USA: North Carolina
Counties
The population of all counties in North Carolina by census years.
| Name | Status | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | Population Census 2020-04-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | County | 108,213 | 130,800 | 151,131 | 171,415 | → |
| Alexander | County | 27,544 | 33,603 | 37,198 | 36,444 | → |
| Alleghany | County | 9,590 | 10,677 | 11,155 | 10,888 | → |
| Anson | County | 23,474 | 25,275 | 26,948 | 22,055 | → |
| Ashe | County | 22,209 | 24,384 | 27,281 | 26,577 | → |
| Avery | County | 14,867 | 17,167 | 17,797 | 17,806 | → |
| Beaufort | County | 42,283 | 44,958 | 47,759 | 44,652 | → |
| Bertie | County | 20,388 | 19,773 | 21,282 | 17,934 | → |
| Bladen | County | 28,663 | 32,278 | 35,190 | 29,606 | → |
| Brunswick | County | 50,985 | 73,143 | 107,431 | 136,693 | → |
| Buncombe | County | 174,821 | 206,330 | 238,318 | 269,452 | → |
| Burke | County | 75,744 | 89,148 | 90,912 | 87,570 | → |
| Cabarrus | County | 98,935 | 131,063 | 178,011 | 225,804 | → |
| Caldwell | County | 70,709 | 77,415 | 83,029 | 80,652 | → |
| Camden | County | 5,904 | 6,885 | 9,980 | 10,355 | → |
| Carteret | County | 52,556 | 59,383 | 66,469 | 67,686 | → |
| Caswell | County | 20,693 | 23,501 | 23,719 | 22,736 | → |
| Catawba | County | 118,412 | 141,685 | 154,358 | 160,610 | → |
| Chatham | County | 38,759 | 49,329 | 63,505 | 76,285 | → |
| Cherokee | County | 20,170 | 24,298 | 27,444 | 28,774 | → |
| Chowan | County | 13,506 | 14,526 | 14,793 | 13,708 | → |
| Clay | County | 7,155 | 8,775 | 10,587 | 11,089 | → |
| Cleveland | County | 84,714 | 96,287 | 98,078 | 99,519 | → |
| Columbus | County | 49,587 | 54,749 | 58,098 | 50,623 | → |
| Craven | County | 81,613 | 91,436 | 103,505 | 100,720 | → |
| Cumberland | County | 274,566 | 302,963 | 319,431 | 334,728 | → |
| Currituck | County | 13,736 | 18,190 | 23,547 | 28,100 | → |
| Dare | County | 22,746 | 29,967 | 33,920 | 36,915 | → |
| Davidson | County | 126,677 | 147,246 | 162,878 | 168,930 | → |
| Davie | County | 27,859 | 34,835 | 41,240 | 42,712 | → |
| Duplin | County | 39,995 | 49,063 | 58,505 | 48,715 | → |
| Durham | County | 181,835 | 223,314 | 267,587 | 324,833 | → |
| Edgecombe | County | 56,558 | 55,606 | 56,552 | 48,900 | → |
| Forsyth | County | 265,878 | 306,067 | 350,670 | 382,590 | → |
| Franklin | County | 36,414 | 47,260 | 60,619 | 68,573 | → |
| Gaston | County | 175,093 | 190,365 | 206,086 | 227,943 | → |
| Gates | County | 9,305 | 10,516 | 12,197 | 10,478 | → |
| Graham | County | 7,196 | 7,993 | 8,861 | 8,030 | → |
| Granville | County | 38,345 | 48,498 | 59,916 | 60,992 | → |
| Greene | County | 15,384 | 18,974 | 21,362 | 20,451 | → |
| Guilford | County | 347,420 | 421,048 | 488,406 | 541,299 | → |
| Halifax | County | 55,516 | 57,370 | 54,691 | 48,622 | → |
| Harnett | County | 67,822 | 91,025 | 114,678 | 133,568 | → |
| Haywood | County | 46,942 | 54,033 | 59,036 | 62,089 | → |
| Henderson | County | 69,285 | 89,173 | 106,740 | 116,281 | → |
| Hertford | County | 22,523 | 22,601 | 24,669 | 21,552 | → |
| Hoke | County | 22,856 | 33,646 | 46,952 | 52,082 | → |
| Hyde | County | 5,411 | 5,826 | 5,810 | 4,589 | → |
| Iredell | County | 92,931 | 122,660 | 159,437 | 186,693 | → |
| Jackson | County | 26,846 | 33,121 | 40,271 | 43,109 | → |
| Johnston | County | 81,306 | 121,965 | 168,878 | 215,999 | → |
| Jones | County | 9,414 | 10,381 | 10,153 | 9,172 | → |
| Lee | County | 41,374 | 49,040 | 57,866 | 63,285 | → |
| Lenoir | County | 57,274 | 59,648 | 59,495 | 55,122 | → |
| Lincoln | County | 50,319 | 63,780 | 78,265 | 86,810 | → |
| Macon | County | 23,499 | 29,811 | 33,922 | 37,014 | → |
| Madison | County | 16,953 | 19,635 | 20,764 | 21,193 | → |
| Martin | County | 25,078 | 25,593 | 24,505 | 22,031 | → |
| McDowell | County | 35,681 | 42,151 | 44,996 | 44,578 | → |
| Mecklenburg | County | 511,433 | 695,454 | 919,628 | 1,115,482 | → |
| Mitchell | County | 14,433 | 15,687 | 15,579 | 14,903 | → |
| Montgomery | County | 23,346 | 26,822 | 27,798 | 25,751 | → |
| Moore | County | 59,013 | 74,769 | 88,247 | 99,727 | → |
| Nash | County | 76,677 | 87,420 | 95,840 | 94,970 | → |
| New Hanover | County | 120,284 | 160,307 | 202,667 | 225,702 | → |
| Northampton | County | 20,798 | 22,086 | 22,099 | 17,471 | → |
| Onslow | County | 149,838 | 150,355 | 177,772 | 204,576 | → |
| Orange | County | 93,851 | 118,227 | 133,801 | 148,696 | → |
| Pamlico | County | 11,372 | 12,934 | 13,144 | 12,276 | → |
| Pasquotank | County | 31,298 | 34,897 | 40,661 | 40,568 | → |
| Pender | County | 28,855 | 41,082 | 52,217 | 60,203 | → |
| Perquimans | County | 10,447 | 11,368 | 13,453 | 13,005 | → |
| Person | County | 30,180 | 35,623 | 39,464 | 39,097 | → |
| Pitt | County | 107,924 | 133,798 | 168,148 | 170,243 | → |
| Polk | County | 14,416 | 18,324 | 20,510 | 19,328 | → |
| Randolph | County | 106,546 | 130,454 | 141,752 | 144,171 | → |
| Richmond | County | 44,518 | 46,564 | 46,639 | 42,946 | → |
| Robeson | County | 105,179 | 123,339 | 134,168 | 116,530 | → |
| Rockingham | County | 86,064 | 91,928 | 93,643 | 91,096 | → |
| Rowan | County | 110,605 | 130,340 | 138,428 | 146,875 | → |
| Rutherford | County | 56,918 | 62,899 | 67,810 | 64,444 | → |
| Sampson | County | 47,297 | 60,161 | 63,431 | 59,036 | → |
| Scotland | County | 33,754 | 35,998 | 36,157 | 34,174 | → |
| Stanly | County | 51,765 | 58,100 | 60,585 | 62,504 | → |
| Stokes | County | 37,223 | 44,711 | 47,401 | 44,520 | → |
| Surry | County | 61,704 | 71,219 | 73,673 | 71,359 | → |
| Swain | County | 11,268 | 12,968 | 13,981 | 14,117 | → |
| Transylvania | County | 25,520 | 29,334 | 33,090 | 32,986 | → |
| Tyrrell | County | 3,856 | 4,149 | 4,407 | 3,245 | → |
| Union | County | 84,211 | 123,677 | 201,292 | 238,267 | → |
| Vance | County | 38,892 | 42,954 | 45,422 | 42,578 | → |
| Wake | County | 423,380 | 627,846 | 900,993 | 1,129,410 | → |
| Warren | County | 17,265 | 19,972 | 20,972 | 18,642 | → |
| Washington | County | 13,997 | 13,723 | 13,228 | 11,003 | → |
| Watauga | County | 36,952 | 42,695 | 51,079 | 54,086 | → |
| Wayne | County | 104,666 | 113,329 | 122,623 | 117,333 | → |
| Wilkes | County | 59,393 | 65,632 | 69,340 | 65,969 | → |
| Wilson | County | 66,061 | 73,814 | 81,234 | 78,784 | → |
| Yadkin | County | 30,488 | 36,348 | 38,406 | 37,214 | → |
| Yancey | County | 15,419 | 17,774 | 17,818 | 18,470 | → |
| North Carolina | State | 6,628,637 | 8,049,313 | 9,535,483 | 10,439,388 |
Contents: Places
The population of all places in North Carolina by census years.
icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, »race«, ethnicity).| Name | Status | County | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | Population Census 2020-04-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Town | Moore | 3,273 | 3,741 | 6,284 | 8,513 | → |
| Advance | Census-Designated Place | Davie | 796 | 1,259 | 1,138 | 1,499 | → |
| Ahoskie | Town | Hertford | 4,552 | 4,819 | 5,068 | 4,890 | → |
| Alamance | Village | Alamance | 334 | 354 | 956 | 991 | → |
| Albemarle | City | Stanly | 15,111 | 15,925 | 15,891 | 16,422 | → |
| Alexis | Census-Designated Place | Gaston | 588 | 580 | 515 | 589 | → |
| Alliance | Town | Pamlico | 655 | 800 | 782 | 730 | → |
| Altamahaw | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | 415 | 390 | 347 | 334 | → |
| Anderson Creek | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | 6,110 | 7,030 | 9,358 | 13,636 | → |
| Andrews | Town | Cherokee | 1,764 | 1,747 | 1,776 | 1,663 | → |
| Angier | Town | Harnett / Wake | 2,482 | 3,655 | 4,426 | 5,278 | → |
| Ansonville | Town | Anson | 630 | 638 | 626 | 442 | → |
| Apex | Town | Wake | 5,847 | 22,318 | 38,533 | 64,180 | → |
| Aquadale | Census-Designated Place | Stanly | 384 | 446 | 397 | 348 | → |
| Arapahoe | Town | Pamlico | 436 | 453 | 557 | 415 | → |
| Archdale | City | Randolph / Guilford | 7,352 | 9,302 | 11,435 | 11,887 | → |
| Archer Lodge | Town | Johnston | 556 | 1,471 | 4,262 | 4,796 | → |
| Arrowhead Beach | Census-Designated Place | Chowan | 423 | 491 | 533 | 640 | → |
| Asheboro | City | Randolph | 17,575 | 21,924 | 25,391 | 27,171 | → |
| Asheville | City | Buncombe | 65,950 | 73,989 | 83,359 | 94,581 | → |
| Ashley Heights | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 128 | 373 | 380 | 301 | → |
| Askewville | Town | Bertie | 211 | 213 | 252 | 184 | → |
| Atkinson | Town | Pender | 273 | 280 | 299 | 298 | → |
| Atlantic | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 406 | 332 | 543 | 468 | → |
| Atlantic Beach | Town | Carteret | 1,912 | 1,835 | 1,499 | 1,373 | → |
| Aulander | Town | Bertie | 1,209 | 921 | 896 | 757 | → |
| Aurora | Town | Beaufort | 675 | 581 | 520 | 454 | → |
| Autryville | Town | Sampson | 219 | 204 | 193 | 171 | → |
| Avery Creek | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,144 | 1,405 | 1,950 | 2,241 | → |
| Avon | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 656 | 786 | 776 | 832 | → |
| Ayden | Town | Pitt | 4,929 | 4,745 | 4,997 | 4,984 | → |
| Badin | Town | Stanly | 1,274 | 1,802 | 1,974 | 2,037 | → |
| Bailey | Town | Nash | 553 | 684 | 569 | 568 | → |
| Bakersville | Town | Mitchell | 332 | 415 | 466 | 452 | → |
| Bald Head Island | Village | Brunswick | 78 | 173 | 158 | 263 | → |
| Balfour | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,118 | 1,200 | 1,187 | 1,335 | → |
| Banner Elk | Town | Avery | 985 | 821 | 1,029 | 1,047 | → |
| Barker Heights | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 774 | 1,143 | 1,163 | 1,249 | → |
| Barker Ten Mile | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 1,087 | 976 | 952 | 937 | → |
| Barnardsville | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 327 | 91 | 303 | 559 | → |
| Bath | Town | Beaufort | 191 | 274 | 249 | 245 | → |
| Bayboro | Town | Pamlico | 720 | 1,234 | 1,260 | 1,163 | → |
| Bayshore | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 1,523 | 2,151 | 3,393 | 3,833 | → |
| Bayview | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | 243 | 284 | 346 | 298 | → |
| Bear Grass | Town | Martin | 59 | 66 | 73 | 86 | → |
| Beaufort | Town | Carteret | 3,962 | 3,868 | 4,174 | 4,459 | → |
| Beech Mountain | Town | Watauga / Avery | 236 | 325 | 317 | 666 | → |
| Belhaven | Town | Beaufort | 2,289 | 1,957 | 1,692 | 1,412 | → |
| Bell Arthur | Census-Designated Place | Pitt | 601 | 686 | 466 | 477 | → |
| Belmont | City | Gaston | 10,145 | 10,060 | 10,224 | 15,007 | → |
| Belville | Town | Brunswick | 714 | 919 | 1,930 | 2,408 | → |
| Belvoir | Census-Designated Place | Pitt | 131 | 131 | 307 | 315 | → |
| Belwood | Town | Cleveland | 625 | 980 | 949 | 858 | → |
| Bennett | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 197 | 229 | 282 | 284 | → |
| Benson | Town | Johnston / Harnett | 2,912 | 3,075 | 3,321 | 3,971 | → |
| Bent Creek | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,487 | 1,389 | 1,287 | 1,402 | → |
| Bermuda Run (incl. Hillsdale) | Town | Davie | 1,876 | 2,022 | 2,589 | 3,122 | → |
| Bessemer City | City | Gaston | 4,867 | 5,411 | 5,332 | 5,429 | → |
| Bethania | Town | Forsyth | 355 | 345 | 328 | 343 | → |
| Bethel | Town | Pitt | 1,876 | 1,661 | 1,577 | 1,375 | → |
| Bethlehem | Census-Designated Place | Alexander | 3,186 | 3,713 | 4,214 | 4,491 | → |
| Beulaville | Town | Duplin | 999 | 1,108 | 1,293 | 1,118 | → |
| Biltmore Forest | Town | Buncombe | 1,343 | 1,493 | 1,343 | 1,397 | → |
| Biscoe | Town | Montgomery | 1,513 | 1,738 | 1,738 | 1,848 | → |
| Black Creek | Town | Wilson | 673 | 731 | 761 | 689 | → |
| Black Mountain | Town | Buncombe | 7,184 | 7,554 | 7,851 | 8,422 | → |
| Bladenboro | Town | Bladen | 1,975 | 1,724 | 1,832 | 1,647 | → |
| Blowing Rock | Town | Watauga / Caldwell | 1,267 | 1,402 | 1,244 | 1,374 | → |
| Blue Clay Farms | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 561 | 1,116 | 33 | 168 | → |
| Boardman | Town | Columbus | 221 | 202 | 157 | 163 | → |
| Bogue | Town | Carteret | 320 | 576 | 686 | 692 | → |
| Boiling Spring Lakes | City | Brunswick | 1,650 | 2,981 | 5,372 | 5,946 | → |
| Boiling Springs | Town | Cleveland | 2,527 | 3,939 | 4,649 | 4,617 | → |
| Bolivia | Town | Brunswick | 252 | 154 | 143 | 152 | → |
| Bolton | Town | Columbus | 531 | 480 | 686 | 522 | → |
| Bonnetsville | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 391 | 390 | 443 | 318 | → |
| Boone | Town | Watauga | 13,113 | 13,611 | 17,101 | 19,097 | → |
| Boonville | Town | Yadkin | 1,055 | 1,077 | 1,146 | 1,189 | → |
| Bostic | Town | Rutherford | 371 | 331 | 384 | 355 | → |
| Bowdens | Census-Designated Place | Duplin | 130 | 82 | 217 | 196 | → |
| Bowmore | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 86 | 145 | 103 | 76 | → |
| Brandywine Bay | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 247 | 657 | 943 | 1,153 | → |
| Brevard | City | Transylvania | 6,686 | 6,982 | 7,673 | 7,750 | → |
| Briar Chapel | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 1,056 | 1,099 | 578 | 5,108 | → |
| Brices Creek | Census-Designated Place | Craven | 1,093 | 2,060 | 3,073 | 3,542 | → |
| Bridgeton | Town | Craven | 813 | 569 | 473 | 344 | → |
| Broad Creek | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 1,478 | 2,047 | 2,334 | 1,968 | → |
| Broadway | Town | Lee / Harnett | 990 | 1,041 | 1,206 | 1,275 | → |
| Brogden | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 3,246 | 2,907 | 2,633 | 2,510 | → |
| Brookford | Town | Catawba | 461 | 448 | 380 | 421 | → |
| Brunswick | Town | Columbus | 313 | 1,084 | 1,135 | 976 | → |
| Bryson City | Town | Swain | 1,166 | 1,434 | 1,424 | 1,555 | → |
| Buies Creek | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | 2,328 | 2,382 | 3,113 | 3,253 | → |
| Bunn | Town | Franklin | 373 | 394 | 346 | 324 | → |
| Bunnlevel | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | 566 | 546 | 552 | 516 | → |
| Burgaw | Town | Pender | 2,479 | 3,492 | 3,854 | 3,085 | → |
| Burlington | City | Alamance / Guilford | 40,620 | 45,805 | 51,062 | 57,306 | → |
| Burnsville | Town | Yancey | 1,572 | 1,627 | 1,694 | 1,605 | → |
| Butner | Town | Granville | 5,006 | 6,089 | 7,589 | 8,396 | → |
| Butters | Census-Designated Place | Bladen | 260 | 261 | 294 | 250 | → |
| Buxton | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 781 | 1,067 | 1,401 | 1,181 | → |
| Cajah's Mountain | Town | Caldwell | 2,905 | 2,987 | 2,774 | 2,710 | → |
| Calabash | Town | Brunswick | 939 | 1,628 | 1,790 | 2,012 | → |
| Calypso | Town | Duplin | 500 | 451 | 530 | 325 | → |
| Camden | Census-Designated Place | Camden | 345 | 362 | 599 | 620 | → |
| Cameron | Town | Moore | 246 | 345 | 286 | 240 | → |
| Candor | Town | Montgomery / Moore | 775 | 867 | 841 | 813 | → |
