 155 | 153 | → |
| Lasker | Town | Northampton | 139 | 135 | 123 | 106 | → |
| Lattimore | Town | Cleveland | 215 | 449 | 480 | 448 | → |
| Laurel Park | Town | Henderson | 1,399 | 2,044 | 2,154 | 2,330 | → |
| Laurinburg | City | Scotland | 16,063 | 16,011 | 15,960 | 15,002 | → |
| Lawndale | Town | Cleveland | 590 | 637 | 590 | 592 | → |
| Leggett | Town | Edgecombe | 108 | 77 | 60 | 55 | → |
| Leland | Town | Brunswick | 3,351 | 4,280 | 13,614 | 23,544 | → |
| Lenoir | City | Caldwell | 16,691 | 18,059 | 18,228 | 17,913 | → |
| Lewiston Woodville | Town | Bertie | 785 | 590 | 549 | 482 | → |
| Lewisville | Town | Forsyth | 7,028 | 10,253 | 12,707 | 14,228 | → |
| Lexington | City | Davidson | 19,319 | 19,774 | 18,945 | 18,933 | → |
| Liberty | Town | Randolph | 2,191 | 2,728 | 2,656 | 2,658 | → |
| Lilesville | Town | Anson | 468 | 462 | 521 | 483 | → |
| Lillington | Town | Harnett | 2,328 | 3,061 | 3,189 | 3,657 | → |
| Lincolnton | City | Lincoln | 9,151 | 10,122 | 10,391 | 11,200 | → |
| Linden | Town | Cumberland | 178 | 138 | 130 | 133 | → |
| Littleton | Town | Halifax | 670 | 691 | 651 | 588 | → |
| Locust | City | Stanly / Cabarrus | 2,404 | 2,470 | 2,926 | 3,238 | → |
| Long View | Town | Catawba / Burke | 4,365 | 4,711 | 4,880 | 4,930 | → |
| Louisburg | Town | Franklin | 3,169 | 3,134 | 3,416 | 3,619 | → |
| Love Valley | Town | Iredell | 67 | 97 | 99 | 112 | → |
| Lowell | City | Gaston | 2,674 | 2,678 | 3,523 | 3,716 | → |
| Lucama | Town | Wilson | 894 | 888 | 1,136 | 1,152 | → |
| Lumber Bridge | Town | Robeson | 100 | 106 | 92 | 88 | → |
| Lumberton | City | Robeson | 19,781 | 21,339 | 21,564 | 20,484 | → |
| Macclesfield | Town | Edgecombe | 517 | 457 | 471 | 426 | → |
| Macon | Town | Warren | 154 | 113 | 119 | 110 | → |
| Madison | Town | Rockingham | 2,568 | 2,303 | 2,240 | 2,116 | → |
| Maggie Valley | Town | Haywood | 364 | 831 | 1,164 | 1,237 | → |
| Magnolia | Town | Duplin | 757 | 1,074 | 943 | 952 | → |
| Maiden | Town | Catawba / Lincoln | 2,946 | 3,265 | 3,327 | 3,443 | → |
| Manteo | Town | Dare | 1,103 | 1,074 | 1,326 | 1,456 | → |
| Marietta | Town | Robeson | 206 | 163 | 175 | 168 | → |
| Marion | City | McDowell | 6,065 | 7,453 | 8,150 | 7,891 | → |
| Mars Hill | Town | Madison | 1,633 | 1,746 | 1,861 | 1,939 | → |
| Marshall | Town | Madison | 832 | 886 | 878 | 908 | → |
| Marshville | Town | Union | 2,138 | 2,334 | 2,459 | 2,787 | → |
| Marvin | Village | Union | 605 | 1,260 | 5,658 | 6,792 | → |
| Matthews | Town | Mecklenburg | 14,502 | 22,908 | 27,189 | 33,138 | → |
| Maxton | Town | Robeson / Scotland | 2,915 | 2,599 | 2,444 | 2,346 | → |
| Mayodan | Town | Rockingham | 2,469 | 2,456 | 2,502 | 2,382 | → |
| Maysville | Town | Jones | 1,005 | 1,101 | 1,029 | 935 | → |
