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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | County | 108,213 | 130,750 | 151,131 | → |
| Alexander | County | 27,544 | 33,566 | 37,198 | → |
| Alleghany | County | 9,590 | 10,672 | 11,155 | → |
| Anson | County | 23,474 | 25,268 | 26,948 | → |
| Ashe | County | 22,209 | 24,394 | 27,281 | → |
| Avery | County | 14,867 | 17,149 | 17,797 | → |
| Beaufort | County | 42,283 | 44,916 | 47,759 | → |
| Bertie | County | 20,388 | 19,765 | 21,282 | → |
| Bladen | County | 28,663 | 32,252 | 35,190 | → |
| Brunswick | County | 50,985 | 73,121 | 107,431 | → |
| Buncombe | County | 174,357 | 206,365 | 238,318 | → |
| Burke | County | 75,740 | 89,163 | 90,912 | → |
| Cabarrus | County | 98,935 | 131,043 | 178,011 | → |
| Caldwell | County | 70,709 | 77,425 | 83,029 | → |
| Camden | County | 5,904 | 6,884 | 9,980 | → |
| Carteret | County | 52,407 | 59,334 | 66,469 | → |
| Caswell | County | 20,662 | 23,474 | 23,719 | → |
| Catawba | County | 118,412 | 141,700 | 154,358 | → |
| Chatham | County | 38,979 | 49,396 | 63,505 | → |
| Cherokee | County | 20,170 | 24,261 | 27,444 | → |
| Chowan | County | 13,506 | 14,522 | 14,793 | → |
| Clay | County | 7,155 | 8,778 | 10,587 | → |
| Cleveland | County | 84,958 | 96,129 | 98,078 | → |
| Columbus | County | 49,587 | 54,758 | 58,098 | → |
| Craven | County | 81,812 | 91,526 | 103,505 | → |
| Cumberland | County | 274,713 | 302,978 | 319,431 | → |
| Currituck | County | 13,736 | 18,179 | 23,547 | → |
| Dare | County | 22,746 | 29,959 | 33,920 | → |
| Davidson | County | 126,688 | 147,248 | 162,878 | → |
| Davie | County | 27,859 | 34,841 | 41,240 | → |
| Duplin | County | 39,995 | 49,054 | 58,505 | → |
| Durham | County | 181,844 | 223,270 | 267,587 | → |
| Edgecombe | County | 56,692 | 55,604 | 56,552 | → |
| Forsyth | County | 265,855 | 306,274 | 350,670 | → |
| Franklin | County | 36,414 | 47,284 | 60,619 | → |
| Gaston | County | 174,769 | 190,445 | 206,086 | → |
| Gates | County | 9,305 | 10,521 | 12,197 | → |
| Graham | County | 7,196 | 7,996 | 8,861 | → |
| Granville | County | 38,341 | 48,486 | 59,916 | → |
| Greene | County | 15,384 | 18,957 | 21,362 | → |
| Guilford | County | 347,431 | 420,848 | 488,406 | → |
| Halifax | County | 55,516 | 57,444 | 54,691 | → |
| Harnett | County | 67,833 | 90,978 | 114,678 | → |
| Haywood | County | 46,948 | 54,025 | 59,036 | → |
| Henderson | County | 69,747 | 89,184 | 106,740 | → |
| Hertford | County | 22,317 | 22,588 | 24,669 | → |
| Hoke | County | 22,856 | 33,708 | 46,952 | → |
| Hyde | County | 5,411 | 5,817 | 5,810 | → |
| Iredell | County | 93,205 | 122,631 | 159,437 | → |
| Jackson | County | 26,835 | 33,103 | 40,271 | → |
| Johnston | County | 81,306 | 121,998 | 168,878 | → |
| Jones | County | 9,361 | 10,311 | 10,153 | → |
| Lee | County | 41,370 | 49,196 | 57,866 | → |
| Lenoir | County | 57,274 | 59,636 | 59,495 | → |
| Lincoln | County | 50,319 | 63,810 | 78,265 | → |
| Macon | County | 23,504 | 29,802 | 33,922 | → |
| Madison | County | 16,953 | 19,612 | 20,764 | → |
| Martin | County | 25,078 | 25,549 | 24,505 | → |
| McDowell | County | 35,681 | 42,134 | 44,996 | → |
| Mecklenburg | County | 511,211 | 695,348 | 919,628 | → |
| Mitchell | County | 14,433 | 15,687 | 15,579 | → |
| Montgomery | County | 23,359 | 26,797 | 27,798 | → |
| Moore | County | 59,000 | 74,772 | 88,247 | → |
| Nash | County | 76,677 | 87,378 | 95,840 | → |
| New Hanover | County | 120,284 | 160,315 | 202,667 | → |
| Northampton | County | 21,004 | 22,051 | 22,099 | → |
| Onslow | County | 149,838 | 150,418 | 177,772 | → |
| Orange | County | 93,662 | 115,589 | 133,801 | → |
| Pamlico | County | 11,368 | 12,896 | 13,144 | → |
| Pasquotank | County | 31,298 | 34,890 | 40,661 | → |
| Pender | County | 28,855 | 41,071 | 52,217 | → |
| Perquimans | County | 10,447 | 11,369 | 13,453 | → |
| Person | County | 30,180 | 35,603 | 39,464 | → |
| Pitt | County | 108,480 | 133,759 | 168,148 | → |
| Polk | County | 14,458 | 18,299 | 20,510 | → |
| Randolph | County | 106,546 | 130,503 | 141,752 | → |
| Richmond | County | 44,511 | 46,597 | 46,639 | → |
| Robeson | County | 105,170 | 123,170 | 134,168 | → |
| Rockingham | County | 86,064 | 92,018 | 93,643 | → |
| Rowan | County | 110,605 | 130,364 | 138,428 | → |
| Rutherford | County | 56,956 | 62,923 | 67,810 | → |
| Sampson | County | 47,297 | 60,157 | 63,431 | → |
| Scotland | County | 33,763 | 35,952 | 36,157 | → |
| Stanly | County | 51,765 | 58,092 | 60,585 | → |
| Stokes | County | 37,224 | 44,640 | 47,401 | → |
| Surry | County | 61,704 | 71,208 | 73,673 | → |
| Swain | County | 11,268 | 12,980 | 13,981 | → |
| Transylvania | County | 25,520 | 29,316 | 33,090 | → |
| Tyrrell | County | 3,856 | 4,143 | 4,407 | → |
| Union | County | 84,210 | 123,834 | 201,292 | → |
| Vance | County | 38,892 | 42,946 | 45,422 | → |
| Wake | County | 426,311 | 627,906 | 900,993 | → |
| Warren | County | 17,265 | 19,861 | 20,972 | → |
| Washington | County | 13,997 | 13,730 | 13,228 | → |
| Watauga | County | 36,952 | 42,684 | 51,079 | → |
| Wayne | County | 104,666 | 113,449 | 122,623 | → |
| Wilkes | County | 59,393 | 65,630 | 69,340 | → |
| Wilson | County | 66,061 | 73,810 | 81,234 | → |
| Yadkin | County | 30,488 | 36,352 | 38,406 | → |
| Yancey | County | 15,419 | 17,758 | 17,818 | → |
| North Carolina | State | 6,632,448 | 8,046,346 | 9,535,483 |
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, »race«, ethnicity).| Name | Status | County | Population Census 1990-04-01 | Population Census 2000-04-01 | Population Census 2010-04-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Town | Moore | ... | 3,741 | 6,350 | → |
| Advance | Census-Designated Place | Davie | ... | ... | 1,138 | → |
| Ahoskie | Town | Hertford | ... | 5,280 | 5,039 | → |
| Alamance | Village | Alamance | ... | 354 | 951 | → |
| Albemarle | City | Stanly | 15,178 | 15,925 | 15,903 | → |
| Alliance | Town | Pamlico | 687 | 800 | 776 | → |
| Altamahaw | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | ... | ... | 347 | → |
| Andrews | Town | Cherokee | 1,433 | 1,747 | 1,781 | → |
| Angier | Town | Harnett / Wake | 2,360 | 3,463 | 4,350 | → |
| Ansonville | Town | Anson | 632 | 638 | 631 | → |
| Apex | Town | Wake | 5,476 | 20,781 | 37,476 | → |
| Aquadale | Census-Designated Place | Stanly | ... | ... | 397 | → |
| Arapahoe | Town | Pamlico | 450 | 453 | 556 | → |
| Archdale | City | Guilford / Randolph | 7,345 | 9,302 | 11,415 | → |
| Archer Lodge | Town | Johnston | ... | 2,894 | 4,292 | → |
| Asheboro | City | Randolph | 18,137 | 21,924 | 25,012 | → |