| Canton | Town | Haywood | 3,880 | 4,091 | 4,211 | 4,422 | → |
| Cape Carteret | Town | Carteret | 1,082 | 1,178 | 1,986 | 2,230 | → |
| Cape Colony | Census-Designated Place | Chowan | 699 | 779 | 766 | 691 | → |
| Caroleen | Census-Designated Place | Rutherford | 571 | 625 | 652 | 560 | → |
| Carolina Beach | Town | New Hanover | 4,249 | 5,116 | 5,706 | 6,562 | → |
| Carolina Meadows | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 327 | 646 | 613 | 727 | → |
| Carolina Shores | Town | Brunswick | 1,247 | 2,027 | 3,368 | 4,588 | → |
| Carrboro | Town | Orange | 12,150 | 17,653 | 19,568 | 21,290 | → |
| Carthage | Town | Moore | 1,432 | 1,899 | 2,295 | 2,768 | → |
| Cary | Town | Wake / Chatham | 50,862 | 98,343 | 135,869 | 174,763 | → |
| Casar | Town | Cleveland | 333 | 306 | 294 | 303 | → |
| Cashiers | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | 296 | 408 | 453 | 657 | → |
| Castalia | Town | Nash | 261 | 361 | 265 | 261 | → |
| Castle Hayne | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 1,225 | 1,116 | 1,202 | 1,243 | → |
| Caswell Beach | Town | Brunswick | 196 | 361 | 395 | 393 | → |
| Catawba | Town | Catawba | 761 | 693 | 614 | 696 | → |
| Cedar Point | Town | Carteret | 878 | 835 | 1,247 | 1,765 | → |
| Cedar Rock | Village | Caldwell | 298 | 315 | 303 | 299 | → |
| Centerville | Census-Designated Place | Franklin | 115 | 97 | 89 | 149 | → |
| Cerro Gordo | Town | Columbus | 229 | 243 | 212 | 130 | → |
| Chadbourn | Town | Columbus | 2,100 | 2,134 | 1,841 | 1,568 | → |
| Chapel Hill | Town | Orange / Durham | 38,823 | 50,541 | 57,221 | 61,965 | → |
| Charlotte | City | Mecklenburg | 427,990 | 574,151 | 735,580 | 874,607 | → |
| Cherokee | Census-Designated Place | Swain / Jackson | 1,623 | 2,097 | 2,138 | 2,195 | → |
| Cherry Branch | Census-Designated Place | Craven | ... | 109 | 804 | 1,211 | → |
| Cherryville | City | Gaston | 5,106 | 5,505 | 5,740 | 6,071 | → |
| Chimney Rock Village | Village | Rutherford | 112 | 164 | 119 | 139 | → |
| China Grove | Town | Rowan | 4,108 | 4,368 | 4,184 | 4,443 | → |
| Chinquapin | Census-Designated Place | Duplin | ... | ... | 111 | 86 | → |
| Chocowinity | Town | Beaufort | 833 | 721 | 761 | 752 | → |
| Chowan Beach | Census-Designated Place | Chowan | 250 | 228 | 314 | 385 | → |
| Claremont | City | Catawba | 1,062 | 1,084 | 1,357 | 1,689 | → |
| Clarkton | Town | Bladen | 743 | 754 | 841 | 610 | → |
| Clayton | Town | Johnston / Wake | 6,050 | 7,717 | 16,210 | 26,317 | → |
| Clemmons | Village | Forsyth | 9,890 | 15,886 | 18,624 | 21,172 | → |
| Cleveland | Town | Rowan | 703 | 835 | 856 | 851 | → |
| Cliffside | Census-Designated Place | Rutherford | 414 | 409 | 611 | 530 | → |
| Clinton | City | Sampson | 8,540 | 8,641 | 8,714 | 8,376 | → |
| Clyde | Town | Haywood | 1,077 | 1,363 | 1,231 | 1,371 | → |
| Coats | Town | Harnett | 1,574 | 1,987 | 2,104 | 2,150 | → |
| Cofield | Village | Hertford | 407 | 369 | 393 | 269 | → |
| Coinjock | Census-Designated Place | Currituck | 193 | 184 | 335 | 337 | → |
| Colerain | Town | Bertie | 246 | 221 | 204 | 219 | → |
| Columbia | Town | Tyrrell | 862 | 841 | 853 | 608 | → |
| Columbus | Town | Polk | 1,052 | 1,152 | 995 | 1,057 | → |
| Como | Town | Hertford | 222 | 80 | 91 | 66 | → |
| Concord | City | Cabarrus | 37,742 | 56,392 | 79,342 | 105,318 | → |
| Conetoe | Town | Edgecombe | 307 | 353 | 291 | 201 | → |
| Connelly Springs | Town | Burke | 1,423 | 1,802 | 1,650 | 1,523 | → |
| Conover | City | Catawba | 5,935 | 6,566 | 8,298 | 8,424 | → |
| Conway | Town | Northampton | 759 | 722 | 829 | 754 | → |
| Cooleemee | Town | Davie | 960 | 909 | 968 | 944 | → |
| Cordova | Census-Designated Place | Richmond | 1,516 | 1,682 | 1,775 | 1,653 | → |
| Cornelius | Town | Mecklenburg | 6,501 | 13,874 | 24,906 | 31,410 | → |
| Cove City | Town | Craven | 490 | 428 | 399 | 381 | → |
| Cove Creek | Census-Designated Place | Watauga | 806 | 1,002 | 1,171 | 1,068 | → |
| Cramerton | Town | Gaston | 2,244 | 2,986 | 4,177 | 5,310 | → |
| Creedmoor | City | Granville | 1,779 | 2,351 | 4,077 | 4,874 | → |
| Creswell | Town | Washington | 364 | 279 | 270 | 209 | → |
| Cricket | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 2,015 | 2,053 | 1,855 | 1,966 | → |
| Crossnore | Town | Avery | 275 | 237 | 191 | 144 | → |
| Crouse | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | 232 | 446 | 306 | 322 | → |
| Cullowhee | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | 4,029 | 3,579 | 6,228 | 7,682 | → |
| Cypress Landing | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | ... | 524 | 1,115 | 1,257 | → |
| Dallas | Town | Gaston | 3,717 | 4,067 | 4,468 | 5,931 | → |
| Dana | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,930 | 2,566 | 3,329 | 3,683 | → |
| Danbury | Town | Stokes | 122 | 146 | 189 | 187 | → |
| Davidson | Town | Mecklenburg / Iredell | 4,172 | 7,203 | 10,873 | 15,109 | → |
| Davis | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 276 | 412 | 422 | 311 | → |
| Deep Run | Census-Designated Place | Lenoir | 338 | 669 | 755 | 572 | → |
| Deercroft | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | ... | 192 | 411 | 414 | → |
| Delco | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | 183 | 265 | 348 | 287 | → |
| Dellview | Town | Gaston | 10 | ... | 13 | ... | → |
| Delway | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 184 | 270 | 203 | 150 | → |
| Denton | Town | Davidson | 1,533 | 1,621 | 1,642 | 1,496 | → |
| Denver | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | 1,213 | 1,815 | 2,309 | 2,697 | → |
| Dillsboro | Town | Jackson | 130 | 238 | 232 | 208 | → |
| Dobbins Heights | Town | Richmond | 1,090 | 913 | 799 | 691 | → |
| Dobson | Town | Surry | 1,193 | 1,514 | 1,588 | 1,463 | → |
| Dortches | Town | Nash | 840 | 797 | 951 | 1,082 | → |
| Dover | Town | Craven | 455 | 440 | 401 | 350 | → |
| Drexel | Town | Burke | 1,795 | 1,928 | 1,889 | 1,757 | → |
| Dublin | Town | Bladen | 253 | 293 | 348 | 265 | → |
| Duck | Town | Dare | 426 | 448 | 373 | 741 | → |
| Dudley | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 495 | 828 | 1,001 | 826 | → |
| Dundarrach | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 45 | 62 | 41 | 34 | → |
| Dunn | City | Harnett | 9,176 | 9,212 | 9,272 | 8,446 | → |
| Durham | City | Durham / Wake / Orange | 148,505 | 191,310 | 230,740 | 283,588 | → |
| Earl | Town | Cleveland | 226 | 259 | 257 | 193 | → |
| East Arcadia | Town | Bladen | 468 | 510 | 498 | 416 | → |
| East Bend | Town | Yadkin | 589 | 657 | 622 | 633 | → |
| East Flat Rock | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 3,610 | 4,872 | 4,995 | 5,757 | → |
| East Laurinburg | Town | Scotland | 335 | 284 | 304 | 236 | → |
| East Rockingham | Census-Designated Place | Richmond | 4,158 | 3,885 | 3,736 | 3,471 | → |
| East Spencer | Town | Rowan | 2,124 | 1,715 | 1,546 | 1,568 | → |
| Eastover | Town | Cumberland | 2,564 | 2,591 | 3,626 | 3,653 | → |
| Eden | City | Rockingham | 15,824 | 15,947 | 15,703 | 15,411 | → |
| Edenton | Town | Chowan | 5,289 | 5,374 | 5,002 | 4,458 | → |
| Edneyville | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,132 | 1,637 | 2,367 | 2,395 | → |
| Efland | Census-Designated Place | Orange | 708 | 632 | 734 | 852 | → |
| Elizabeth City | City | Pasquotank / Camden | 17,193 | 16,958 | 18,656 | 18,653 | → |
| Elizabethtown | Town | Bladen | 3,814 | 3,849 | 3,634 | 3,307 | → |
| Elk Park | Town | Avery | 479 | 466 | 454 | 544 | → |
| Elkin | Town | Surry / Wilkes | 3,842 | 4,125 | 4,025 | 4,123 | → |
| Ellenboro | Town | Rutherford | 538 | 783 | 846 | 724 | → |
| Ellerbe | Town | Richmond | 1,153 | 1,058 | 1,016 | 856 | → |
| Elm City | Town | Wilson / Nash | 1,799 | 1,256 | 1,302 | 1,215 | → |
| Elon | Town | Alamance | 5,081 | 6,806 | 9,373 | 11,340 | → |
| Elrod | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 396 | 441 | 417 | 391 | → |
| Elroy | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 4,028 | 3,896 | 3,869 | 3,755 | → |
| Emerald Isle | Town | Carteret | 2,434 | 3,488 | 3,658 | 3,849 | → |
| Emma | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,655 | 1,875 | 2,152 | 2,174 | → |