| McAdenville | Town | Gaston | 819 | 632 | 628 | 673 | → |
| McDonald | Town | Robeson | 86 | 105 | 113 | 108 | → |
| McFarlan | Town | Anson | 98 | 85 | 117 | 108 | → |
| Mebane | City | Alamance / Orange | 5,459 | 8,297 | 11,483 | 16,262 | → |
| Mesic | Town | Pamlico | 308 | 253 | 220 | 210 | → |
| Micro | Town | Johnston | 417 | 493 | 447 | 537 | → |
| Middleburg | Town | Vance | 131 | 155 | 143 | 137 | → |
| Middlesex | Town | Nash | 736 | 783 | 828 | 825 | → |
| Midland | Town | Cabarrus | 1,519 | 1,686 | 3,076 | 3,805 | → |
| Midway | Town | Davidson | 2,780 | 2,987 | 4,716 | 4,912 | → |
| Mills River | Town | Henderson | 4,534 | 5,983 | 6,726 | 7,406 | → |
| Milton | Town | Caswell | 195 | 155 | 159 | 147 | → |
| Mineral Springs | Town | Union | 1,394 | 1,949 | 2,653 | 3,111 | → |
| Minnesott Beach | Town | Pamlico | 338 | 391 | 437 | 423 | → |
| Mint Hill | Town | Mecklenburg / Union | 13,595 | 15,688 | 22,731 | 27,617 | → |
| Misenheimer | Village | Stanly | 130 | 566 | 730 | 756 | → |
| Mocksville | Town | Davie | 3,585 | 4,258 | 5,056 | 5,252 | → |
| Momeyer | Town | Nash | 289 | 297 | 224 | 228 | → |
| Monroe | City | Union | 19,102 | 27,103 | 32,909 | 35,540 | → |
| Montreat | Town | Buncombe | 687 | 630 | 720 | 870 | → |
| Mooresboro | Town | Cleveland | 294 | 347 | 310 | 312 | → |
| Mooresville | Town | Iredell | 13,759 | 20,404 | 34,377 | 39,132 | → |
| Morehead City | Town | Carteret | 8,440 | 9,334 | 8,654 | 9,619 | → |
| Morganton | City | Burke | 15,875 | 17,279 | 16,880 | 16,577 | → |
| Morrisville | Town | Wake / Durham | 1,556 | 5,227 | 18,585 | 28,846 | → |
| Morven | Town | Anson | 560 | 576 | 499 | 466 | → |
| Mount Airy | City | Surry | 10,332 | 10,976 | 10,407 | 10,208 | → |
| Mount Gilead | Town | Montgomery | 1,333 | 1,435 | 1,181 | 1,142 | → |
| Mount Holly | City | Gaston | 7,970 | 9,708 | 13,657 | 16,257 | → |
| Mount Olive | Town | Wayne | 4,751 | 4,690 | 4,613 | 4,578 | → |
| Mount Pleasant | Town | Cabarrus | 1,368 | 1,474 | 1,843 | 2,222 | → |
| Murfreesboro | Town | Hertford | 2,587 | 2,231 | 2,833 | 2,961 | → |
| Murphy | Town | Cherokee | 1,561 | 1,603 | 1,611 | 1,657 | → |
| Nags Head | Town | Dare | 1,828 | 2,690 | 2,759 | 2,975 | → |
| Nashville | Town | Nash | 3,619 | 4,478 | 5,576 | 5,554 | → |
| Navassa | Town | Brunswick | 1,315 | 1,403 | 1,480 | 2,306 | → |
| New Bern | City | Craven | 20,899 | 23,331 | 29,317 | 29,994 | → |
| New London | Town | Stanly | 824 | 609 | 615 | 724 | → |
| Newland | Town | Avery | 645 | 702 | 708 | 686 | → |
| Newport | Town | Carteret | 2,988 | 3,578 | 4,126 | 4,591 | → |
| Newton | City | Catawba | 11,119 | 12,467 | 12,951 | 13,177 | → |
| Newton Grove | Town | Sampson | 504 | 621 | 569 | 565 | → |