| Asheville | City | Buncombe | ... | 73,989 | 83,393 | → |
| Ashley Heights | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | ... | ... | 380 | → |
| Askewville | Town | Bertie | ... | 213 | 241 | → |
| Atkinson | Town | Pender | ... | 280 | 299 | → |
| Atlantic | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | ... | ... | 543 | → |
| Atlantic Beach | Town | Carteret | 1,932 | 1,835 | 1,495 | → |
| Aulander | Town | Bertie | ... | 921 | 895 | → |
| Aurora | Town | Beaufort | 667 | 581 | 520 | → |
| Autryville | Town | Sampson | ... | 204 | 196 | → |
| Avery Creek | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,144 | 1,405 | 1,950 | → |
| Avon | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 776 | → |
| Ayden | Town | Pitt | 4,890 | 4,745 | 4,932 | → |
| Badin | Town | Stanly | ... | 1,802 | 1,974 | → |
| Bailey | Town | Nash | 555 | 684 | 569 | → |
| Bakersville | Town | Mitchell | ... | 415 | 464 | → |
| Bald Head Island | Village | Brunswick | 78 | 173 | 158 | → |
| Balfour | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,118 | 1,200 | 1,187 | → |
| Banner Elk | Town | Avery | ... | 903 | 1,028 | → |
| Barker Heights | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | 1,237 | 1,254 | → |
| Barker Ten Mile | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | 1,087 | 976 | 952 | → |
| Bath | Town | Beaufort | 193 | 274 | 249 | → |
| Bayboro | Town | Pamlico | ... | 1,234 | 1,263 | → |
| Bayshore | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 3,393 | → |
| Bayview | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | ... | ... | 346 | → |
| Bear Grass | Town | Martin | ... | 66 | 73 | → |
| Beaufort | Town | Carteret | 3,943 | 3,868 | 4,039 | → |
| Beech Mountain | Town | Watauga / Avery | ... | 325 | 320 | → |
| Belhaven | Town | Beaufort | 2,288 | 1,957 | 1,688 | → |
| Bell Arthur | Census-Designated Place | Pitt | ... | ... | 466 | → |
| Belmont | City | Gaston | 9,041 | 8,885 | 10,076 | → |
| Belville | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,230 | 1,936 | → |
| Belvoir | Census-Designated Place | Pitt | ... | ... | 307 | → |
| Belwood | Town | Cleveland | 629 | 980 | 950 | → |
| Bennett | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | ... | ... | 282 | → |
| Benson | Town | Johnston | 3,146 | 2,966 | 3,311 | → |
| Bent Creek | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,487 | 1,389 | 1,287 | → |
| Bermuda Run | Town | Davie | ... | 1,480 | 1,725 | → |
| Bessemer City | City | Gaston | ... | 5,411 | 5,340 | → |
| Bethania | Town | Forsyth | ... | 345 | 328 | → |
| Bethel | Town | Pitt | ... | 1,661 | 1,577 | → |
| Bethlehem | Census-Designated Place | Alexander | 3,186 | 3,713 | 4,214 | → |
| Beulaville | Town | Duplin | 1,094 | 1,108 | 1,296 | → |
| Biltmore Forest | Town | Buncombe | ... | 1,493 | 1,343 | → |
| Biscoe | Town | Montgomery | 1,537 | 1,738 | 1,700 | → |
| Black Creek | Town | Wilson | 658 | 731 | 769 | → |
| Black Mountain | Town | Buncombe | 7,273 | 7,554 | 7,848 | → |
| Bladenboro | Town | Bladen | 1,941 | 1,724 | 1,750 | → |
| Blowing Rock | Town | Caldwell / Watauga | 1,264 | 1,402 | 1,241 | → |
| Blue Clay Farms | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 33 | → |
| Boardman | Town | Columbus | 256 | 202 | 157 | → |
| Bogue | Town | Carteret | 334 | 576 | 684 | → |
| Boiling Spring Lakes | City | Brunswick | 1,702 | 2,981 | 5,372 | → |
| Boiling Springs | Town | Cleveland | 2,530 | 3,939 | 4,647 | → |
| Bolivia | Town | Brunswick | 255 | 154 | 143 | → |
| Bolton | Town | Columbus | ... | 624 | 691 | → |
| Bonnetsville | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 390 | 443 | → |
| Boone | Town | Watauga | 13,056 | 13,611 | 17,122 | → |
| Boonville | Town | Yadkin | 1,142 | 1,184 | 1,222 | → |
| Bostic | Town | Rutherford | ... | 357 | 386 | → |
| Bowmore | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | ... | 145 | 103 | → |
| Brevard | City | Transylvania | 6,220 | 6,982 | 7,609 | → |
| Brices Creek | Census-Designated Place | Craven | ... | 2,060 | 3,073 | → |
| Bridgeton | Town | Craven | ... | 371 | 454 | → |
| Broad Creek | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | ... | ... | 2,334 | → |
| Broadway | Town | Lee / Harnett | 995 | 1,041 | 1,229 | → |
| Brogden | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 3,246 | 2,907 | 2,633 | → |
| Brookford | Town | Catawba | ... | 448 | 382 | → |
| Brunswick | Town | Columbus | ... | 1,084 | 1,119 | → |
| Bryson City | Town | Swain | 1,169 | 1,434 | 1,424 | → |
| Buies Creek | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | ... | 2,215 | 2,942 | → |
| Bunn | Town | Franklin | ... | 394 | 344 | → |
| Bunnlevel | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | ... | ... | 552 | → |
| Burgaw | Town | Pender | 2,351 | 3,492 | 3,872 | → |
| Burlington | City | Alamance / Guilford | 40,822 | 45,805 | 49,963 | → |
| Burnsville | Town | Yancey | ... | 1,734 | 1,693 | → |
| Butner | Town | Granville | ... | 6,487 | 7,591 | → |
| Butters | Census-Designated Place | Bladen | ... | 261 | 294 | → |
| Buxton | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 1,273 | → |
| Cajah's Mountain | Town | Caldwell | 2,147 | 2,655 | 2,823 | → |
| Calabash | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,628 | 1,786 | → |
| Calypso | Town | Duplin | ... | 451 | 538 | → |
| Camden | Census-Designated Place | Camden | ... | ... | 599 | → |
| Cameron | Town | Moore | ... | 345 | 285 | → |
| Candor | Town | Montgomery | ... | 867 | 840 | → |
| Canton | Town | Haywood | 4,069 | 4,091 | 4,227 | → |
| Cape Carteret | Town | Carteret | 1,001 | 1,267 | 1,917 | → |
| Caroleen | Census-Designated Place | Rutherford | ... | ... | 652 | → |
| Carolina Beach | Town | New Hanover | ... | 5,116 | 5,706 | → |
| Carolina Shores | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,877 | 3,048 | → |
| Carrboro | Town | Orange | ... | 17,653 | 19,582 | → |
| Carthage | Town | Moore | ... | 2,070 | 2,205 | → |
| Cary | Town | Chatham / Wake | 45,497 | 96,260 | 135,234 | → |
| Casar | Town | Cleveland | 328 | 306 | 297 | → |
| Cashiers | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | ... | 196 | 157 | → |
| Castalia | Town | Nash | ... | 361 | 268 | → |
| Castle Hayne | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 1,202 | → |
| Caswell Beach | Town | Brunswick | 177 | 361 | 398 | → |
| Catawba | Town | Catawba | ... | 693 | 603 | → |
| Cedar Point | Town | Carteret | ... | 835 | 1,279 | → |
| Cedar Rock | Village | Caldwell | 323 | 315 | 300 | → |