| Enfield | Town | Halifax | 3,047 | 2,635 | 2,543 | 1,861 | → |
| Engelhard | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | 497 | 432 | 445 | 374 | → |
| Enochville | Census-Designated Place | Rowan | 2,901 | 2,851 | 2,925 | 2,893 | → |
| Erwin | Town | Harnett | 4,271 | 4,480 | 4,539 | 4,539 | → |
| Etowah | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 3,768 | 5,383 | 6,944 | 7,642 | → |
| Eureka | Town | Wayne | 290 | 248 | 198 | 210 | → |
| Everetts | Town | Martin | 145 | 176 | 155 | 151 | → |
| Evergreen | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | 415 | 444 | 420 | 336 | → |
| Fair Bluff | Town | Columbus | 1,109 | 1,058 | 951 | 707 | → |
| Fairfield | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | 251 | 233 | 258 | 231 | → |
| Fairfield Harbour | Census-Designated Place | Craven | 1,260 | 1,983 | 2,952 | 2,767 | → |
| Fairmont | Town | Robeson | 2,642 | 2,423 | 2,702 | 2,191 | → |
| Fairplains | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 2,339 | 2,051 | 2,120 | 2,029 | → |
| Fairview | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,830 | 2,495 | 2,678 | 2,771 | → |
| Fairview | Town | Union | 2,298 | 3,015 | 3,343 | 3,457 | → |
| Faison | Town | Duplin / Sampson | 705 | 756 | 960 | 785 | → |
| Faith | Town | Rowan | 616 | 877 | 789 | 815 | → |
| Falcon | Town | Cumberland / Sampson | 227 | 373 | 267 | 324 | → |
| Falkland | Town | Pitt | 108 | 112 | 96 | 48 | → |
| Fallston | Town | Cleveland | 493 | 620 | 605 | 626 | → |
| Farmington | Census-Designated Place | Davie | 118 | 121 | 105 | 291 | → |
| Farmville | Town | Pitt | 4,727 | 4,215 | 4,649 | 4,461 | → |
| Fayetteville | City | Cumberland | 196,128 | 203,199 | 200,565 | 208,470 | → |
| Fearrington Village | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 1,101 | 782 | 2,339 | 2,557 | → |
| Five Points | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 320 | 502 | 689 | 961 | → |
| Flat Rock | Village | Henderson | 1,776 | 2,591 | 3,114 | 3,481 | → |
| Flat Rock | Census-Designated Place | Surry | 1,812 | 1,690 | 1,556 | 1,326 | → |
| Fletcher | Town | Henderson | 3,197 | 4,264 | 7,208 | 7,988 | → |
| Fontana Dam | Town | Graham | 40 | 25 | 7 | 11 | → |
| Forest City | Town | Rutherford | 8,452 | 7,504 | 7,476 | 7,375 | → |
| Forest Hills | Village | Jackson | 186 | 310 | 354 | 305 | → |
| Forest Oaks | Census-Designated Place | Guilford | 2,891 | 3,241 | 3,890 | 4,209 | → |
| Foscoe | Census-Designated Place | Watauga | 595 | 1,095 | 1,370 | 1,457 | → |
| Fountain | Town | Pitt | 435 | 519 | 427 | 382 | → |
| Four Oaks | Town | Johnston | 1,371 | 1,535 | 1,946 | 2,216 | → |
| Foxfire | Village | Moore | 339 | 526 | 916 | 1,288 | → |
| Franklin | Town | Macon | 3,621 | 3,698 | 3,884 | 4,170 | → |
| Franklinton | Town | Franklin | 2,008 | 2,152 | 2,010 | 2,455 | → |
| Franklinville | Town | Randolph | 748 | 1,273 | 1,169 | 1,195 | → |
| Fremont | Town | Wayne | 1,709 | 1,464 | 1,276 | 1,192 | → |
| Frisco | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 1,142 | 941 | 1,016 | 994 | → |
| Fruitland | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,258 | 1,878 | 2,031 | 2,257 | → |
| Fuquay-Varina | Town | Wake | 7,012 | 11,067 | 18,053 | 34,237 | → |
| Gamewell | Town | Caldwell | 3,747 | 3,693 | 4,042 | 3,696 | → |
| Garland | Town | Sampson | 761 | 784 | 620 | 594 | → |
| Garner | Town | Wake | 16,054 | 18,633 | 25,786 | 31,197 | → |
| Garysburg | Town | Northampton | 1,153 | 1,241 | 1,053 | 904 | → |
| Gaston | Town | Northampton | 1,036 | 973 | 1,151 | 1,015 | → |
| Gastonia | City | Gaston | 60,015 | 67,294 | 71,729 | 80,412 | → |
| Gatesville | Town | Gates | 343 | 301 | 315 | 265 | → |
| Germanton | Census-Designated Place | Stokes / Forsyth | 749 | 852 | 827 | 790 | → |
| Gerton | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 159 | 143 | 254 | 290 | → |
| Gibson | Town | Scotland | 548 | 568 | 540 | 446 | → |
| Gibsonville | Town | Guilford / Alamance | 4,152 | 4,896 | 6,503 | 8,928 | → |
| Glen Alpine | Town | Burke | 1,071 | 1,172 | 1,501 | 1,527 | → |
| Glen Raven | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | 1,959 | 2,142 | 2,750 | 3,239 | → |
| Glenville | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | 95 | 170 | 110 | 155 | → |
| Glenwood | Census-Designated Place | McDowell | 398 | 458 | 377 | 501 | → |
| Gloucester | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 376 | 559 | 537 | 495 | → |
| Godwin | Town | Cumberland | 77 | 168 | 139 | 154 | → |
| Gold Hill | Census-Designated Place | Rowan | 227 | 491 | 399 | 372 | → |
| Goldsboro | City | Wayne | 45,025 | 40,126 | 35,413 | 33,667 | → |
| Goldston | Town | Chatham | 343 | 323 | 260 | 234 | → |
| Gorman | Census-Designated Place | Durham | 1,026 | 1,002 | 1,011 | 1,104 | → |
| Governors Club | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 1,004 | 1,969 | 1,612 | 1,969 | → |
| Governors Village | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 74 | 393 | 1,476 | 1,512 | → |
| Graham | City | Alamance | 11,116 | 13,057 | 14,317 | 17,152 | → |
| Graingers | Census-Designated Place | Lenoir | 339 | 251 | 255 | 229 | → |
| Grandfather Village | Village | Avery | 34 | 77 | 25 | 95 | → |
| Grandy | Census-Designated Place | Currituck | 1,202 | 1,663 | 2,338 | 2,776 | → |
| Granite Falls | Town | Caldwell | 3,549 | 4,613 | 4,707 | 4,936 | → |
| Granite Quarry | Town | Rowan | 2,116 | 2,186 | 2,947 | 2,985 | → |
| Grantsboro | Town | Pamlico | 388 | 485 | 681 | 697 | → |
| Green Level | Town | Alamance | 1,621 | 2,194 | 2,111 | 3,153 | → |
| Greenevers | Town | Duplin | 512 | 617 | 638 | 568 | → |
| Greensboro | City | Guilford | 191,920 | 236,152 | 268,936 | 299,101 | → |
| Greenville | City | Pitt | 49,277 | 62,920 | 84,630 | 87,628 | → |
| Grifton | Town | Pitt / Lenoir | 2,391 | 2,153 | 2,620 | 2,441 | → |
| Grimesland | Town | Pitt | 474 | 549 | 426 | 389 | → |
| Grover | Town | Cleveland | 618 | 704 | 708 | 802 | → |
| Gulf | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 127 | 125 | 144 | 122 | → |
| Half Moon | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | 6,573 | 7,361 | 8,352 | 7,543 | → |
| Halifax | Town | Halifax | 329 | 352 | 227 | 166 | → |
| Hallsboro | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | 574 | 501 | 465 | 382 | → |
| Hamilton | Town | Martin | 551 | 524 | 400 | 303 | → |
| Hamlet | City | Richmond | 6,404 | 6,238 | 6,639 | 6,022 | → |
| Hampstead | Census-Designated Place | Pender | 1,726 | 2,471 | 4,083 | 7,016 | → |
| Harkers Island | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 1,759 | 1,525 | 1,207 | 1,127 | → |
| Harmony | Town | Iredell | 532 | 576 | 531 | 544 | → |
| Harrells | Town | Sampson / Duplin | 204 | 202 | 197 | 162 | → |
| Harrellsville | Town | Hertford | 106 | 113 | 107 | 83 | → |
| Harrisburg | Town | Cabarrus | 3,143 | 5,550 | 13,348 | 18,960 | → |
| Hassell | Town | Martin | 95 | 80 | 84 | 51 | → |
| Hatteras | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 648 | 634 | 504 | 577 | → |
| Havelock | City | Craven | 21,537 | 22,404 | 20,790 | 16,622 | → |
| Haw River | Town | Alamance | 1,803 | 1,917 | 2,286 | 2,253 | → |
| Hayesville | Town | Clay | 312 | 302 | 455 | 453 | → |
| Hays | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 1,522 | 1,731 | 1,851 | 1,595 | → |
| Hemby Bridge | Town | Union | 1,014 | 1,210 | 1,554 | 1,607 | → |
| Henderson | City | Vance | 16,672 | 16,290 | 15,580 | 15,077 | → |
| Hendersonville | City | Henderson | 9,897 | 11,676 | 13,105 | 15,127 | → |
| Henrietta | Census-Designated Place | Rutherford | 445 | 214 | 461 | 395 | → |
| Hertford | Town | Perquimans | 2,279 | 2,095 | 2,142 | 1,936 | → |
| Hickory | City | Catawba / Burke / Caldwell | 34,366 | 38,070 | 40,186 | 43,491 | → |
| Hiddenite | Census-Designated Place | Alexander | 475 | 511 | 536 | 507 | → |
| High Point | City | Guilford / Davidson / Forsyth / Randolph | 72,164 | 87,666 | 104,517 | 114,117 | → |
| High Shoals | City | Gaston | 808 | 1,004 | 705 | 592 | → |
| Highlands | Town | Macon / Jackson | 961 | 928 | 930 | 1,068 | → |
| Hightsville | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 623 | 759 | 739 | 710 | → |