| Norlina | Town | Warren | 996 | 1,164 | 1,125 | 1,047 | → |
| Norman | Town | Richmond | 105 | 150 | 138 | 132 | → |
| North Topsail Beach | Town | Onslow | 945 | 843 | 741 | 743 | → |
| North Wilkesboro | Town | Wilkes | 3,925 | 4,408 | 4,217 | 4,200 | → |
| Northwest | City | Brunswick | 486 | 688 | 733 | 785 | → |
| Norwood | Town | Stanly | 2,277 | 2,564 | 2,375 | 2,449 | → |
| Oak City | Town | Martin | 389 | 370 | 314 | 287 | → |
| Oak Island | Town | Brunswick | 4,961 | 6,699 | 6,802 | 8,386 | → |
| Oak Ridge | Town | Guilford | 2,621 | 4,288 | 6,297 | 7,049 | → |
| Oakboro | Town | Stanly | 1,171 | 1,235 | 1,860 | 1,912 | → |
| Ocean Isle Beach | Town | Brunswick | 525 | 525 | 560 | 665 | → |
| Old Fort | Town | McDowell | 937 | 926 | 903 | 924 | → |
| Oriental | Town | Pamlico | 784 | 867 | 901 | 861 | → |
| Orrum | Town | Robeson | 103 | 128 | 76 | 87 | → |
| Ossipee | Town | Alamance | 266 | 392 | 547 | 591 | → |
| Oxford | City | Granville | 8,396 | 8,366 | 8,444 | 8,886 | → |
| Pantego | Town | Beaufort | 171 | 167 | 181 | 176 | → |
| Parkton | Town | Robeson | 378 | 431 | 452 | 439 | → |
| Parmele | Town | Martin | 321 | 292 | 278 | 253 | → |
| Patterson Springs | Town | Cleveland | 628 | 627 | 622 | 621 | → |
| Peachland | Town | Anson | 467 | 567 | 436 | 402 | → |
| Peletier | Town | Carteret | 354 | 538 | 699 | 720 | → |
| Pembroke | Town | Robeson | 2,195 | 2,519 | 3,068 | 2,951 | → |
| Pikeville | Town | Wayne | 822 | 742 | 675 | 674 | → |
| Pilot Mountain | Town | Surry | 1,147 | 1,289 | 1,474 | 1,413 | → |
| Pine Knoll Shores | Town | Carteret | 1,367 | 1,489 | 1,335 | 1,327 | → |
| Pine Level | Town | Johnston | 1,320 | 1,473 | 1,686 | 2,019 | → |
| Pinebluff | Town | Moore | 1,123 | 1,405 | 1,300 | 1,619 | → |
| Pinehurst | Village | Moore | 5,728 | 10,500 | 14,743 | 16,620 | → |
| Pinetops | Town | Edgecombe | 1,567 | 1,441 | 1,374 | 1,235 | → |
| Pineville | Town | Mecklenburg | 4,599 | 6,037 | 7,488 | 9,028 | → |
| Pink Hill | Town | Lenoir | 552 | 622 | 550 | 507 | → |
| Pittsboro | Town | Chatham | 1,787 | 2,425 | 3,744 | 4,368 | → |
| Pleasant Garden | Town | Guilford | 4,281 | 4,720 | 4,491 | 4,932 | → |
| Plymouth | Town | Washington | 4,363 | 4,166 | 3,868 | 3,361 | → |
| Polkton | Town | Anson | 698 | 1,986 | 3,354 | 2,561 | → |
| Polkville | City | Cleveland | 394 | 519 | 545 | 544 | → |
| Pollocksville | Town | Jones | 297 | 270 | 315 | 281 | → |
| Powellsville | Town | Bertie | 277 | 259 | 280 | 244 | → |
| Princeton | Town | Johnston | 1,185 | 1,091 | 1,189 | 1,398 | → |
| Princeville | Town | Edgecombe | 2,368 | 1,063 | 2,061 | 1,926 | → |
| Proctorville | Town | Robeson | 168 | 131 | 117 | 114 | → |
| Raeford | City | Hoke | 3,811 | 3,851 | 4,620 | 4,956 | → |