| Centerville | Town | Franklin | 96 | 97 | 89 | → |
| Cerro Gordo | Town | Columbus | 227 | 243 | 207 | → |
| Chadbourn | Town | Columbus | 2,043 | 2,134 | 1,856 | → |
| Chapel Hill | Town | Durham / Orange | 38,346 | 47,780 | 57,233 | → |
| Charlotte | City | Mecklenburg | ... | 574,151 | 731,424 | → |
| Cherokee | Census-Designated Place | Swain / Jackson | ... | ... | 2,138 | → |
| Cherryville | City | Gaston | ... | 5,505 | 5,760 | → |
| Chimney Rock Village | Village | Rutherford | ... | 175 | 113 | → |
| China Grove | Town | Rowan | 3,223 | 3,694 | 3,563 | → |
| Chocowinity | Town | Beaufort | 858 | 721 | 820 | → |
| Claremont | City | Catawba | 1,037 | 1,084 | 1,352 | → |
| Clarkton | Town | Bladen | ... | 802 | 837 | → |
| Clayton | Town | Johnston / Wake | ... | 8,259 | 16,116 | → |
| Clemmons | Village | Forsyth | ... | 15,886 | 18,627 | → |
| Cleveland | Town | Rowan | 710 | 835 | 871 | → |
| Cliffside | Census-Designated Place | Rutherford | ... | ... | 611 | → |
| Clinton | City | Sampson | 8,771 | 8,641 | 8,639 | → |
| Clyde | Town | Haywood | 1,098 | 1,363 | 1,223 | → |
| Coats | Town | Harnett | 1,649 | 1,987 | 2,112 | → |
| Cofield | Village | Hertford | ... | 369 | 413 | → |
| Coinjock | Census-Designated Place | Currituck | ... | ... | 335 | → |
| Colerain | Town | Bertie | 241 | 221 | 204 | → |
| Columbia | Town | Tyrrell | ... | 931 | 891 | → |
| Columbus | Town | Polk | ... | 1,152 | 999 | → |
| Como | Town | Hertford | 102 | 80 | 91 | → |
| Concord | City | Cabarrus | 37,661 | 56,392 | 79,066 | → |
| Conetoe | Town | Edgecombe | ... | 353 | 294 | → |
| Connelly Springs | Town | Burke | 1,389 | 1,802 | 1,669 | → |
| Conover | City | Catawba | 5,564 | 6,566 | 8,165 | → |
| Conway | Town | Northampton | 756 | 722 | 836 | → |
| Cooleemee | Town | Davie | 970 | 909 | 960 | → |
| Cordova | Census-Designated Place | Richmond | ... | ... | 1,775 | → |
| Cornelius | Town | Mecklenburg | ... | 13,874 | 24,866 | → |
| Cove City | Town | Craven | 503 | 428 | 399 | → |
| Cove Creek | Census-Designated Place | Watauga | ... | ... | 1,171 | → |
| Cramerton | Town | Gaston | 2,387 | 2,986 | 4,165 | → |
| Creedmoor | City | Granville | ... | 2,351 | 4,124 | → |
| Creswell | Town | Washington | 359 | 279 | 276 | → |
| Cricket | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | ... | ... | 1,855 | → |
| Crossnore | Town | Avery | 271 | 237 | 192 | → |
| Cullowhee | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | ... | 3,579 | 6,228 | → |
| Dallas | Town | Gaston | ... | 3,778 | 4,488 | → |
| Dana | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 3,329 | → |
| Danbury | Town | Stokes | ... | 146 | 189 | → |
| Davidson | Town | Mecklenburg / Iredell | 4,163 | 7,203 | 10,944 | → |
| Davis | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | ... | ... | 422 | → |
| Deercroft | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | ... | ... | 411 | → |
| Delco | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | ... | ... | 348 | → |
| Dellview | Town | Gaston | ... | ... | 13 | → |
| Delway | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 270 | 203 | → |
| Denton | Town | Davidson | ... | 1,621 | 1,636 | → |
| Denver | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | ... | ... | 2,309 | → |
| Dillsboro | Town | Jackson | ... | 238 | 232 | → |
| Dobbins Heights | Town | Richmond | 1,055 | 913 | 866 | → |
| Dobson | Town | Surry | 1,193 | 1,514 | 1,586 | → |
| Dortches | Town | Nash | 866 | 797 | 935 | → |
| Dover | Town | Craven | 454 | 440 | 401 | → |
| Drexel | Town | Burke | 1,760 | 1,928 | 1,858 | → |
| Dublin | Town | Bladen | ... | 293 | 338 | → |
| Duck | Town | Dare | ... | 448 | 369 | → |
| Dundarrach | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | ... | ... | 41 | → |
| Dunn | City | Harnett | 9,214 | 9,212 | 9,263 | → |
| Durham | City | Durham | 148,450 | 187,950 | 228,330 | → |
| Earl | Town | Cleveland | ... | 259 | 260 | → |
| East Arcadia | Town | Bladen | 468 | 510 | 487 | → |
| East Bend | Town | Yadkin | 612 | 657 | 612 | → |
| East Flat Rock | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 4,995 | → |
| East Laurinburg | Town | Scotland | ... | 284 | 300 | → |
| East Rockingham | Census-Designated Place | Richmond | 4,158 | 3,885 | 3,736 | → |
| East Spencer | Town | Rowan | 2,145 | 1,715 | 1,534 | → |
| Eastover | Town | Cumberland | ... | 3,674 | 3,628 | → |
| Eden | City | Rockingham | 15,860 | 15,947 | 15,527 | → |
| Edenton | Town | Chowan | ... | 5,374 | 5,004 | → |
| Edneyville | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 2,367 | → |
| Efland | Census-Designated Place | Orange | ... | ... | 734 | → |
| Elizabeth City | City | Pasquotank / Camden | 16,112 | 16,958 | 18,683 | → |
| Elizabethtown | Town | Bladen | ... | 3,849 | 3,583 | → |
| Elk Park | Town | Avery | 486 | 466 | 452 | → |
| Elkin | Town | Surry / Wilkes | 3,867 | 4,125 | 4,001 | → |
| Ellenboro | Town | Rutherford | ... | 783 | 873 | → |
| Ellerbe | Town | Richmond | 1,107 | 1,058 | 1,054 | → |
| Elm City | Town | Wilson | ... | 1,411 | 1,298 | → |
| Elon | Town | Alamance | 4,846 | 6,806 | 9,419 | → |
| Elrod | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | ... | 441 | 417 | → |
| Elroy | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 4,028 | 3,896 | 3,869 | → |
| Emerald Isle | Town | Carteret | 2,433 | 3,488 | 3,655 | → |
| Enfield | Town | Halifax | ... | 2,635 | 2,532 | → |
| Engelhard | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | ... | ... | 445 | → |
| Enochville | Census-Designated Place | Rowan | 2,901 | 2,851 | 2,925 | → |
| Erwin | Town | Harnett | 4,198 | 4,480 | 4,405 | → |
| Etowah | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 6,944 | → |
| Eureka | Town | Wayne | 282 | 248 | 197 | → |
| Everetts | Town | Martin | ... | 176 | 164 | → |
| Evergreen | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | ... | ... | 420 | → |
| Fair Bluff | Town | Columbus | 1,068 | 1,184 | 951 | → |
| Fairfield | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | ... | ... | 258 | → |
| Fairfield Harbour | Census-Designated Place | Craven | ... | 1,983 | 2,952 | → |
| Fairmont | Town | Robeson | 2,827 | 2,681 | 2,663 | → |
| Fairplains | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 2,339 | 2,051 | 2,120 | → |
| Fairview | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | 1,830 | 2,495 | 2,678 | → |
| Fairview | Town | Union | ... | 3,015 | 3,324 | → |
| Faison | Town | Duplin | 713 | 756 | 961 | → |
| Faith | Town | Rowan | ... | 696 | 807 | → |
| Falcon | Town | Cumberland / Sampson | ... | 344 | 258 | → |