| Hildebran | Town | Burke | 1,361 | 1,921 | 2,020 | 1,679 | → |
| Hillsborough | Town | Orange | 5,201 | 6,423 | 6,598 | 9,650 | → |
| Hobgood | Town | Halifax | 438 | 412 | 349 | 266 | → |
| Hobucken | Census-Designated Place | Pamlico | 285 | 208 | 129 | 99 | → |
| Hoffman | Town | Richmond | 348 | 615 | 578 | 411 | → |
| Holden Beach | Town | Brunswick | 626 | 799 | 575 | 918 | → |
| Hollister | Census-Designated Place | Halifax | 705 | 808 | 674 | 618 | → |
| Holly Ridge | Town | Onslow | 803 | 1,070 | 1,288 | 4,169 | → |
| Holly Springs | Town | Wake | 2,527 | 10,859 | 24,737 | 41,258 | → |
| Hookerton | Town | Greene | 443 | 483 | 409 | 413 | → |
| Hoopers Creek | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 700 | 909 | 1,056 | 1,074 | → |
| Hope Mills | Town | Cumberland | 8,302 | 11,817 | 15,103 | 17,827 | → |
| Horse Shoe | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,513 | 1,919 | 2,351 | 2,430 | → |
| Hot Springs | Town | Madison | 572 | 649 | 556 | 524 | → |
| Hudson | Town | Caldwell | 3,049 | 3,082 | 3,777 | 3,790 | → |
| Huntersville | Town | Mecklenburg | 9,313 | 26,196 | 46,924 | 61,376 | → |
| Icard | Census-Designated Place | Burke | 2,553 | 2,734 | 2,664 | 2,452 | → |
| Indian Beach | Town | Carteret | 255 | 95 | 115 | 222 | → |
| Indian Trail | Town | Union | 6,530 | 13,512 | 33,618 | 40,069 | → |
| Ingold | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 235 | 484 | 471 | 416 | → |
| Iron Station | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | 378 | 856 | 755 | 825 | → |
| Ivanhoe | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 256 | 311 | 264 | 198 | → |
| JAARS | Census-Designated Place | Union | 230 | 360 | 597 | 471 | → |
| Jackson | Town | Northampton | 673 | 696 | 511 | 429 | → |
| Jackson Heights | Census-Designated Place | Lenoir | 1,148 | 1,043 | 1,141 | 1,071 | → |
| Jackson Springs | Census-Designated Place | Moore | 68 | 203 | 129 | 154 | → |
| Jacksonville | City | Onslow | 79,126 | 66,765 | 70,285 | 72,735 | → |
| James City | Census-Designated Place | Craven | 4,792 | 5,420 | 5,899 | 5,291 | → |
| Jamestown | Town | Guilford | 2,568 | 2,609 | 3,437 | 3,670 | → |
| Jamesville | Town | Martin | 612 | 510 | 489 | 423 | → |
| Jefferson | Town | Ashe | 1,425 | 1,487 | 1,600 | 1,625 | → |
| Jonesville | Town | Yadkin | 2,342 | 2,244 | 2,285 | 2,306 | → |
| Kannapolis | City | Cabarrus / Rowan | 33,701 | 36,959 | 42,618 | 53,119 | → |
| Keener | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 484 | 508 | 567 | 540 | → |
| Kelford | Town | Bertie | 204 | 250 | 251 | 211 | → |
| Kelly | Census-Designated Place | Bladen | 360 | 454 | 544 | 446 | → |
| Kenansville | Town | Duplin | 856 | 1,175 | 858 | 766 | → |
| Kenly | Town | Johnston / Wilson | 1,595 | 1,579 | 1,340 | 1,492 | → |
| Kernersville | Town | Forsyth / Guilford | 14,909 | 19,324 | 23,100 | 26,461 | → |
| Kill Devil Hills | Town | Dare | 4,241 | 5,904 | 6,687 | 7,645 | → |
| King | City | Stokes / Forsyth | 4,448 | 6,022 | 6,873 | 7,199 | → |
| Kings Grant | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 7,362 | 7,738 | 8,113 | 8,466 | → |
| Kings Mountain | City | Cleveland / Gaston | 10,090 | 10,053 | 10,653 | 11,147 | → |
| Kingstown | Town | Cleveland | 950 | 843 | 681 | 659 | → |
| Kinston | City | Lenoir | 26,293 | 23,905 | 21,737 | 19,801 | → |
| Kittrell | Town | Vance | 223 | 413 | 158 | 128 | → |
| Kitty Hawk | Town | Dare | 1,938 | 2,977 | 3,270 | 3,701 | → |
| Knightdale | Town | Wake | 4,711 | 8,434 | 11,377 | 19,455 | → |
| Kure Beach | Town | New Hanover | 716 | 1,511 | 2,009 | 2,190 | → |
| La Grange | Town | Lenoir | 2,836 | 2,856 | 2,842 | 2,593 | → |
| Lake Junaluska | Census-Designated Place | Haywood | 2,482 | 2,675 | 2,734 | 3,219 | → |
| Lake Lure | Town | Rutherford | 700 | 990 | 1,167 | 1,366 | → |
| Lake Norman of Catawba | Census-Designated Place | Catawba | 3,772 | 5,249 | 7,411 | 8,658 | → |
| Lake Norman of Iredell | Census-Designated Place | Iredell | 2,269 | 4,956 | 9,814 | 11,395 | → |
| Lake Park | Village | Union | 112 | 2,094 | 3,423 | 3,280 | → |
| Lake Royale | Census-Designated Place | Franklin | 367 | 1,305 | 2,506 | 3,392 | → |
| Lake Santeetlah | Town | Graham | 47 | 67 | 45 | 41 | → |
| Lake Waccamaw | Town | Columbus | 1,154 | 1,304 | 1,473 | 1,295 | → |
| Landis | Town | Rowan | 2,931 | 3,084 | 3,083 | 3,692 | → |
| Lansing | Town | Ashe | 171 | 157 | 155 | 126 | → |
| Lasker | Town | Northampton | 139 | 135 | 123 | 61 | → |
| Lattimore | Town | Cleveland | 211 | 449 | 480 | 404 | → |
| Laurel Hill | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | 1,424 | 1,065 | 1,254 | 1,121 | → |
| Laurel Park | Town | Henderson | 1,451 | 2,044 | 2,154 | 2,246 | → |
| Laurinburg | City | Scotland | 16,079 | 16,011 | 15,960 | 14,974 | → |
| Lawndale | Town | Cleveland | 597 | 637 | 590 | 572 | → |
| Leggett | Town | Edgecombe | 108 | 77 | 60 | 38 | → |
| Leland | Town | Brunswick | 3,351 | 4,872 | 13,614 | 23,358 | → |
| Lenoir | City | Caldwell | 16,204 | 18,059 | 18,228 | 18,363 | → |
| Lewiston Woodville | Town | Bertie | 785 | 590 | 549 | 431 | → |
| Lewisville | Town | Forsyth | 7,028 | 10,253 | 12,707 | 13,376 | → |
| Lexington | City | Davidson | 18,918 | 19,774 | 18,945 | 19,629 | → |
| Liberty | Town | Randolph | 2,191 | 2,728 | 2,656 | 2,654 | → |
| Light Oak | Census-Designated Place | Cleveland | 1,339 | 779 | 691 | 697 | → |
| Lilesville | Town | Anson | 471 | 462 | 521 | 395 | → |
| Lillington | Town | Harnett | 2,655 | 3,061 | 3,189 | 4,742 | → |
| Lincolnton | City | Lincoln | 9,151 | 10,122 | 10,391 | 11,091 | → |
| Linden | Town | Cumberland | 180 | 138 | 130 | 136 | → |
| Linville | Census-Designated Place | Avery | 300 | 280 | 243 | 283 | → |
| Littleton | Town | Halifax | 700 | 691 | 651 | 562 | → |
| Locust | City | Stanly / Cabarrus | 2,284 | 2,470 | 2,926 | 4,546 | → |
| Long Creek | Census-Designated Place | Pender | 155 | 160 | 193 | 277 | → |
| Long View | Town | Catawba / Burke | 4,656 | 4,711 | 4,880 | 5,088 | → |
| Louisburg | Town | Franklin | 3,169 | 3,134 | 3,416 | 3,055 | → |
| Love Valley | Town | Iredell | 67 | 97 | 99 | 155 | → |
| Lowell | City | Gaston | 2,688 | 2,678 | 3,523 | 3,653 | → |
| Lowesville | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | 1,034 | 1,440 | 2,945 | 3,281 | → |
| Lowgap | Census-Designated Place | Surry | 312 | 345 | 324 | 267 | → |
| Lucama | Town | Wilson | 894 | 888 | 1,136 | 1,038 | → |
| Lumber Bridge | Town | Robeson | 141 | 106 | 92 | 83 | → |
| Lumberton | City | Robeson | 19,929 | 21,339 | 21,564 | 19,036 | → |
| Macclesfield | Town | Edgecombe | 530 | 457 | 471 | 412 | → |
| Macon | Town | Warren | 154 | 113 | 119 | 111 | → |
| Madison | Town | Rockingham | 2,501 | 2,303 | 2,240 | 2,129 | → |
| Maggie Valley | Town | Haywood | 364 | 837 | 1,164 | 1,710 | → |
| Magnolia | Town | Duplin | 741 | 1,074 | 943 | 835 | → |
| Maiden | Town | Catawba / Lincoln | 2,993 | 3,265 | 3,327 | 3,741 | → |
| Mamers | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | 677 | 923 | 826 | 814 | → |
| Manns Harbor | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 364 | 415 | 821 | 790 | → |
| Manteo | Town | Dare | 1,103 | 1,074 | 1,326 | 1,595 | → |
| Mar-Mac | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 3,282 | 3,004 | 3,615 | 3,184 | → |
| Marble | Census-Designated Place | Cherokee | 152 | 238 | 321 | 278 | → |
| Marietta | Town | Robeson | 206 | 163 | 175 | 106 | → |
| Marion | City | McDowell | 6,065 | 7,453 | 8,150 | 7,711 | → |
| Mars Hill | Town | Madison | 1,587 | 1,751 | 1,861 | 2,011 | → |
| Marshall | Town | Madison | 840 | 886 | 878 | 780 | → |
| Marshallberg | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | 420 | 357 | 403 | 341 | → |
| Marshville | Town | Union | 2,138 | 2,334 | 2,459 | 2,527 | → |
| Marvin | Village | Union | 605 | 1,260 | 5,658 | 6,360 | → |
| Matthews | Town | Mecklenburg | 14,481 | 22,908 | 27,189 | 29,427 | → |
| Maury | Census-Designated Place | Greene | 270 | 293 | 1,685 | 1,404 | → |
| Maxton | Town | Robeson / Scotland | 2,993 | 2,599 | 2,444 | 2,109 | → |
| Mayodan | Town | Rockingham | 2,436 | 2,456 | 2,502 | 2,415 | → |