| Raleigh | City | Wake / Durham | 220,425 | 288,283 | 404,118 | 474,069 | → |
| Ramseur | Town | Randolph | 1,415 | 1,628 | 1,696 | 1,690 | → |
| Randleman | City | Randolph | 2,852 | 3,771 | 4,123 | 4,115 | → |
| Ranlo | Town | Gaston | 2,349 | 2,264 | 3,442 | 3,668 | → |
| Raynham | Town | Robeson | 106 | 70 | 69 | 71 | → |
| Red Cross | Town | Stanly | 494 | 583 | 738 | 761 | → |
| Red Oak | Town | Nash | 2,122 | 2,685 | 3,420 | 3,468 | → |
| Red Springs | Town | Robeson | 3,929 | 3,534 | 3,433 | 3,302 | → |
| Reidsville | City | Rockingham | 14,331 | 14,456 | 14,463 | 13,987 | → |
| Rennert | Town | Robeson | 230 | 300 | 383 | 372 | → |
| Rhodhiss | Town | Burke / Caldwell | 808 | 619 | 1,036 | 1,024 | → |
| Rich Square | Town | Northampton | 1,093 | 1,426 | 962 | 844 | → |
| Richfield | Town | Stanly | 590 | 532 | 608 | 622 | → |
| Richlands | Town | Onslow | 986 | 970 | 1,494 | 1,703 | → |
| River Bend | Town | Craven | 2,414 | 2,944 | 3,109 | 3,026 | → |
| Roanoke Rapids | City | Halifax | 16,389 | 17,315 | 15,726 | 14,320 | → |
| Robbins | Town | Moore | 1,007 | 1,210 | 1,111 | 1,221 | → |
| Robbinsville | Town | Graham | 709 | 701 | 755 | 637 | → |
| Robersonville | Town | Martin | 1,945 | 1,742 | 1,487 | 1,343 | → |
| Rockingham | City | Richmond | 9,971 | 9,540 | 9,556 | 8,659 | → |
| Rockwell | Town | Rowan | 1,661 | 1,974 | 2,127 | 2,159 | → |
| Rocky Mount | City | Nash / Edgecombe | 54,339 | 59,302 | 57,701 | 53,922 | → |
| Rolesville | Town | Wake | 872 | 1,874 | 3,773 | 8,501 | → |
| Ronda | Town | Wilkes | 363 | 446 | 413 | 411 | → |
| Roper | Town | Washington | 669 | 612 | 622 | 539 | → |
| Rose Hill | Town | Duplin | 1,352 | 1,311 | 1,618 | 1,618 | → |
| Roseboro | Town | Sampson | 1,476 | 1,338 | 1,210 | 1,167 | → |
| Rosman | Town | Transylvania | 448 | 493 | 579 | 615 | → |
| Rowland | Town | Robeson | 1,138 | 1,127 | 1,037 | 992 | → |
| Roxboro | City | Person | 7,584 | 8,764 | 8,357 | 8,309 | → |
| Roxobel | Town | Bertie | 244 | 259 | 240 | 212 | → |
| Rural Hall | Town | Forsyth | 2,526 | 2,474 | 2,931 | 3,264 | → |
| Ruth | Town | Rutherford | 380 | 408 | 404 | 413 | → |
| Rutherford College | Town | Burke / Caldwell | 1,186 | 1,319 | 1,316 | 1,304 | → |
| Rutherfordton | Town | Rutherford | 3,683 | 4,194 | 4,180 | 4,087 | → |
| Salemburg | Town | Sampson | 432 | 438 | 424 | 414 | → |
| Salisbury | City | Rowan | 24,398 | 30,805 | 33,514 | 33,988 | → |
| Saluda | City | Polk / Henderson | 496 | 571 | 715 | 697 | → |
| Sandy Creek | Town | Brunswick | 275 | 249 | 259 | 304 | → |
| Sandyfield | Town | Columbus | 307 | 298 | 443 | 418 | → |
| Sanford | City | Lee | 18,874 | 23,350 | 28,217 | 30,085 | → |
| Saratoga | Town | Wilson | 338 | 402 | 408 | 404 | → |