| Falkland | Town | Pitt | 108 | 112 | 96 | → |
| Fallston | Town | Cleveland | 498 | 620 | 607 | → |
| Farmville | Town | Pitt | ... | 4,562 | 4,654 | → |
| Fayetteville | City | Cumberland | ... | 203,199 | 200,564 | → |
| Fearrington Village | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | ... | ... | 2,339 | → |
| Five Points | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | ... | ... | 689 | → |
| Flat Rock | Village | Henderson | ... | 2,711 | 3,114 | → |
| Flat Rock | Census-Designated Place | Surry | 1,812 | 1,690 | 1,556 | → |
| Fletcher | Town | Henderson | 3,132 | 4,264 | 7,187 | → |
| Forest City | Town | Rutherford | 7,736 | 7,504 | 7,476 | → |
| Forest Hills | Village | Jackson | ... | 310 | 365 | → |
| Forest Oaks | Census-Designated Place | Guilford | 3,054 | 3,241 | 3,890 | → |
| Foscoe | Census-Designated Place | Watauga | ... | ... | 1,370 | → |
| Fountain | Town | Pitt | 456 | 519 | 427 | → |
| Four Oaks | Town | Johnston | ... | 1,694 | 1,921 | → |
| Foxfire | Village | Moore | 342 | 495 | 902 | → |
| Franklin | Town | Macon | ... | 3,698 | 3,845 | → |
| Franklinton | Town | Franklin | ... | 2,152 | 2,023 | → |
| Franklinville | Town | Randolph | ... | 1,273 | 1,164 | → |
| Fremont | Town | Wayne | 1,708 | 1,464 | 1,255 | → |
| Frisco | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 200 | → |
| Fruitland | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 2,031 | → |
| Fuquay-Varina | Town | Wake | 4,512 | 8,164 | 17,937 | → |
| Gamewell | Town | Caldwell | ... | 3,900 | 4,051 | → |
| Garland | Town | Sampson | 769 | 784 | 625 | → |
| Garner | Town | Wake | ... | 18,633 | 25,745 | → |
| Garysburg | Town | Northampton | 1,142 | 1,241 | 1,057 | → |
| Gaston | Town | Northampton | 1,022 | 973 | 1,152 | → |
| Gastonia | City | Gaston | 59,757 | 67,294 | 71,741 | → |
| Gatesville | Town | Gates | ... | 301 | 321 | → |
| Germanton | Census-Designated Place | Forsyth / Stokes | ... | ... | 827 | → |
| Gerton | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 254 | → |
| Gibson | Town | Scotland | 536 | 568 | 540 | → |
| Gibsonville | Town | Guilford / Alamance | ... | 4,617 | 6,410 | → |
| Glen Alpine | Town | Burke | 1,060 | 1,172 | 1,517 | → |
| Glen Raven | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | ... | ... | 2,750 | → |
| Glenville | Census-Designated Place | Jackson | ... | ... | 110 | → |
| Gloucester | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | ... | ... | 537 | → |
| Godwin | Town | Cumberland | ... | 168 | 139 | → |
| Goldsboro | City | Wayne | 44,966 | 40,126 | 36,437 | → |
| Goldston | Town | Chatham | 333 | 323 | 268 | → |
| Gorman | Census-Designated Place | Durham | ... | ... | 1,011 | → |
| Graham | City | Alamance | 10,367 | 13,057 | 14,153 | → |
| Grandfather | Village | Avery | ... | 77 | 25 | → |
| Granite Falls | Town | Caldwell | 3,653 | 4,613 | 4,722 | → |
| Granite Quarry | Town | Rowan | ... | 2,186 | 2,930 | → |
| Grantsboro | Town | Pamlico | ... | 733 | 688 | → |
| Green Level | Town | Alamance | ... | 2,194 | 2,100 | → |
| Greenevers | Town | Duplin | ... | 617 | 634 | → |
| Greensboro | City | Guilford | 191,591 | 236,152 | 269,666 | → |
| Greenville | City | Pitt | ... | 62,920 | 84,554 | → |
| Grifton | Town | Lenoir / Pitt | ... | 2,333 | 2,617 | → |
| Grimesland | Town | Pitt | ... | 549 | 441 | → |
| Grover | Town | Cleveland | 504 | 704 | 708 | → |
| Gulf | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | ... | ... | 144 | → |
| Half Moon | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | ... | ... | 8,352 | → |
| Halifax | Town | Halifax | 329 | 352 | 234 | → |
| Hallsboro | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | ... | ... | 465 | → |
| Hamilton | Town | Martin | 557 | 524 | 408 | → |
| Hamlet | City | Richmond | ... | 6,238 | 6,495 | → |
| Hampstead | Census-Designated Place | Pender | ... | ... | 4,083 | → |
| Harkers Island | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | ... | ... | 1,207 | → |
| Harmony | Town | Iredell | ... | 576 | 531 | → |
| Harrells | Town | Sampson / Duplin | ... | 202 | 202 | → |
| Harrellsville | Town | Hertford | ... | 113 | 106 | → |
| Harrisburg | Town | Cabarrus | ... | 4,646 | 11,526 | → |
| Hassell | Town | Martin | ... | 80 | 84 | → |
| Hatteras | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 504 | → |
| Havelock | City | Craven | 20,463 | 22,404 | 20,735 | → |
| Haw River | Town | Alamance | 1,757 | 1,917 | 2,298 | → |
| Hayesville | Town | Clay | ... | 453 | 311 | → |
| Hays | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 1,522 | 1,731 | 1,851 | → |
| Hemby Bridge | Town | Union | ... | 1,481 | 1,520 | → |
| Henderson | City | Vance | 16,591 | 16,290 | 15,368 | → |
| Hendersonville | City | Henderson | ... | 11,676 | 13,137 | → |
| Henrietta | Census-Designated Place | Rutherford | ... | ... | 461 | → |
| Hertford | Town | Perquimans | 2,270 | 2,095 | 2,143 | → |
| Hickory | City | Burke / Caldwell / Catawba | 29,474 | 38,070 | 40,010 | → |
| Hiddenite | Census-Designated Place | Alexander | ... | ... | 536 | → |
| High Point | City | Guilford / Forsyth / Davidson / Randolph | 69,763 | 85,677 | 104,371 | → |
| High Shoals | Town | Gaston | ... | 708 | 696 | → |
| Highlands | Town | Macon / Jackson | 949 | 928 | 924 | → |
| Hightsville | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 739 | → |
| Hildebran | Town | Burke | ... | 1,921 | 2,023 | → |
| Hillsborough | Town | Orange | 4,742 | 5,679 | 6,087 | → |
| Hillsdale | Census-Designated Place | Davie | ... | ... | 984 | → |
| Hobgood | Town | Halifax | 389 | 412 | 348 | → |
| Hobucken | Census-Designated Place | Pamlico | ... | ... | 129 | → |
| Hoffman | Town | Richmond | 342 | 615 | 588 | → |
| Holden Beach | Town | Brunswick | 626 | 799 | 575 | → |
| Hollister | Census-Designated Place | Halifax | ... | ... | 674 | → |
| Holly Ridge | Town | Onslow | ... | 888 | 1,268 | → |
| Holly Springs | Town | Wake | ... | 9,853 | 24,661 | → |
| Hookerton | Town | Greene | ... | 483 | 409 | → |
| Hoopers Creek | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 1,056 | → |
| Hope Mills | Town | Cumberland | ... | 11,817 | 15,176 | → |
| Horse Shoe | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 2,351 | → |
| Hot Springs | Town | Madison | 535 | 649 | 560 | → |
| Hudson | Town | Caldwell | 3,301 | 3,082 | 3,776 | → |
| Huntersville | Town | Mecklenburg | 6,570 | 25,464 | 46,773 | → |
| Icard | Census-Designated Place | Burke | 2,553 | 2,734 | 2,664 | → |
| Indian Beach | Town | Carteret | 163 | 95 | 112 | → |