| Maysville | Town | Jones | 1,005 | 1,101 | 1,029 | 822 | → |
| McAdenville | Town | Gaston | 785 | 632 | 628 | 888 | → |
| McDonald | Town | Robeson | 88 | 105 | 113 | 93 | → |
| McFarlan | Town | Anson | 98 | 85 | 117 | 92 | → |
| McLeansville | Census-Designated Place | Guilford | 1,154 | 1,080 | 1,021 | 1,113 | → |
| Mebane | City | Alamance / Orange | 5,459 | 8,297 | 11,483 | 17,743 | → |
| Mesic | Town | Pamlico | 324 | 253 | 220 | 143 | → |
| Micro | Town | Johnston | 417 | 493 | 447 | 454 | → |
| Middleburg | Town | Vance | 131 | 155 | 143 | 103 | → |
| Middlesex | Town | Nash | 767 | 783 | 828 | 918 | → |
| Midland | Town | Cabarrus | 1,612 | 1,641 | 3,076 | 4,705 | → |
| Midway | Town | Davidson | 2,780 | 2,987 | 4,716 | 4,742 | → |
| Millers Creek | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 1,787 | 2,071 | 2,112 | 1,931 | → |
| Millingport | Census-Designated Place | Stanly | 485 | 578 | 599 | 588 | → |
| Mills River | Town | Henderson | 4,534 | 5,983 | 6,726 | 7,072 | → |
| Milton | Town | Caswell | 195 | 155 | 159 | 155 | → |
| Milwaukee | Census-Designated Place | Northampton | 34 | 47 | 57 | 157 | → |
| Mineral Springs | Town | Union | 1,394 | 1,949 | 2,653 | 3,163 | → |
| Minnesott Beach | Town | Pamlico | 338 | 391 | 437 | 527 | → |
| Mint Hill | Town | Mecklenburg / Union | 13,553 | 15,688 | 22,731 | 26,445 | → |
| Misenheimer | Village | Stanly | 130 | 566 | 730 | 650 | → |
| Mocksville | Town | Davie | 3,584 | 4,258 | 5,056 | 5,900 | → |
| Momeyer | Town | Nash | 289 | 297 | 224 | 273 | → |
| Moncure | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | 652 | 692 | 711 | 780 | → |
| Monroe | City | Union | 19,162 | 27,103 | 32,909 | 34,600 | → |
| Montreat | Town | Buncombe | 682 | 630 | 720 | 899 | → |
| Mooresboro | Town | Cleveland | 294 | 347 | 310 | 293 | → |
| Mooresville | Town | Iredell | 13,759 | 21,440 | 34,377 | 50,240 | → |
| Moravian Falls | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 1,736 | 1,440 | 1,901 | 1,712 | → |
| Morehead City | Town | Carteret | 8,440 | 9,405 | 8,654 | 9,560 | → |
| Morganton | City | Burke | 15,861 | 17,279 | 16,880 | 17,473 | → |
| Morrisville | Town | Wake / Durham | 1,556 | 5,227 | 18,585 | 29,633 | → |
| Morven | Town | Anson | 560 | 576 | 499 | 328 | → |
| Mount Airy | City | Surry | 10,332 | 10,976 | 10,407 | 10,672 | → |
| Mount Gilead | Town | Montgomery | 1,409 | 1,435 | 1,181 | 1,168 | → |
| Mount Holly | City | Gaston | 8,012 | 9,708 | 13,657 | 17,708 | → |
| Mount Olive | Town | Wayne | 4,751 | 4,690 | 4,613 | 4,203 | → |
| Mount Pleasant | Town | Cabarrus | 1,375 | 1,479 | 1,843 | 1,679 | → |
| Mountain Home | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 2,871 | 3,278 | 3,622 | 3,490 | → |
| Mountain View | Census-Designated Place | Catawba | 3,698 | 3,768 | 3,552 | 3,590 | → |
| Moyock | Census-Designated Place | Currituck | 1,091 | 1,440 | 3,759 | 5,154 | → |
| Mulberry | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 2,339 | 2,269 | 2,332 | 2,275 | → |
| Murfreesboro | Town | Hertford | 2,586 | 2,231 | 2,833 | 2,618 | → |
| Murphy | Town | Cherokee | 1,555 | 1,603 | 1,611 | 1,606 | → |
| Murraysville | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 2,048 | 8,072 | 14,215 | 16,582 | → |
| Myrtle Grove | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 4,275 | 7,125 | 8,875 | 11,476 | → |
| Nags Head | Town | Dare | 1,828 | 2,690 | 2,759 | 3,174 | → |
| Nashville | Town | Nash | 3,637 | 4,478 | 5,576 | 5,632 | → |
| Navassa | Town | Brunswick | 1,315 | 1,403 | 1,480 | 1,368 | → |
| Nebo | Census-Designated Place | McDowell | 1,854 | 1,785 | 1,519 | 1,790 | → |
| Neuse Forest | Census-Designated Place | Craven | 1,110 | 1,426 | 2,005 | 2,110 | → |
| New Bern | City | Craven | 20,926 | 23,331 | 29,317 | 31,291 | → |
| New Hope | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 1,993 | 2,030 | 1,798 | 1,588 | → |
| New London | Town | Stanly | 824 | 609 | 615 | 607 | → |
| Newland | Town | Avery | 646 | 702 | 708 | 713 | → |
| Newport | Town | Carteret | 2,992 | 3,623 | 4,126 | 4,358 | → |
| Newton | City | Catawba | 11,119 | 12,467 | 12,951 | 13,146 | → |
| Newton Grove | Town | Sampson | 508 | 621 | 569 | 584 | → |
| Norlina | Town | Warren | 996 | 1,164 | 1,125 | 928 | → |
| Norman | Town | Richmond | 105 | 150 | 138 | 100 | → |
| North Topsail Beach | Town | Onslow | 947 | 843 | 741 | 1,007 | → |
| North Wilkesboro | Town | Wilkes | 3,925 | 4,408 | 4,217 | 4,389 | → |
| Northchase | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 333 | 1,977 | 3,747 | 3,842 | → |
| Northlakes | Census-Designated Place | Caldwell | 753 | 1,252 | 1,534 | 1,543 | → |
| Northwest | City | Brunswick | 486 | 688 | 733 | 705 | → |
| Norwood | Town | Stanly | 2,293 | 2,564 | 2,375 | 2,366 | → |
| Oak City | Town | Martin | 391 | 370 | 314 | 270 | → |
| Oak Island | Town | Brunswick | 4,961 | 6,699 | 6,802 | 8,397 | → |
| Oak Ridge | Town | Guilford | 2,621 | 4,323 | 6,297 | 7,639 | → |
| Oakboro | Town | Stanly | 1,171 | 1,235 | 1,860 | 2,130 | → |
| Ocean Isle Beach | Town | Brunswick | 548 | 525 | 560 | 863 | → |
| Ocracoke | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | 713 | 769 | 948 | 797 | → |
| Ogden | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 3,228 | 5,481 | 6,766 | 8,200 | → |
| Old Fort | Town | McDowell | 937 | 926 | 903 | 813 | → |
| Old Hundred | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | 74 | 197 | 287 | 218 | → |
| Oriental | Town | Pamlico | 788 | 867 | 901 | 880 | → |
| Orrum | Town | Robeson | 103 | 128 | 76 | 58 | → |
| Ossipee | Town | Alamance | 266 | 392 | 547 | 537 | → |
| Oxford | City | Granville | 8,228 | 8,366 | 8,444 | 8,621 | → |
| Pantego | Town | Beaufort | 180 | 167 | 181 | 163 | → |
| Parkton | Town | Robeson | 378 | 431 | 452 | 500 | → |
| Parmele | Town | Martin | 338 | 292 | 278 | 241 | → |
| Patterson Springs | Town | Cleveland | 628 | 627 | 622 | 574 | → |
| Peachland | Town | Anson | 458 | 567 | 436 | 393 | → |
| Peletier | Town | Carteret | 346 | 538 | 699 | 772 | → |
| Pembroke | Town | Robeson | 2,352 | 2,519 | 3,068 | 2,821 | → |
| Pikeville | Town | Wayne | 822 | 742 | 675 | 708 | → |
| Pilot Mountain | Town | Surry | 1,181 | 1,289 | 1,474 | 1,436 | → |
| Pine Knoll Shores | Town | Carteret | 1,359 | 1,489 | 1,335 | 1,386 | → |
| Pine Level | Town | Johnston | 1,206 | 1,473 | 1,686 | 2,049 | → |
| Pinebluff | Town | Moore | 1,123 | 1,405 | 1,300 | 1,470 | → |
| Pinehurst | Village | Moore | 5,907 | 10,500 | 14,743 | 17,574 | → |
| Pinetops | Town | Edgecombe | 1,615 | 1,441 | 1,374 | 1,211 | → |
| Pinetown | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | 138 | 159 | 155 | 147 | → |
| Pineville | Town | Mecklenburg | 4,599 | 6,037 | 7,488 | 10,605 | → |
| Piney Green | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | 8,999 | 11,658 | 13,293 | 14,386 | → |
| Pink Hill | Town | Lenoir | 552 | 622 | 550 | 455 | → |
| Pinnacle | Census-Designated Place | Stokes | 550 | 832 | 894 | 786 | → |
| Pittsboro | Town | Chatham | 1,787 | 2,425 | 3,744 | 4,543 | → |
| Plain View | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 1,277 | 1,820 | 1,961 | 1,923 | → |
| Pleasant Garden | Town | Guilford | 4,217 | 4,720 | 4,491 | 4,995 | → |
| Pleasant Hill | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 940 | 912 | 878 | 831 | → |
| Plymouth | Town | Washington | 4,410 | 4,166 | 3,868 | 3,314 | → |
| Polkton | Town | Anson | 698 | 1,986 | 3,354 | 2,246 | → |
| Polkville | City | Cleveland | 394 | 519 | 545 | 515 | → |
| Pollocksville | Town | Jones | 301 | 270 | 315 | 266 | → |
| Porters Neck | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 1,077 | 2,226 | 6,204 | 7,397 | → |
| Potters Hill | Census-Designated Place | Duplin | 454 | 498 | 481 | 437 | → |
| Powellsville | Town | Bertie | 277 | 259 | 280 | 190 | → |
| Princeton | Town | Johnston | 1,185 | 1,091 | 1,189 | 1,313 | → |
| Princeville | Town | Edgecombe | 2,368 | 1,063 | 2,061 | 1,259 | → |
| Proctorville | Town | Robeson | 181 | 131 | 117 | 118 | → |
| Prospect | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 820 | 904 | 981 | 873 | → |
