Estimates of the Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area
of North Carolina and North Carolina Counties for July 1, 2016
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  July 1, 2016 Land Area in Square Miles*
County Total Non-Municipal Municipal Percent Municipal
North Carolina 48,617.905 44,553.126 4,064.779 8.4
Alamance 423.943 366.433 57.510 13.6
Alexander 259.994 257.606 2.388 0.9
Alleghany 235.059 232.661 2.398 1.0
Anson 531.452 516.542 14.910 2.8
Ashe 426.135 421.613 4.522 1.1
Avery 247.087 237.085 10.002 4.0
Beaufort 827.192 814.048 13.144 1.6
Bertie 699.270 690.354 8.916 1.3
Bladen 874.328 862.367 11.961 1.4
Brunswick 846.973 713.342 133.631 15.8
Buncombe 656.672 586.119 70.553 10.7
Burke 507.099 464.133 42.966 8.5
Cabarrus 361.749 244.821 116.928 32.3
Caldwell 471.566 421.934 49.632 10.5
Camden 240.556 240.469 0.087 0.0
Carteret 506.251 464.643 41.608 8.2
Caswell 424.922 418.952 5.970 1.4
Catawba 398.721 329.192 69.529 17.4
Chatham 682.185 669.332 12.853 1.9
Cherokee 455.426 451.396 4.030 0.9
Chowan 172.473 167.103 5.370 3.1
Clay 214.751 214.222 0.529 0.2
Cleveland 464.252 400.092 64.160 13.8
Columbus 937.293 908.739 28.554 3.0
Craven 708.958 652.577 56.381 8.0
Cumberland 652.315 455.580 196.735 30.2
Currituck 261.852 261.852 0.000 0.0
Dare 383.420 354.824 28.596 7.5
Davidson 552.675 500.649 52.026 9.4
Davie 264.105 253.347 10.758 4.1
Duplin 816.219 799.571 16.648 2.0
Durham 285.975 173.679 112.296 39.3
Edgecombe 505.336 475.819 29.517 5.8
Forsyth 408.148 213.758 194.390 47.6
Franklin 491.682 484.385 7.297 1.5
Gaston 356.027 251.901 104.126 29.2
Gates 340.445 340.041 0.404 0.1
Graham 292.079 290.858 1.221 0.4
Granville 531.570 503.926 27.644 5.2
Greene 265.928 263.509 2.419 0.9
Guilford 645.704 373.481 272.223 42.2
Halifax 724.086 706.317 17.769 2.5
Harnett 594.987 575.281 19.706 3.3
Haywood 553.692 536.807 16.885 3.0
Henderson 373.068 326.012 47.056 12.6
Hertford 353.060 339.091 13.969 4.0
Hoke 390.744 386.494 4.250 1.1
Hyde 612.700 612.700 0.000 0.0
Iredell 573.833 519.368 54.465 9.5
Jackson 490.755 485.063 5.692 1.2
Johnston 791.299 732.567 58.732 7.4
Jones 470.708 469.486 1.222 0.3
Lee 254.959 226.748 28.211 11.1
Lenoir 400.591 379.284 21.307 5.3
Lincoln 297.938 289.263 8.675 2.9
Macon 515.558 505.417 10.141 2.0
Madison 449.570 440.628 8.942 2.0
Martin 461.217 451.194 10.023 2.2
McDowell 440.608 433.117 7.491 1.7
Mecklenburg 523.842 111.882 411.960 78.6
Mitchell 221.425 216.678 4.747 2.1
Montgomery 491.760 478.670 13.090 2.7
Moore 697.843 629.327 68.516 9.8
Nash 540.407 471.078 69.329 12.8
New Hanover 191.534 135.126 56.408 29.5
Northampton 536.589 523.691 12.898 2.4
Onslow 762.744 700.542 62.202 8.2
Orange 397.958 364.278 33.680 8.5
Pamlico 336.537 317.432 19.105 5.7
Pasquotank 226.880 215.017 11.863 5.2
Pender 869.795 844.646 25.149 2.9
Perquimans 247.089 241.950 5.139 2.1
Person 392.322 385.707 6.615 1.7
Pitt 651.975 599.725 52.250 8.0
Polk 237.789 230.722 7.067 3.0
Randolph 782.517 725.837 56.680 7.2
Richmond 473.821 454.546 19.275 4.1
Robeson 949.221 912.675 36.546 3.9
Rockingham 565.551 514.855 50.696 9.0
Rowan 511.374 466.348 45.026 8.8
Rutherford 564.151 527.331 36.820 6.5
Sampson 944.740 926.588 18.152 1.9
Scotland 318.845 303.209 15.636 4.9
Stanly 395.086 349.282 45.804 11.6
Stokes 448.857 440.557 8.300 1.8
Surry 532.166 509.836 22.330 4.2
Swain 527.996 525.811 2.185 0.4
Transylvania 378.528 372.796 5.732 1.5
Tyrrell 389.035 387.825 1.210 0.3
Union 631.520 452.429 179.091 28.4
Vance 253.517 244.143 9.374 3.7
Wake 835.219 521.390 313.829 37.6
Warren 428.456 425.830 2.626 0.6
Washington 348.135 342.681 5.454 1.6
Watauga 312.556 297.054 15.502 5.0
Wayne 553.087 516.706 36.381 6.6
Wilkes 754.278 740.462 13.816 1.8
Wilson 368.174 333.098 35.076 9.5
Yadkin 334.829 326.555 8.274 2.5
Yancey 312.597 311.015 1.582 0.5
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2016.
*Land area as reported for the 2010 Census and post-2010 changes from the North Carolina Demographic Information Survey
Note: Municipal refers to active incorporated municipalities.

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Last updated September 25, 2017