| Indian Trail | Town | Union | ... | 13,512 | 33,518 | → |
| Ingold | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 484 | 471 | → |
| Iron Station | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | ... | ... | 755 | → |
| Ivanhoe | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 311 | 264 | → |
| JAARS | Census-Designated Place | Union | ... | 360 | 597 | → |
| Jackson | Town | Northampton | 656 | 696 | 513 | → |
| Jackson Heights | Census-Designated Place | Lenoir | ... | ... | 1,141 | → |
| Jacksonville | City | Onslow | 78,080 | 66,765 | 70,145 | → |
| James City | Census-Designated Place | Craven | ... | ... | 5,899 | → |
| Jamestown | Town | Guilford | 2,732 | 2,975 | 3,382 | → |
| Jamesville | Town | Martin | 600 | 510 | 491 | → |
| Jefferson | Town | Ashe | 1,379 | 1,487 | 1,611 | → |
| Jonesville | Town | Yadkin | ... | 2,244 | 2,285 | → |
| Kannapolis | City | Rowan / Cabarrus | 32,404 | 36,959 | 42,625 | → |
| Keener | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 508 | 567 | → |
| Kelford | Town | Bertie | 204 | 250 | 251 | → |
| Kelly | Census-Designated Place | Bladen | ... | 454 | 544 | → |
| Kenansville | Town | Duplin | 855 | 1,175 | 855 | → |
| Kenly | Town | Johnston / Wilson | ... | 1,688 | 1,339 | → |
| Kernersville | Town | Guilford / Forsyth | ... | 18,740 | 23,123 | → |
| Kill Devil Hills | Town | Dare | 4,253 | 5,904 | 6,683 | → |
| King | City | Forsyth / Stokes | 4,453 | 6,022 | 6,904 | → |
| Kings Grant | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | 7,738 | 8,113 | → |
| Kings Mountain | City | Cleveland / Gaston | ... | 10,478 | 10,296 | → |
| Kingstown | Town | Cleveland | 962 | 843 | 681 | → |
| Kinston | City | Lenoir | 25,883 | 23,905 | 21,677 | → |
| Kittrell | Town | Vance | ... | 413 | 467 | → |
| Kitty Hawk | Town | Dare | 1,936 | 2,977 | 3,272 | → |
| Knightdale | Town | Wake | ... | 6,241 | 11,401 | → |
| Kure Beach | Town | New Hanover | 588 | 1,511 | 2,012 | → |
| La Grange | Town | Lenoir | 3,042 | 2,856 | 2,873 | → |
| Lake Junaluska | Census-Designated Place | Haywood | 2,482 | 2,675 | 2,734 | → |
| Lake Lure | Town | Rutherford | 699 | 1,045 | 1,192 | → |
| Lake Norman of Catawba | Census-Designated Place | Catawba | ... | ... | 7,411 | → |
| Lake Park | Village | Union | 94 | 2,094 | 3,422 | → |
| Lake Royale | Census-Designated Place | Franklin | ... | 67 | 2,506 | → |
| Lake Santeetlah | Town | Graham | ... | 67 | 45 | → |
| Lake Waccamaw | Town | Columbus | 954 | 1,411 | 1,480 | → |
| Landis | Town | Rowan | 2,519 | 3,084 | 3,109 | → |
| Lansing | Town | Ashe | ... | 157 | 158 | → |
| Lasker | Town | Northampton | ... | 135 | 122 | → |
| Lattimore | Town | Cleveland | 215 | 449 | 488 | → |
| Laurel Hill | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | ... | ... | 1,254 | → |
| Laurel Park | Town | Henderson | ... | 2,044 | 2,180 | → |
| Laurinburg | City | Scotland | 16,063 | 16,011 | 15,962 | → |
| Lawndale | Town | Cleveland | 590 | 637 | 606 | → |
| Leggett | Town | Edgecombe | ... | 157 | 60 | → |
| Leland | Town | Brunswick | ... | 4,104 | 13,527 | → |
| Lenoir | City | Caldwell | ... | 18,059 | 18,228 | → |
| Lewiston Woodville | Town | Bertie | 785 | 590 | 549 | → |
| Lewisville | Town | Forsyth | ... | 11,873 | 12,639 | → |
| Lexington | City | Davidson | 19,319 | 19,774 | 18,931 | → |
| Liberty | Town | Randolph | 2,054 | 2,728 | 2,656 | → |
| Light Oak | Census-Designated Place | Cleveland | 1,339 | 779 | 691 | → |
| Lilesville | Town | Anson | 468 | 462 | 536 | → |
| Lillington | Town | Harnett | 2,328 | 3,061 | 3,194 | → |
| Lincolnton | City | Lincoln | 9,336 | 10,122 | 10,486 | → |
| Linden | Town | Cumberland | ... | 138 | 130 | → |
| Littleton | Town | Halifax | 670 | 691 | 674 | → |
| Locust | City | Stanly / Cabarrus | ... | 2,470 | 2,930 | → |
| Long View | Town | Burke / Catawba | 4,365 | 4,711 | 4,871 | → |
| Louisburg | Town | Franklin | ... | 3,017 | 3,359 | → |
| Love Valley | Town | Iredell | ... | 54 | 90 | → |
| Lowell | City | Gaston | 2,674 | 2,678 | 3,526 | → |
| Lowesville | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | 1,092 | 1,440 | 2,945 | → |
| Lowgap | Census-Designated Place | Surry | ... | ... | 324 | → |
| Lucama | Town | Wilson | ... | 888 | 1,108 | → |
| Lumber Bridge | Town | Robeson | ... | 106 | 94 | → |
| Lumberton | City | Robeson | 19,781 | 21,339 | 21,542 | → |
| Macclesfield | Town | Edgecombe | 517 | 457 | 471 | → |
| Macon | Town | Warren | 154 | 113 | 119 | → |
| Madison | Town | Rockingham | 2,568 | 2,303 | 2,246 | → |
| Maggie Valley | Town | Haywood | ... | 1,047 | 1,150 | → |
| Magnolia | Town | Duplin | ... | 1,074 | 939 | → |
| Maiden | Town | Catawba / Lincoln | 3,191 | 3,265 | 3,310 | → |
| Mamers | Census-Designated Place | Harnett | ... | ... | 826 | → |
| Manns Harbor | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 821 | → |
| Manteo | Town | Dare | ... | 1,263 | 1,434 | → |
| Mar-Mac | Census-Designated Place | Wayne | 3,282 | 3,004 | 3,615 | → |
| Marble | Census-Designated Place | Cherokee | ... | ... | 321 | → |
| Marietta | Town | Robeson | 206 | 163 | 175 | → |
| Marion | City | McDowell | ... | 8,906 | 7,838 | → |
| Mars Hill | Town | Madison | ... | 1,873 | 1,869 | → |
| Marshall | Town | Madison | ... | 886 | 872 | → |
| Marshallberg | Census-Designated Place | Carteret | ... | ... | 403 | → |
| Marshville | Town | Union | 2,280 | 2,334 | 2,402 | → |
| Marvin | Village | Union | ... | 1,260 | 5,579 | → |
| Matthews | Town | Mecklenburg | ... | 22,908 | 27,198 | → |
| Maury | Census-Designated Place | Greene | ... | ... | 1,685 | → |
| Maxton | Town | Robeson / Scotland | ... | 2,800 | 2,426 | → |
| Mayodan | Town | Rockingham | 2,469 | 2,456 | 2,478 | → |
| Maysville | Town | Jones | 896 | 1,007 | 1,019 | → |
| McAdenville | Town | Gaston | 819 | 632 | 651 | → |
| McDonald | Town | Robeson | ... | 105 | 113 | → |
| McFarlan | Town | Anson | ... | 85 | 117 | → |
| McLeansville | Census-Designated Place | Guilford | 1,154 | 1,080 | 1,021 | → |
| Mebane | City | Alamance / Orange | ... | 7,528 | 11,393 | → |
| Mesic | Town | Pamlico | 308 | 253 | 220 | → |
| Micro | Town | Johnston | 417 | 462 | 441 | → |
| Middleburg | Town | Vance | ... | 155 | 133 | → |
| Middlesex | Town | Nash | 736 | 859 | 822 | → |
| Midland | Town | Cabarrus | ... | 2,544 | 3,073 | → |
| Midway | Town | Davidson | ... | 4,482 | 4,679 | → |
| Millers Creek | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 1,787 | 2,071 | 2,112 | → |
| Millingport | Census-Designated Place | Stanly | ... | ... | 599 | → |