| Sawmills | Town | Caldwell | 4,548 | 4,890 | 5,207 | 5,189 | → |
| Scotland Neck | Town | Halifax | 2,713 | 2,410 | 2,046 | 1,840 | → |
| Seaboard | Town | Northampton | 804 | 682 | 624 | 543 | → |
| Seagrove | Town | Randolph | 272 | 312 | 229 | 229 | → |
| Sedalia | Town | Guilford | 579 | 652 | 628 | 684 | → |
| Selma | Town | Johnston | 5,183 | 6,004 | 6,122 | 7,101 | → |
| Seven Devils | Town | Watauga / Avery | 117 | 128 | 192 | 216 | → |
| Seven Springs | Town | Wayne | 163 | 89 | 110 | 111 | → |
| Severn | Town | Northampton | 258 | 264 | 276 | 239 | → |
| Shallotte | Town | Brunswick | 1,270 | 1,582 | 3,503 | 4,351 | → |
| Sharpsburg | Town | Nash / Wilson / Edgecombe | 1,720 | 2,647 | 2,024 | 2,013 | → |
| Shelby | City | Cleveland | 19,783 | 20,780 | 20,359 | 20,026 | → |
| Siler City | Town | Chatham | 5,091 | 7,026 | 7,821 | 8,225 | → |
| Simpson | Village | Pitt | 437 | 459 | 420 | 482 | → |
| Sims | Town | Wilson | 124 | 166 | 282 | 286 | → |
| Smithfield | Town | Johnston | 10,759 | 11,525 | 11,041 | 12,985 | → |
| Snow Hill | Town | Greene | 1,439 | 1,527 | 1,557 | 1,512 | → |
| Southern Pines | Town | Moore | 10,282 | 11,075 | 12,421 | 14,657 | → |
| Southern Shores | Town | Dare | 1,476 | 2,201 | 2,714 | 2,958 | → |
| Southport | City | Brunswick | 2,371 | 2,448 | 2,922 | 3,966 | → |
| Sparta | Town | Alleghany | 2,103 | 1,831 | 1,741 | 1,723 | → |
| Speed | Town | Edgecombe | 85 | 70 | 80 | 75 | → |
| Spencer | Town | Rowan | 3,360 | 3,401 | 3,268 | 3,257 | → |
| Spencer Mountain | Town | Gaston | 135 | 42 | 37 | ... | → |
| Spindale | Town | Rutherford | 4,074 | 4,057 | 4,312 | 4,202 | → |
| Spring Hope | Town | Nash | 1,250 | 1,317 | 1,324 | 1,310 | → |
| Spring Lake | Town | Cumberland | 11,486 | 11,207 | 12,010 | 12,005 | → |
| Spruce Pine | Town | Mitchell | 2,017 | 2,063 | 2,244 | 2,143 | → |
| St. Helena | Village | Pender | 321 | 380 | 396 | 424 | → |
| St. James | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,377 | 3,172 | 6,248 | → |
| St. Pauls | Town | Robeson | 2,546 | 2,193 | 2,403 | 2,296 | → |
| Staley | Town | Randolph | 238 | 361 | 395 | 398 | → |
| Stallings | Town | Union / Mecklenburg | 3,491 | 7,192 | 13,762 | 16,145 | → |
| Stanfield | Town | Stanly | 933 | 1,160 | 1,486 | 1,548 | → |
| Stanley | Town | Gaston | 3,306 | 2,988 | 3,526 | 3,762 | → |
| Stantonsburg | Town | Wilson | 770 | 744 | 786 | 779 | → |
| Star | Town | Montgomery | 791 | 796 | 879 | 849 | → |
| Statesville | City | Iredell | 21,224 | 23,393 | 24,520 | 27,528 | → |
| Stedman | Town | Cumberland | 662 | 631 | 1,025 | 1,076 | → |
| Stem | Town | Granville | 285 | 259 | 447 | 567 | → |
| Stokesdale | Town | Guilford | 2,067 | 3,257 | 5,033 | 5,489 | → |