| Pumpkin Center | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | 2,075 | 2,228 | 2,222 | 1,855 | → |
| Raeford | City | Hoke | 3,664 | 3,851 | 4,620 | 4,558 | → |
| Raemon | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 157 | 212 | 282 | 197 | → |
| Raleigh | City | Wake / Durham | 221,331 | 288,283 | 404,118 | 467,762 | → |
| Ramseur | Town | Randolph | 1,522 | 1,628 | 1,696 | 1,771 | → |
| Randleman | City | Randolph | 2,845 | 3,771 | 4,123 | 4,599 | → |
| Ranlo | Town | Gaston | 2,292 | 2,264 | 3,442 | 4,506 | → |
| Raynham | Town | Robeson | 106 | 70 | 69 | 62 | → |
| Red Cross | Town | Stanly | 494 | 583 | 738 | 762 | → |
| Red Oak | Town | Nash | 2,140 | 2,685 | 3,420 | 3,342 | → |
| Red Springs | Town | Robeson | 3,929 | 3,534 | 3,433 | 3,091 | → |
| Reidsville | City | Rockingham | 14,331 | 14,456 | 14,463 | 14,586 | → |
| Rennert | Town | Robeson | 230 | 300 | 383 | 276 | → |
| Rex | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 30 | 55 | 55 | 50 | → |
| Rhodhiss | Town | Burke / Caldwell | 808 | 619 | 1,036 | 988 | → |
| Rich Square | Town | Northampton | 1,073 | 1,426 | 962 | 893 | → |
| Richfield | Town | Stanly | 590 | 532 | 608 | 578 | → |
| Richlands | Town | Onslow | 998 | 970 | 1,494 | 2,288 | → |
| Riegelwood | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | 460 | 494 | 579 | 545 | → |
| River Bend | Town | Craven | 2,423 | 2,944 | 3,109 | 2,899 | → |
| River Road | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | 3,892 | 4,094 | 4,394 | 4,048 | → |
| Roanoke Rapids | City | Halifax | 15,883 | 17,315 | 15,726 | 15,229 | → |
| Robbins | Town | Moore | 1,018 | 1,210 | 1,111 | 1,166 | → |
| Robbinsville | Town | Graham | 751 | 701 | 755 | 583 | → |
| Roberdel | Census-Designated Place | Richmond | 271 | 283 | 253 | 246 | → |
| Robersonville | Town | Martin | 1,940 | 1,742 | 1,487 | 1,263 | → |
| Rockfish | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 674 | 2,353 | 3,298 | 3,383 | → |
| Rockingham | City | Richmond | 10,162 | 9,540 | 9,556 | 9,245 | → |
| Rockwell | Town | Rowan | 1,659 | 1,974 | 2,127 | 2,302 | → |
| Rocky Mount | City | Nash / Edgecombe | 54,392 | 59,302 | 57,701 | 54,334 | → |
| Rocky Point | Census-Designated Place | Pender | 948 | 757 | 1,602 | 1,476 | → |
| Rodanthe | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 266 | 177 | 261 | 213 | → |
| Rolesville | Town | Wake | 1,244 | 1,992 | 4,115 | 9,650 | → |
| Ronda | Town | Wilkes | 372 | 446 | 413 | 440 | → |
| Roper | Town | Washington | 674 | 612 | 622 | 486 | → |
| Rose Hill | Town | Duplin | 1,362 | 1,311 | 1,618 | 1,367 | → |
| Roseboro | Town | Sampson | 1,476 | 1,338 | 1,210 | 1,154 | → |
| Rosman | Town | Transylvania | 448 | 493 | 579 | 711 | → |
| Rougemont | Census-Designated Place | Durham / Person | 844 | 919 | 978 | 1,001 | → |
| Rowland | Town | Robeson | 1,182 | 1,127 | 1,037 | 887 | → |
| Roxboro | City | Person | 9,094 | 8,764 | 8,357 | 8,128 | → |
| Roxobel | Town | Bertie | 251 | 259 | 240 | 185 | → |
| Royal Pines | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 4,128 | 5,334 | 4,272 | 4,127 | → |
| Ruffin | Census-Designated Place | Rockingham | 413 | 432 | 368 | 322 | → |
| Rural Hall | Town | Forsyth | 2,520 | 2,474 | 2,931 | 3,355 | → |
| Ruth | Town | Rutherford | 377 | 408 | 404 | 346 | → |
| Rutherford College | Town | Burke / Caldwell | 1,212 | 1,319 | 1,316 | 1,219 | → |
| Rutherfordton | Town | Rutherford | 3,683 | 4,194 | 4,180 | 3,641 | → |
| Salem | Census-Designated Place | Burke | 2,271 | 2,923 | 2,218 | 2,356 | → |
| Salemburg | Town | Sampson | 432 | 438 | 424 | 455 | → |
| Salisbury | City | Rowan | 23,959 | 30,805 | 33,514 | 35,548 | → |
| Saluda | City | Polk / Henderson | 496 | 571 | 715 | 633 | → |
| Salvo | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 265 | 204 | 229 | 303 | → |
| Sandy Creek | Town | Brunswick | 275 | 249 | 259 | 250 | → |
| Sandyfield | Town | Columbus | 296 | 298 | 443 | 427 | → |
| Sanford | City | Lee | 19,302 | 23,350 | 28,217 | 30,188 | → |
| Saratoga | Town | Wilson | 342 | 402 | 408 | 350 | → |
| Sawmills | Town | Caldwell | 4,621 | 4,890 | 5,207 | 5,027 | → |
| Saxapahaw | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | 1,178 | 1,418 | 1,648 | 1,671 | → |
| Scotch Meadows | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | 220 | 352 | 580 | 568 | → |
| Scotland Neck | Town | Halifax | 2,713 | 2,410 | 2,046 | 1,648 | → |
| Sea Breeze | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 506 | 1,312 | 1,969 | 2,245 | → |
| Seaboard | Town | Northampton | 803 | 682 | 624 | 544 | → |
| Seagrove | Town | Randolph | 251 | 312 | 229 | 232 | → |
| Sedalia | Town | Guilford | 579 | 652 | 628 | 674 | → |
| Selma | Town | Johnston | 5,183 | 6,004 | 6,122 | 6,314 | → |
| Seven Devils | Town | Watauga / Avery | 117 | 128 | 192 | 316 | → |
| Seven Lakes | Census-Designated Place | Moore | 2,049 | 3,214 | 4,888 | 4,900 | → |
| Seven Springs | Town | Wayne | 165 | 89 | 110 | 56 | → |
| Severn | Town | Northampton | 260 | 264 | 276 | 192 | → |
| Shallotte | Town | Brunswick | 1,346 | 1,602 | 3,503 | 4,187 | → |
| Shannon | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 153 | 197 | 263 | 217 | → |
| Sharpsburg | Town | Nash / Wilson / Edgecombe | 1,720 | 2,647 | 2,024 | 1,697 | → |
| Shelby | City | Cleveland | 20,464 | 20,780 | 20,359 | 21,913 | → |
| Siler City | Town | Chatham | 5,033 | 7,026 | 7,821 | 7,714 | → |
| Silver City | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 1,264 | 1,146 | 882 | 643 | → |
| Silver Lake | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 3,230 | 3,421 | 5,598 | 6,500 | → |
| Simpson | Village | Pitt | 437 | 459 | 420 | 390 | → |
| Sims | Town | Wilson | 124 | 166 | 282 | 338 | → |
| Skippers Corner | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 2,143 | 2,392 | 2,785 | 2,912 | → |
| Smithfield | Town | Johnston | 10,329 | 11,584 | 11,041 | 11,302 | → |
| Smithtown | Census-Designated Place | Yadkin | 148 | 148 | 159 | 224 | → |
| Sneads Ferry | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | 2,031 | 2,248 | 2,646 | 2,548 | → |
| Snow Hill | Town | Greene | 1,423 | 1,527 | 1,557 | 1,477 | → |
| South Henderson | Census-Designated Place | Vance | 1,374 | 1,220 | 1,213 | 988 | → |
| South Mills | Census-Designated Place | Camden | 453 | 394 | 454 | 362 | → |
| South Rosemary | Census-Designated Place | Halifax | 2,329 | 2,843 | 2,836 | 2,753 | → |
| South Weldon | Census-Designated Place | Halifax | 978 | 752 | 705 | 550 | → |
| Southern Pines | Town | Moore | 10,282 | 11,075 | 12,421 | 15,585 | → |
| Southern Shores | Town | Dare | 1,430 | 2,201 | 2,714 | 3,093 | → |
| Southmont | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | 799 | 1,108 | 1,470 | 1,563 | → |
| Southport | City | Brunswick | 2,387 | 2,448 | 2,922 | 4,014 | → |
| Sparta | Town | Alleghany | 2,103 | 1,831 | 1,741 | 1,831 | → |
| Speed | Town | Edgecombe | 100 | 70 | 80 | 64 | → |
| Spencer | Town | Rowan | 3,360 | 3,401 | 3,268 | 3,297 | → |
| Spencer Mountain | Town | Gaston | 139 | 42 | 37 | ... | → |
| Spindale | Town | Rutherford | 4,398 | 4,057 | 4,312 | 4,219 | → |
| Spivey's Corner | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 284 | 448 | 506 | 576 | → |
| Spout Springs | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | 741 | 2,910 | 6,389 | 11,040 | → |
| Spring Hope | Town | Nash | 1,234 | 1,317 | 1,324 | 1,311 | → |
| Spring Lake | Town | Cumberland | 11,486 | 11,207 | 12,010 | 11,668 | → |
| Springdale | Census-Designated Place | Gaston | 1,297 | 1,099 | 1,085 | 1,203 | → |
| Spruce Pine | Town | Mitchell | 1,843 | 2,063 | 2,244 | 2,201 | → |
| St. Helena | Village | Pender | 321 | 380 | 396 | 418 | → |
| St. James | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,377 | 3,172 | 6,529 | → |
| St. Pauls | Town | Robeson | 2,578 | 2,193 | 2,403 | 2,051 | → |
| St. Stephens | Census-Designated Place | Catawba | 7,164 | 9,439 | 8,759 | 8,852 | → |
| Staley | Town | Randolph | 238 | 361 | 395 | 395 | → |
| Stallings | Town | Union / Mecklenburg | 3,491 | 7,192 | 13,762 | 16,115 | → |
| Stanfield | Town | Stanly | 933 | 1,160 | 1,486 | 1,584 | → |