| Mills River | Town | Henderson | ... | 5,783 | 6,802 | → |
| Milton | Town | Caswell | ... | 155 | 166 | → |
| Mineral Springs | Town | Union | ... | 1,949 | 2,639 | → |
| Minnesott Beach | Town | Pamlico | ... | 391 | 440 | → |
| Mint Hill | Town | Mecklenburg / Union | ... | 17,651 | 22,722 | → |
| Misenheimer | Village | Stanly | ... | 693 | 728 | → |
| Mocksville | Town | Davie | 3,585 | 4,258 | 5,051 | → |
| Momeyer | Town | Nash | 259 | 297 | 224 | → |
| Moncure | Census-Designated Place | Chatham | ... | ... | 711 | → |
| Monroe | City | Union | ... | 27,103 | 32,797 | → |
| Montreat | Town | Buncombe | 687 | 630 | 723 | → |
| Mooresboro | Town | Cleveland | ... | 347 | 311 | → |
| Mooresville | Town | Iredell | ... | 18,986 | 32,711 | → |
| Moravian Falls | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 1,736 | 1,440 | 1,901 | → |
| Morehead City | Town | Carteret | 7,597 | 7,976 | 8,661 | → |
| Morganton | City | Burke | 15,875 | 17,279 | 16,918 | → |
| Morrisville | Town | Durham / Wake | 1,518 | 5,227 | 18,576 | → |
| Morven | Town | Anson | ... | 642 | 511 | → |
| Mount Airy | City | Surry | ... | 10,976 | 10,388 | → |
| Mount Gilead | Town | Montgomery | ... | 1,435 | 1,181 | → |
| Mount Holly | City | Gaston | 7,970 | 9,708 | 13,656 | → |
| Mount Olive | Town | Duplin / Wayne | 4,760 | 4,690 | 4,589 | → |
| Mount Pleasant | Town | Cabarrus | ... | 1,389 | 1,652 | → |
| Mountain Home | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | ... | ... | 3,622 | → |
| Mountain View | Census-Designated Place | Catawba | ... | 3,768 | 3,552 | → |
| Moyock | Census-Designated Place | Currituck | ... | ... | 3,759 | → |
| Mulberry | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | 2,339 | 2,269 | 2,332 | → |
| Murfreesboro | Town | Hertford | ... | 2,231 | 2,835 | → |
| Murphy | Town | Cherokee | 1,561 | 1,603 | 1,627 | → |
| Murraysville | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 14,215 | → |
| Myrtle Grove | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 4,275 | 7,125 | 8,875 | → |
| Nags Head | Town | Dare | 1,815 | 2,690 | 2,757 | → |
| Nashville | Town | Nash | 3,619 | 4,478 | 5,352 | → |
| Navassa | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,403 | 1,505 | → |
| Neuse Forest | Census-Designated Place | Craven | ... | ... | 2,005 | → |
| New Bern | City | Craven | 20,899 | 23,331 | 29,524 | → |
| New London | Town | Stanly | ... | 642 | 600 | → |
| Newland | Town | Avery | 645 | 702 | 698 | → |
| Newport | Town | Carteret | 2,785 | 3,230 | 4,150 | → |
| Newton | City | Catawba | 11,199 | 12,467 | 12,968 | → |
| Newton Grove | Town | Sampson | 504 | 621 | 569 | → |
| Norlina | Town | Warren | ... | 1,164 | 1,118 | → |
| Norman | Town | Richmond | ... | 150 | 138 | → |
| North Topsail Beach | Town | Onslow | 945 | 843 | 743 | → |
| North Wilkesboro | Town | Wilkes | ... | 4,408 | 4,245 | → |
| Northchase | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 3,747 | → |
| Northlakes | Census-Designated Place | Caldwell | ... | 1,390 | 1,534 | → |
| Northwest | City | Brunswick | 498 | 688 | 735 | → |
| Norwood | Town | Stanly | ... | 2,564 | 2,379 | → |
| Oak City | Town | Martin | ... | 370 | 317 | → |
| Oak Island | Town | Brunswick | ... | 6,699 | 6,783 | → |
| Oak Ridge | Town | Guilford | ... | 4,137 | 6,185 | → |
| Oakboro | Town | Stanly | ... | 1,235 | 1,859 | → |
| Ocean Isle Beach | Town | Brunswick | 525 | 435 | 550 | → |
| Ocracoke | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | ... | ... | 948 | → |
| Ogden | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | 3,228 | 5,481 | 6,766 | → |
| Old Fort | Town | McDowell | 978 | 926 | 908 | → |
| Old Hundred | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | ... | ... | 287 | → |
| Oriental | Town | Pamlico | 784 | 867 | 900 | → |
| Orrum | Town | Robeson | ... | 128 | 91 | → |
| Ossipee | Town | Alamance | ... | 608 | 543 | → |
| Oxford | City | Granville | 8,396 | 8,366 | 8,461 | → |
| Pantego | Town | Beaufort | 171 | 167 | 179 | → |
| Parkton | Town | Robeson | 346 | 431 | 436 | → |
| Parmele | Town | Martin | 321 | 292 | 278 | → |
| Patterson Springs | Town | Cleveland | 695 | 627 | 622 | → |
| Peachland | Town | Anson | 467 | 567 | 437 | → |
| Peletier | Town | Carteret | ... | 496 | 644 | → |
| Pembroke | Town | Robeson | ... | 2,791 | 2,973 | → |
| Pikeville | Town | Wayne | ... | 742 | 678 | → |
| Pilot Mountain | Town | Surry | ... | 1,430 | 1,477 | → |
| Pine Knoll Shores | Town | Carteret | 1,367 | 1,489 | 1,339 | → |
| Pine Level | Town | Johnston | ... | 1,473 | 1,700 | → |
| Pinebluff | Town | Moore | ... | 1,193 | 1,337 | → |
| Pinehurst | Village | Moore | 5,728 | 9,769 | 13,124 | → |
| Pinetops | Town | Edgecombe | 1,567 | 1,441 | 1,374 | → |
| Pinetown | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | ... | ... | 155 | → |
| Pineville | Town | Mecklenburg | ... | 6,037 | 7,479 | → |
| Piney Green | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | 8,999 | 11,658 | 13,293 | → |
| Pink Hill | Town | Lenoir | ... | 622 | 552 | → |
| Pinnacle | Census-Designated Place | Stokes | ... | ... | 894 | → |
| Pittsboro | Town | Chatham | ... | 2,425 | 3,743 | → |
| Plain View | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 1,820 | 1,961 | → |
| Pleasant Garden | Town | Guilford | 4,281 | 4,720 | 4,489 | → |
| Pleasant Hill | Census-Designated Place | Wilkes | ... | ... | 878 | → |
| Plymouth | Town | Washington | 4,363 | 4,166 | 3,878 | → |
| Polkton | Town | Anson | ... | 1,986 | 3,375 | → |
| Polkville | City | Cleveland | 1,478 | 519 | 545 | → |
| Pollocksville | Town | Jones | 297 | 270 | 311 | → |
| Porters Neck | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 6,204 | → |
| Potters Hill | Census-Designated Place | Duplin | ... | ... | 481 | → |
| Powellsville | Town | Bertie | 279 | 259 | 276 | → |
| Princeton | Town | Johnston | 1,133 | 1,091 | 1,194 | → |
| Princeville | Town | Edgecombe | ... | 1,063 | 2,082 | → |
| Proctorville | Town | Robeson | 168 | 131 | 117 | → |
| Prospect | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | ... | ... | 981 | → |
| Pumpkin Center | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | ... | 2,228 | 2,222 | → |
| Raeford | City | Hoke | ... | 3,851 | 4,611 | → |
| Raemon | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | ... | 212 | 282 | → |
| Raleigh | City | Durham / Wake | ... | 288,283 | 403,892 | → |
| Ramseur | Town | Randolph | 1,415 | 1,628 | 1,692 | → |
| Randleman | City | Randolph | 2,852 | 3,466 | 4,113 | → |
| Ranlo | Town | Gaston | ... | 2,264 | 3,434 | → |