| Stoneville | Town | Rockingham | 1,153 | 1,162 | 1,301 | 1,257 | → |
| Stonewall | Town | Pamlico | 279 | 281 | 281 | 270 | → |
| Stovall | Town | Granville | 400 | 357 | 404 | 420 | → |
| Sugar Mountain | Village | Avery | 132 | 225 | 201 | 197 | → |
| Summerfield | Town | Guilford | 4,149 | 6,873 | 10,238 | 11,376 | → |
| Sunset Beach | Town | Brunswick | 1,298 | 2,007 | 3,572 | 4,037 | → |
| Surf City | Town | Pender / Onslow | 1,299 | 1,968 | 1,925 | 2,469 | → |
| Swansboro | Town | Onslow | 1,459 | 1,805 | 2,675 | 3,344 | → |
| Swepsonville | Town | Alamance | 977 | 1,222 | 1,162 | 1,384 | → |
| Sylva | Town | Jackson | 2,266 | 2,433 | 2,553 | 2,738 | → |
| Tabor City | Town | Columbus | 2,481 | 2,579 | 4,021 | 4,163 | → |
| Tar Heel | Town | Bladen | 88 | 68 | 121 | 115 | → |
| Tarboro | Town | Edgecombe | 11,107 | 11,506 | 11,525 | 10,715 | → |
| Taylorsville | Town | Alexander | 1,905 | 1,887 | 2,091 | 2,159 | → |
| Taylortown | Town | Moore | 656 | 849 | 776 | 858 | → |
| Teachey | Town | Duplin | 301 | 287 | 431 | 423 | → |
| Thomasville | City | Davidson / Randolph | 19,427 | 23,444 | 26,802 | 26,649 | → |
| Tobaccoville | Village | Forsyth / Stokes | 2,190 | 2,349 | 2,436 | 2,718 | → |
| Topsail Beach | Town | Pender | 363 | 474 | 368 | 427 | → |
| Trent Woods | Town | Craven | 3,854 | 4,215 | 4,155 | 4,021 | → |
| Trenton | Town | Jones | 284 | 238 | 307 | 280 | → |
| Trinity | City | Randolph | 6,442 | 6,656 | 6,594 | 6,606 | → |
| Troutman | Town | Iredell | 1,800 | 2,144 | 2,447 | 2,769 | → |
| Troy | Town | Montgomery | 3,493 | 3,597 | 3,503 | 3,222 | → |
| Tryon | Town | Polk | 1,692 | 1,775 | 1,635 | 1,615 | → |
| Turkey | Town | Sampson | 290 | 303 | 293 | 293 | → |
| Unionville | Town | Union | 3,683 | 5,192 | 6,148 | 7,195 | → |
| Valdese | Town | Burke | 4,453 | 4,942 | 4,469 | 4,420 | → |
| Vanceboro | Town | Craven | 930 | 897 | 999 | 965 | → |
| Vandemere | Town | Pamlico | 315 | 297 | 254 | 244 | → |
| Varnamtown | Town | Brunswick | 380 | 490 | 552 | 596 | → |
| Vass | Town | Moore | 744 | 771 | 704 | 789 | → |
| Waco | Town | Cleveland | 320 | 340 | 319 | 314 | → |
| Wade | Town | Cumberland | 257 | 500 | 557 | 583 | → |
| Wadesboro | Town | Anson | 4,987 | 4,919 | 5,812 | 5,275 | → |
| Wagram | Town | Scotland | 696 | 804 | 842 | 777 | → |
| Wake Forest | Town | Wake / Franklin | 6,462 | 14,096 | 30,135 | 45,629 | → |
| Walkertown | Town | Forsyth | 3,942 | 4,132 | 4,719 | 5,242 | → |
| Wallace | Town | Duplin / Pender | 3,106 | 3,363 | 3,887 | 3,863 | → |
| Wallburg | Town | Davidson | 1,536 | 1,595 | 2,980 | 3,107 | → |
| Walnut Cove | Town | Stokes | 1,326 | 1,605 | 1,621 | 1,533 | → |
| Walnut Creek | Village | Wayne | 629 | 933 | 848 | 861 | → |