| Stanley | Town | Gaston | 3,163 | 2,988 | 3,526 | 3,961 | → |
| Stantonsburg | Town | Wilson | 770 | 744 | 786 | 759 | → |
| Star | Town | Montgomery | 791 | 796 | 879 | 811 | → |
| Statesville | City | Iredell | 21,223 | 23,393 | 24,520 | 28,453 | → |
| Stedman | Town | Cumberland | 624 | 631 | 1,025 | 1,280 | → |
| Stem | Town | Granville | 285 | 259 | 447 | 959 | → |
| Stokes | Census-Designated Place | Pitt | 290 | 353 | 376 | 357 | → |
| Stokesdale | Town | Guilford | 2,083 | 3,257 | 5,033 | 5,917 | → |
| Stoneville | Town | Rockingham | 1,145 | 1,162 | 1,301 | 1,308 | → |
| Stonewall | Town | Pamlico | 285 | 281 | 281 | 212 | → |
| Stony Point | Census-Designated Place | Alexander / Iredell | 1,286 | 1,380 | 1,317 | 1,146 | → |
| Stovall | Town | Granville | 415 | 357 | 404 | 327 | → |
| Sugar Mountain | Village | Avery | 137 | 225 | 201 | 373 | → |
| Summerfield | Town | Guilford | 4,149 | 6,873 | 10,238 | 10,950 | → |
| Sunbury | Census-Designated Place | Gates | 243 | 243 | 289 | 276 | → |
| Sunset Beach | Town | Brunswick | 1,298 | 2,007 | 3,572 | 4,177 | → |
| Surf City | Town | Pender / Onslow | 1,299 | 1,968 | 1,925 | 3,867 | → |
| Swan Quarter | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | 503 | 389 | 324 | 275 | → |
| Swannanoa | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 3,538 | 4,132 | 4,576 | 5,021 | → |
| Swansboro | Town | Onslow | 1,459 | 1,805 | 2,675 | 3,745 | → |
| Swepsonville | Town | Alamance | 979 | 1,222 | 1,162 | 2,448 | → |
| Sylva | Town | Jackson | 2,266 | 2,433 | 2,553 | 2,584 | → |
| Tabor City | Town | Columbus | 2,478 | 2,579 | 4,021 | 3,788 | → |
| Tar Heel | Town | Bladen | 88 | 68 | 121 | 90 | → |
| Tarboro | Town | Edgecombe | 11,077 | 11,506 | 11,525 | 10,710 | → |
| Taylorsville | Town | Alexander | 1,905 | 1,887 | 2,091 | 2,317 | → |
| Taylortown | Town | Moore | 656 | 849 | 776 | 630 | → |
| Teachey | Town | Duplin | 301 | 287 | 431 | 468 | → |
| Thomasville | City | Davidson / Randolph | 19,427 | 23,444 | 26,802 | 27,169 | → |
| Toast | Census-Designated Place | Surry | 1,756 | 1,623 | 1,450 | 1,423 | → |
| Tobaccoville | Village | Forsyth / Stokes | 2,190 | 2,349 | 2,436 | 2,575 | → |
| Topsail Beach | Town | Pender | 346 | 474 | 368 | 464 | → |
| Trent Woods | Town | Craven | 3,846 | 4,215 | 4,155 | 4,077 | → |
| Trenton | Town | Jones | 284 | 238 | 307 | 237 | → |
| Trinity | City | Randolph | 6,588 | 6,656 | 6,594 | 7,021 | → |
| Troutman | Town | Iredell | 2,112 | 2,378 | 2,447 | 3,719 | → |
| Troy | Town | Montgomery | 3,933 | 3,597 | 3,503 | 2,856 | → |
| Tryon | Town | Polk | 1,701 | 1,775 | 1,635 | 1,560 | → |
| Turkey | Town | Sampson | 290 | 303 | 293 | 213 | → |
| Tyro | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | 2,416 | 3,211 | 3,879 | 3,753 | → |
| Unionville | Town | Union | 3,683 | 5,192 | 6,148 | 6,610 | → |
| Valdese | Town | Burke | 4,453 | 4,942 | 4,469 | 4,688 | → |
| Valle Crucis | Census-Designated Place | Watauga | 387 | 237 | 412 | 436 | → |
| Valley Hill | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,802 | 2,137 | 2,070 | 2,207 | → |
| Vanceboro | Town | Craven | 954 | 897 | 999 | 872 | → |
| Vandemere | Town | Pamlico | 323 | 297 | 254 | 244 | → |
| Vander | Census-Designated Place | Cumberland | 1,179 | 1,204 | 1,146 | 1,388 | → |
| Vann Crossroads | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | 242 | 324 | 336 | 306 | → |
| Varnamtown | Town | Brunswick | 404 | 490 | 552 | 533 | → |
| Vass | Town | Moore | 671 | 771 | 704 | 954 | → |
| Waco | Town | Cleveland | 319 | 340 | 319 | 311 | → |
| Wade | Town | Cumberland | 257 | 500 | 557 | 635 | → |
| Wadesboro | Town | Anson | 4,987 | 4,919 | 5,812 | 5,019 | → |
| Wagram | Town | Scotland | 696 | 804 | 842 | 614 | → |
| Wake Forest | Town | Wake / Franklin | 6,462 | 14,404 | 30,135 | 47,855 | → |
| Wakulla | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 84 | 97 | 105 | 112 | → |
| Walkertown | Town | Forsyth | 3,942 | 4,132 | 4,719 | 5,689 | → |
| Wallace | Town | Duplin / Pender | 3,076 | 3,363 | 3,887 | 3,418 | → |
| Wallburg | Town | Davidson | 1,536 | 1,595 | 2,980 | 3,060 | → |
| Walnut Cove | Town | Stokes | 1,350 | 1,605 | 1,621 | 1,591 | → |
| Walnut Creek | Village | Wayne | 709 | 933 | 848 | 1,083 | → |
| Walstonburg | Town | Greene | 236 | 227 | 219 | 196 | → |
| Wanchese | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 1,380 | 1,527 | 1,642 | 1,522 | → |
| Warrenton | Town | Warren | 954 | 943 | 898 | 850 | → |
| Warsaw | Town | Duplin | 2,747 | 2,727 | 3,100 | 2,733 | → |
| Washington | City | Beaufort | 9,810 | 9,634 | 9,847 | 9,875 | → |
| Washington Park | Town | Beaufort | 541 | 435 | 451 | 391 | → |
| Watha | Town | Pender | 155 | 201 | 188 | 182 | → |
| Waves | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | 185 | 134 | 172 | → |
| Waxhaw | Town | Union | 2,452 | 3,304 | 9,919 | 20,537 | → |
| Waynesville | Town | Haywood | 9,165 | 9,813 | 9,858 | 10,149 | → |
| Weaverville | Town | Buncombe | 3,087 | 3,448 | 3,666 | 4,566 | → |
| Webster | Town | Jackson | 352 | 496 | 361 | 372 | → |
| Weddington | Town | Union | 4,141 | 7,340 | 9,523 | 13,185 | → |
| Welcome | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | 3,506 | 3,538 | 4,162 | 4,131 | → |
| Weldon | Town | Halifax | 1,620 | 1,500 | 1,651 | 1,444 | → |
| Wendell | Town | Wake | 3,545 | 4,371 | 5,852 | 9,799 | → |
| Wentworth | Town | Rockingham | 2,360 | 2,698 | 2,782 | 2,653 | → |
| Wesley Chapel | Village | Union | 1,424 | 2,648 | 7,830 | 8,684 | → |
| West Canton | Census-Designated Place | Haywood | 1,119 | 1,156 | 1,247 | 1,265 | → |
| West Jefferson | Town | Ashe | 1,120 | 1,176 | 1,334 | 1,316 | → |
| West Marion | Census-Designated Place | McDowell | 1,133 | 1,197 | 1,187 | 1,226 | → |
| Westport | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | 1,348 | 2,006 | 4,026 | 5,705 | → |
| Whispering Pines | Village | Moore | 1,387 | 2,090 | 2,952 | 4,980 | → |
| Whitakers | Town | Nash / Edgecombe | 871 | 804 | 744 | 636 | → |
| White Lake | Town | Bladen | 402 | 532 | 783 | 844 | → |
| White Oak | Census-Designated Place | Bladen | 234 | 304 | 338 | 346 | → |
| White Plains | Census-Designated Place | Surry | 1,027 | 1,049 | 1,074 | 1,025 | → |
| Whiteville | City | Columbus | 5,434 | 5,153 | 5,371 | 4,763 | → |
| Whitsett | Town | Guilford | 621 | 636 | 589 | 588 | → |
| Whittier | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | ... | 21 | 32 | 25 | → |
| Wilkesboro | Town | Wilkes | 3,070 | 3,218 | 3,548 | 3,689 | → |
| Williamston | Town | Martin | 5,868 | 5,937 | 5,745 | 5,249 | → |
| Wilmington | City | New Hanover | 73,680 | 90,110 | 106,465 | 115,456 | → |
| Wilson | City | Wilson | 39,022 | 45,208 | 49,149 | 47,864 | → |
| Wilson's Mills | Town | Johnston | 569 | 1,340 | 2,271 | 2,538 | → |
| Windsor | Town | Bertie | 2,243 | 2,370 | 3,637 | 3,572 | → |
| Winfall | Town | Perquimans | 518 | 541 | 606 | 551 | → |
| Wingate | Town | Union | 2,839 | 2,765 | 3,466 | 4,053 | → |
| Winston-Salem | City | Forsyth | 177,669 | 201,399 | 229,624 | 249,562 | → |
| Winterville | Town | Pitt | 3,721 | 4,972 | 9,218 | 10,464 | → |
| Winton | Town | Hertford | 800 | 967 | 771 | 631 | → |
| Woodfin | Town | Buncombe | 5,668 | 5,569 | 6,294 | 7,934 | → |
| Woodland | Town | Northampton | 857 | 1,041 | 807 | 559 | → |
| Woodlawn | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | 834 | 866 | 900 | 912 | → |
| Wrightsboro | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 4,130 | 4,496 | 4,896 | 5,526 | → |
| Wrightsville Beach | Town | New Hanover | 3,003 | 2,574 | 2,479 | 2,475 | → |
| Yadkin College | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | 176 | 327 | 338 | 377 | → |
| Yadkinville | Town | Yadkin | 2,544 | 2,885 | 2,971 | 2,994 | → |
| Yanceyville | Town | Caswell | 2,132 | 2,106 | 2,122 | 1,935 | → |
| Youngsville | Town | Franklin | 605 | 730 | 1,147 | 2,066 | → |
| Zebulon | Town | Wake | 3,642 | 4,461 | 4,465 | 6,917 | → |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (web).
Explanation: Latest available rebased population figures are used. In case of significant changes, they were recalculated by using census block data.