| Raynham | Town | Robeson | ... | 70 | 72 | → |
| Red Cross | Town | Stanly | ... | 869 | 742 | → |
| Red Oak | Town | Nash | 2,122 | 2,685 | 3,430 | → |
| Red Springs | Town | Robeson | 4,025 | 3,534 | 3,428 | → |
| Reidsville | City | Rockingham | 14,438 | 14,456 | 14,520 | → |
| Rennert | Town | Robeson | ... | 332 | 383 | → |
| Rex | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | ... | 55 | 55 | → |
| Rhodhiss | Town | Burke / Caldwell | ... | 619 | 1,070 | → |
| Rich Square | Town | Northampton | ... | 1,426 | 958 | → |
| Richfield | Town | Stanly | ... | 532 | 613 | → |
| Richlands | Town | Onslow | ... | 970 | 1,520 | → |
| Riegelwood | Census-Designated Place | Columbus | ... | ... | 579 | → |
| River Bend | Town | Craven | 2,414 | 2,944 | 3,119 | → |
| River Road | Census-Designated Place | Beaufort | 3,892 | 4,094 | 4,394 | → |
| Roanoke Rapids | City | Halifax | 16,389 | 16,185 | 15,754 | → |
| Robbins | Town | Moore | 1,007 | 1,210 | 1,097 | → |
| Robbinsville | Town | Graham | 709 | 701 | 620 | → |
| Robersonville | Town | Martin | 1,945 | 1,742 | 1,488 | → |
| Rockfish | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | ... | 2,353 | 3,298 | → |
| Rockingham | City | Richmond | 9,971 | 9,540 | 9,558 | → |
| Rockwell | Town | Rowan | 1,661 | 1,974 | 2,108 | → |
| Rocky Mount | City | Nash / Edgecombe | ... | 59,302 | 57,477 | → |
| Rocky Point | Census-Designated Place | Pender | ... | ... | 1,602 | → |
| Rodanthe | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 261 | → |
| Rolesville | Town | Wake | ... | 989 | 3,786 | → |
| Ronda | Town | Wilkes | ... | 446 | 417 | → |
| Roper | Town | Washington | 669 | 612 | 611 | → |
| Rose Hill | Town | Duplin | 1,352 | 1,384 | 1,626 | → |
| Roseboro | Town | Sampson | 1,442 | 1,338 | 1,191 | → |
| Rosman | Town | Transylvania | ... | 778 | 576 | → |
| Rougemont | Census-Designated Place | Durham / Person | ... | ... | 978 | → |
| Rowland | Town | Robeson | 1,138 | 1,127 | 1,037 | → |
| Roxboro | City | Person | 7,584 | 8,764 | 8,362 | → |
| Roxobel | Town | Bertie | 244 | 259 | 240 | → |
| Royal Pines | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | ... | ... | 4,272 | → |
| Ruffin | Census-Designated Place | Rockingham | ... | ... | 368 | → |
| Rural Hall | Town | Forsyth | 2,526 | 2,474 | 2,937 | → |
| Ruth | Town | Rutherford | ... | 408 | 440 | → |
| Rutherford College | Town | Burke | 1,186 | 1,319 | 1,341 | → |
| Rutherfordton | Town | Rutherford | 3,727 | 4,194 | 4,213 | → |
| Salem | Census-Designated Place | Burke | 2,271 | 2,923 | 2,218 | → |
| Salemburg | Town | Sampson | ... | 438 | 435 | → |
| Salisbury | City | Rowan | ... | 30,805 | 33,662 | → |
| Saluda | City | Henderson / Polk | ... | 664 | 713 | → |
| Salvo | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 229 | → |
| Sandy Creek | Town | Brunswick | 243 | 249 | 260 | → |
| Sandyfield | Town | Columbus | 307 | 331 | 447 | → |
| Sanford | City | Lee | 18,874 | 23,350 | 28,094 | → |
| Saratoga | Town | Wilson | 338 | 402 | 408 | → |
| Sawmills | Town | Caldwell | 4,548 | 4,890 | 5,240 | → |
| Saxapahaw | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | 1,178 | 1,418 | 1,648 | → |
| Scotch Meadows | Census-Designated Place | Scotland | ... | ... | 580 | → |
| Scotland Neck | Town | Halifax | 2,734 | 2,410 | 2,059 | → |
| Sea Breeze | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 1,969 | → |
| Seaboard | Town | Northampton | ... | 782 | 632 | → |
| Seagrove | Town | Randolph | 272 | 254 | 228 | → |
| Sedalia | Town | Guilford | ... | 652 | 623 | → |
| Selma | Town | Johnston | 5,263 | 6,004 | 6,073 | → |
| Seven Devils | Town | Watauga / Avery | 117 | 128 | 192 | → |
| Seven Lakes | Census-Designated Place | Moore | 2,049 | 3,214 | 4,888 | → |
| Seven Springs | Town | Wayne | ... | 89 | 110 | → |
| Severn | Town | Northampton | 258 | 264 | 276 | → |
| Shallotte | Town | Brunswick | ... | 1,833 | 3,675 | → |
| Shannon | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | ... | 197 | 263 | → |
| Sharpsburg | Town | Nash / Wilson / Edgecombe | ... | 2,647 | 2,024 | → |
| Shelby | City | Cleveland | ... | 20,780 | 20,323 | → |
| Siler City | Town | Chatham | 5,091 | 7,026 | 7,887 | → |
| Silver City | Census-Designated Place | Hoke | 1,343 | 1,146 | 882 | → |
| Silver Lake | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 5,598 | → |
| Simpson | Village | Pitt | 439 | 459 | 416 | → |
| Sims | Town | Wilson | ... | 166 | 282 | → |
| Skippers Corner | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | ... | 2,785 | → |
| Smithfield | Town | Johnston | ... | 10,872 | 10,966 | → |
| Sneads Ferry | Census-Designated Place | Onslow | 2,031 | 2,248 | 2,646 | → |
| Snow Hill | Town | Greene | 1,439 | 1,527 | 1,595 | → |
| South Henderson | Census-Designated Place | Vance | 1,374 | 1,220 | 1,213 | → |
| South Mills | Census-Designated Place | Camden | ... | ... | 454 | → |
| South Rosemary | Census-Designated Place | Halifax | ... | 2,843 | 2,836 | → |
| South Weldon | Census-Designated Place | Halifax | ... | ... | 705 | → |
| Southern Pines | Town | Moore | 9,683 | 11,075 | 12,334 | → |
| Southern Shores | Town | Dare | 1,476 | 2,201 | 2,714 | → |
| Southmont | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | ... | ... | 1,470 | → |
| Southport | City | Brunswick | 2,371 | 2,448 | 2,833 | → |
| Sparta | Town | Alleghany | 2,017 | 1,831 | 1,770 | → |
| Speed | Town | Edgecombe | ... | 70 | 80 | → |
| Spencer | Town | Rowan | 3,709 | 3,401 | 3,267 | → |
| Spencer Mountain | Town | Gaston | ... | 42 | 37 | → |
| Spindale | Town | Rutherford | 4,074 | 4,057 | 4,321 | → |
| Spivey's Corner | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 448 | 506 | → |
| Spring Hope | Town | Nash | 1,250 | 1,317 | 1,320 | → |
| Spring Lake | Town | Cumberland | ... | 12,025 | 11,964 | → |
| Spruce Pine | Town | Mitchell | ... | 2,352 | 2,175 | → |
| St. Helena | Village | Pender | ... | 380 | 389 | → |
| St. James | Town | Brunswick | ... | 931 | 3,165 | → |
| St. Pauls | Town | Robeson | ... | 2,086 | 2,035 | → |
| St. Stephens | Census-Designated Place | Catawba | 8,734 | 9,439 | 8,759 | → |
| Staley | Town | Randolph | 260 | 361 | 393 | → |
| Stallings | Town | Union / Mecklenburg | ... | 7,192 | 13,831 | → |
| Stanfield | Town | Stanly | 541 | 1,160 | 1,486 | → |
| Stanley | Town | Gaston | ... | 3,192 | 3,556 | → |
| Stantonsburg | Town | Wilson | 787 | 744 | 784 | → |
| Star | Town | Montgomery | 849 | 796 | 876 | → |
| Statesville | City | Iredell | 21,224 | 23,393 | 24,532 | → |
| Stedman | Town | Cumberland | ... | 781 | 1,028 | → |