| Walstonburg | Town | Greene | 202 | 227 | 219 | 208 | → |
| Warrenton | Town | Warren | 954 | 943 | 898 | 833 | → |
| Warsaw | Town | Duplin | 2,747 | 2,727 | 3,100 | 3,089 | → |
| Washington | City | Beaufort | 9,958 | 9,634 | 9,847 | 9,497 | → |
| Washington Park | Town | Beaufort | 541 | 435 | 451 | 428 | → |
| Watha | Town | Pender | 155 | 201 | 188 | 240 | → |
| Waxhaw | Town | Union | 2,452 | 3,304 | 9,919 | 17,147 | → |
| Waynesville | Town | Haywood | 9,010 | 9,813 | 9,858 | 10,141 | → |
| Weaverville | Town | Buncombe | 3,087 | 3,448 | 3,666 | 4,027 | → |
| Webster | Town | Jackson | 352 | 496 | 361 | 387 | → |
| Weddington | Town | Union | 4,091 | 7,340 | 9,523 | 11,182 | → |
| Weldon | Town | Halifax | 1,620 | 1,500 | 1,651 | 1,470 | → |
| Wendell | Town | Wake | 3,253 | 4,371 | 5,852 | 8,577 | → |
| Wentworth | Town | Rockingham | 2,360 | 2,698 | 2,782 | 2,720 | → |
| Wesley Chapel | Village | Union | 1,424 | 2,648 | 7,830 | 9,295 | → |
| West Jefferson | Town | Ashe | 1,041 | 1,176 | 1,334 | 1,315 | → |
| Whispering Pines | Village | Moore | 1,441 | 2,090 | 2,952 | 3,399 | → |
| Whitakers | Town | Nash / Edgecombe | 876 | 804 | 744 | 702 | → |
| White Lake | Town | Bladen | 402 | 532 | 783 | 769 | → |
| Whiteville | City | Columbus | 5,455 | 5,153 | 5,371 | 5,299 | → |
| Whitsett | Town | Guilford | 621 | 636 | 589 | 639 | → |
| Wilkesboro | Town | Wilkes | 3,070 | 3,218 | 3,548 | 3,453 | → |
| Williamston | Town | Martin | 5,933 | 5,937 | 5,745 | 5,202 | → |
| Wilmington | City | New Hanover | 73,680 | 90,110 | 106,465 | 123,744 | → |
| Wilson | City | Wilson | 39,056 | 45,208 | 49,149 | 49,459 | → |
| Wilson's Mills | Town | Johnston | 569 | 1,340 | 2,271 | 2,756 | → |
| Windsor | Town | Bertie | 2,243 | 2,370 | 3,637 | 3,373 | → |
| Winfall | Town | Perquimans | 493 | 541 | 606 | 610 | → |
| Wingate | Town | Union | 2,787 | 2,765 | 3,466 | 4,594 | → |
| Winston-Salem | City | Forsyth | 177,669 | 201,399 | 229,624 | 247,945 | → |
| Winterville | Town | Pitt | 3,721 | 4,972 | 9,218 | 9,931 | → |
| Winton | Town | Hertford | 786 | 967 | 771 | 722 | → |
| Woodfin | Town | Buncombe | 5,668 | 5,569 | 6,294 | 6,717 | → |
| Woodland | Town | Northampton | 770 | 1,041 | 807 | 703 | → |
| Wrightsville Beach | Town | New Hanover | 3,003 | 2,574 | 2,479 | 2,556 | → |
| Yadkinville | Town | Yadkin | 2,523 | 2,885 | 2,971 | 2,876 | → |
| Yanceyville | Town | Caswell | 2,132 | 2,106 | 2,122 | 1,963 | → |
| Youngsville | Town | Franklin | 605 | 730 | 1,147 | 1,375 | → |
| Zebulon | Town | Wake | 3,389 | 4,362 | 4,465 | 5,917 | → |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (web).
Explanation: All population totals refer to 2020 census boundaries. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.