| Stem | Town | Granville | ... | 285 | 463 | → |
| Stokes | Census-Designated Place | Pitt | ... | ... | 376 | → |
| Stokesdale | Town | Guilford | 2,067 | 3,257 | 5,047 | → |
| Stoneville | Town | Rockingham | 1,153 | 1,005 | 1,056 | → |
| Stonewall | Town | Pamlico | 279 | 281 | 281 | → |
| Stony Point | Census-Designated Place | Iredell / Alexander | 1,286 | 1,380 | 1,317 | → |
| Stovall | Town | Granville | ... | 357 | 418 | → |
| Sugar Mountain | Village | Avery | 132 | 225 | 198 | → |
| Summerfield | Town | Guilford | 1,651 | 6,873 | 10,232 | → |
| Sunbury | Census-Designated Place | Gates | ... | ... | 289 | → |
| Sunset Beach | Town | Brunswick | ... | 2,127 | 3,572 | → |
| Surf City | Town | Pender / Onslow | ... | 1,499 | 1,853 | → |
| Swan Quarter | Census-Designated Place | Hyde | ... | ... | 324 | → |
| Swannanoa | Census-Designated Place | Buncombe | ... | 4,132 | 4,576 | → |
| Swansboro | Town | Onslow | ... | 1,671 | 2,663 | → |
| Swepsonville | Town | Alamance | ... | 979 | 1,154 | → |
| Sylva | Town | Jackson | 1,897 | 2,433 | 2,588 | → |
| Tabor City | Town | Columbus | 2,481 | 2,579 | 2,511 | → |
| Tar Heel | Town | Bladen | 115 | 68 | 117 | → |
| Tarboro | Town | Edgecombe | ... | 11,506 | 11,415 | → |
| Taylorsville | Town | Alexander | ... | 2,242 | 2,098 | → |
| Taylortown | Town | Moore | 677 | 849 | 722 | → |
| Teachey | Town | Duplin | ... | 317 | 376 | → |
| Thomasville | City | Davidson / Randolph | ... | 24,293 | 26,757 | → |
| Toast | Census-Designated Place | Surry | ... | ... | 1,450 | → |
| Tobaccoville | Village | Forsyth / Stokes | ... | 2,349 | 2,441 | → |
| Topsail Beach | Town | Pender | 363 | 474 | 368 | → |
| Trent Woods | Town | Craven | 3,854 | 4,215 | 4,155 | → |
| Trenton | Town | Jones | ... | 285 | 287 | → |
| Trinity | City | Randolph | 6,442 | 6,656 | 6,614 | → |
| Troutman | Town | Iredell | ... | 1,782 | 2,383 | → |
| Troy | Town | Montgomery | ... | 3,597 | 3,189 | → |
| Tryon | Town | Polk | 1,692 | 1,775 | 1,646 | → |
| Turkey | Town | Sampson | ... | 303 | 292 | → |
| Tyro | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | ... | ... | 3,879 | → |
| Unionville | Town | Union | ... | 4,963 | 5,929 | → |
| Valdese | Town | Burke | ... | 4,719 | 4,490 | → |
| Valle Crucis | Census-Designated Place | Watauga | ... | ... | 412 | → |
| Valley Hill | Census-Designated Place | Henderson | 1,802 | 2,137 | 2,070 | → |
| Vanceboro | Town | Craven | 930 | 897 | 1,005 | → |
| Vandemere | Town | Pamlico | 315 | 297 | 254 | → |
| Vander | Census-Designated Place | Cumberland | 1,179 | 1,204 | 1,146 | → |
| Vann Crossroads | Census-Designated Place | Sampson | ... | 324 | 336 | → |
| Varnamtown | Town | Brunswick | 380 | 490 | 541 | → |
| Vass | Town | Moore | 744 | 771 | 720 | → |
| Waco | Town | Cleveland | ... | 340 | 321 | → |
| Wade | Town | Cumberland | ... | 545 | 556 | → |
| Wadesboro | Town | Anson | ... | 6,124 | 5,813 | → |
| Wagram | Town | Scotland | 802 | 804 | 840 | → |
| Wake Forest | Town | Wake / Franklin | 5,987 | 12,803 | 30,117 | → |
| Wakulla | Census-Designated Place | Robeson | ... | ... | 105 | → |
| Walkertown | Town | Forsyth | ... | 4,132 | 4,675 | → |
| Wallace | Town | Duplin / Pender | 3,106 | 3,363 | 3,880 | → |
| Wallburg | Town | Davidson | ... | 2,819 | 3,047 | → |
| Walnut Cove | Town | Stokes | 1,326 | 1,490 | 1,425 | → |
| Walnut Creek | Village | Wayne | 629 | 842 | 835 | → |
| Walstonburg | Town | Greene | 202 | 227 | 219 | → |
| Wanchese | Census-Designated Place | Dare | 1,380 | 1,527 | 1,642 | → |
| Warrenton | Town | Warren | ... | 1,138 | 862 | → |
| Warsaw | Town | Duplin | 2,903 | 3,132 | 3,054 | → |
| Washington | City | Beaufort | 9,958 | 9,634 | 9,744 | → |
| Washington Park | Town | Beaufort | 523 | 435 | 451 | → |
| Watha | Town | Pender | ... | 201 | 190 | → |
| Waves | Census-Designated Place | Dare | ... | ... | 134 | → |
| Waxhaw | Town | Union | ... | 3,028 | 9,859 | → |
| Waynesville | Town | Haywood | ... | 9,813 | 9,869 | → |
| Weaverville | Town | Buncombe | ... | 3,073 | 3,120 | → |
| Webster | Town | Jackson | ... | 392 | 363 | → |
| Weddington | Town | Union | 4,091 | 7,340 | 9,459 | → |
| Welcome | Census-Designated Place | Davidson | ... | 3,538 | 4,162 | → |
| Weldon | Town | Halifax | ... | 1,842 | 1,655 | → |
| Wendell | Town | Wake | ... | 4,371 | 5,845 | → |
| Wentworth | Town | Rockingham | 2,324 | 2,698 | 2,807 | → |
| Wesley Chapel | Village | Union | ... | 2,648 | 7,463 | → |
| West Canton | Census-Designated Place | Haywood | 1,119 | 1,156 | 1,247 | → |
| West Jefferson | Town | Ashe | ... | 1,176 | 1,299 | → |
| West Marion | Census-Designated Place | McDowell | ... | ... | 1,348 | → |
| Westport | Census-Designated Place | Lincoln | ... | ... | 4,026 | → |
| Whispering Pines | Village | Moore | 1,441 | 2,090 | 2,928 | → |
| Whitakers | Town | Nash / Edgecombe | 876 | 804 | 744 | → |
| White Lake | Town | Bladen | ... | 600 | 802 | → |
| White Oak | Census-Designated Place | Bladen | ... | 304 | 338 | → |
| White Plains | Census-Designated Place | Surry | 1,027 | 1,049 | 1,074 | → |
| Whiteville | City | Columbus | 5,455 | 5,153 | 5,394 | → |
| Whitsett | Town | Guilford | ... | 636 | 590 | → |
| Wilkesboro | Town | Wilkes | 3,177 | 3,218 | 3,413 | → |
| Williamston | Town | Martin | 5,933 | 5,937 | 5,511 | → |
| Wilmington | City | New Hanover | ... | 90,110 | 106,476 | → |
| Wilson | City | Wilson | 39,056 | 45,208 | 49,167 | → |
| Wilson's Mills | Town | Johnston | ... | 1,340 | 2,277 | → |
| Windsor | Town | Bertie | 2,301 | 2,370 | 3,630 | → |
| Winfall | Town | Perquimans | ... | 655 | 594 | → |
| Wingate | Town | Union | 2,787 | 2,424 | 3,491 | → |
| Winston-Salem | City | Forsyth | ... | 201,399 | 229,617 | → |
| Winterville | Town | Pitt | 3,332 | 4,972 | 9,269 | → |
| Winton | Town | Hertford | 786 | 967 | 769 | → |
| Woodfin | Town | Buncombe | ... | 4,858 | 6,123 | → |
| Woodland | Town | Northampton | ... | 1,041 | 809 | → |
| Woodlawn | Census-Designated Place | Alamance | ... | ... | 900 | → |
| Wrightsboro | Census-Designated Place | New Hanover | ... | 4,496 | 4,896 | → |
| Wrightsville Beach | Town | New Hanover | 3,009 | 2,574 | 2,477 | → |
| Yadkinville | Town | Yadkin | 2,523 | 2,885 | 2,959 | → |
| Yanceyville | Town | Caswell | 1,989 | 2,106 | 2,039 | → |
| Youngsville | Town | Franklin | ... | 730 | 1,157 | → |
| Zebulon | Town | Wake | 3,389 | 4,124 | 4,433 | → |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (web).
Explanation: 2000 and 2010 population of incorporated places in the boundaries of 2010.