North Carolina, United States
Facts and figures on North Carolina at a glance
Region name: North Carolina (North Carolina)Status: Primary administrative region
Population: 10,488,084 people
Country: United States
Continent: North America
The regional headquarters of North Carolina (North Carolina) is located in the regional capital Raleigh (Raleigh) with a population of 451,066 people.
The distance as the crow flies from North Carolina's regional capital Raleigh to United States's capital Washington (Washington) is approximately 375 km (233 mi).
Region | Population | Regional capital | Population |
North Carolina North Carolina | 10,488,084 people | Raleigh Raleigh | 451,066 people |
Compare with other regions in United States.
Map of North Carolina
Information on North Carolina
Region name | Regional capital | Subregions | Country | Continent |
North Carolina North Carolina | Raleigh Raleigh | 100 | United States | North America |
Time in North Carolina
Current time | Summer time (DST) | Standard time | Current timezone offset | Timezone |
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 6:42pm (18:42h) | In effect (+1 hour) | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 5:42pm (17:42h) | GMT UTC -4.0 | America/New_York |
Geographic coordinates of North Carolina
Position | Latitude (width) | Longitude (length) |
Show on map | 35°30'02.5"N (35.5006900°) | 80°00'01.2"W (-80.0003200°) |
Subregions in North Carolina
There are 100 administrative subregions in North Carolina.Region | No | Population | Regional capital | Capital population |
Alamance County Alamance County | 1. | 151,131 | Graham Graham | 14,647 |
Alexander County Alexander County | 2. | 37,198 | Taylorsville Taylorsville | 2,078 |
Alleghany County Alleghany County | 3. | 11,155 | Sparta Sparta | 1,726 |
Anson County Anson County | 4. | 26,948 | Wadesboro Wadesboro | 5,584 |
Ashe County Ashe County | 5. | 27,281 | Jefferson Jefferson | 1,606 |
Avery County Avery County | 6. | 17,797 | Newland Newland | 686 |
Beaufort County Beaufort County | 7. | 47,759 | Washington Washington | 9,788 |
Bertie County Bertie County | 8. | 21,282 | Windsor Windsor | 3,785 |
Bladen County Bladen County | 9. | 35,190 | Elizabethtown Elizabethtown | 3,586 |
Brunswick County Brunswick County | 10. | 107,431 | Bolivia Bolivia | 151 |
Buncombe County Buncombe County | 11. | 238,318 | Asheville Asheville | 88,512 |
Burke County Burke County | 12. | 90,912 | Morganton Morganton | 16,692 |
Cabarrus County Cabarrus County | 13. | 178,011 | Concord Concord | 87,696 |
Caldwell County Caldwell County | 14. | 83,029 | Lenoir Lenoir | 17,888 |
Camden County Camden County | 15. | 9,980 | Camden Camden | 599 |
Carteret County Carteret County | 16. | 66,469 | Beaufort Beaufort | 4,212 |
Caswell County Caswell County | 17. | 23,719 | Yanceyville Yanceyville | 2,004 |
Catawba County Catawba County | 18. | 154,358 | Newton Newton | 13,035 |
Chatham County Chatham County | 19. | 63,505 | Pittsboro Pittsboro | 4,198 |
Cherokee County Cherokee County | 20. | 27,444 | Murphy Murphy | 1,615 |
Chowan County Chowan County | 21. | 14,793 | Edenton Edenton | 4,849 |
Clay County Clay County | 22. | 10,587 | Hayesville Hayesville | 364 |
Cleveland County Cleveland County | 23. | 98,078 | Shelby Shelby | 20,189 |
Columbus County Columbus County | 24. | 58,098 | Whiteville Whiteville | 5,589 |
Craven County Craven County | 25. | 103,505 | New Bern New Bern | 30,070 |
Cumberland County Cumberland County | 26. | 319,431 | Fayetteville Fayetteville | 201,963 |
Currituck County Currituck County | 27. | 23,547 | Currituck Currituck | - |
Dare County Dare County | 28. | 33,920 | Manteo Manteo | 1,388 |
Davidson County Davidson County | 29. | 162,878 | Lexington Lexington | 19,326 |
Davie County Davie County | 30. | 41,240 | Mocksville Mocksville | 5,151 |
Duplin County Duplin County | 31. | 58,505 | Kenansville Kenansville | 870 |
Durham County Durham County | 32. | 267,587 | Durham Durham | 257,636 |
Edgecombe County Edgecombe County | 33. | 56,552 | Tarboro Tarboro | 11,164 |
Forsyth County Forsyth County | 34. | 350,670 | Winston-Salem Winston-Salem | 241,218 |
Franklin County Franklin County | 35. | 60,619 | Louisburg Louisburg | 3,553 |
Gaston County Gaston County | 36. | 206,086 | Gastonia Gastonia | 74,543 |
Gates County Gates County | 37. | 12,197 | Gatesville Gatesville | 302 |
Graham County Graham County | 38. | 8,861 | Robbinsville Robbinsville | 598 |
Granville County Granville County | 39. | 59,916 | Oxford Oxford | 8,742 |
Greene County Greene County | 40. | 21,362 | Snow Hill Snow Hill | 1,574 |
Guilford County Guilford County | 41. | 488,406 | - | - |
Halifax County Halifax County | 42. | 54,691 | Halifax Halifax | 225 |
Harnett County Harnett County | 43. | 114,678 | Lillington Lillington | 3,476 |
Haywood County Haywood County | 44. | 59,036 | Waynesville Waynesville | 9,809 |
Henderson County Henderson County | 45. | 106,740 | Hendersonville Hendersonville | 13,814 |
Hertford County Hertford County | 46. | 24,669 | Winton Winton | 745 |
Hoke County Hoke County | 47. | 46,952 | Raeford Raeford | 4,860 |
Hyde County Hyde County | 48. | 5,810 | Swanquarter Swanquarter | 324 |
Iredell County Iredell County | 49. | 159,437 | Statesville Statesville | 26,221 |
Jackson County Jackson County | 50. | 40,271 | Sylva Sylva | 2,617 |
Johnston County Johnston County | 51. | 168,878 | Smithfield Smithfield | 12,022 |
Jones County Jones County | 52. | 10,153 | Trenton Trenton | 287 |
Lee County Lee County | 53. | 57,866 | Sanford Sanford | 29,144 |
Lenoir County Lenoir County | 54. | 59,495 | Kinston Kinston | 21,337 |
Lincoln County Lincoln County | 55. | 78,265 | Lincolnton Lincolnton | 10,900 |
Macon County Macon County | 56. | 33,922 | Franklin Franklin | 3,940 |
Madison County Madison County | 57. | 20,764 | Marshall Marshall | 876 |
Martin County Martin County | 58. | 24,505 | Williamston Williamston | 5,508 |
McDowell County McDowell County | 59. | 44,996 | Marion Marion | 7,861 |
Mecklenburg County Mecklenburg County | 60. | 919,628 | Charlotte Charlotte | 874,579 |
Mitchell County Mitchell County | 61. | 15,579 | Bakersville Bakersville | 452 |
Montgomery County Montgomery County | 62. | 27,798 | Troy Troy | 3,427 |
Moore County Moore County | 63. | 88,247 | Carthage Carthage | 2,395 |
Nash County Nash County | 64. | 95,840 | Nashville Nashville | 5,460 |
New Hanover County New Hanover County | 65. | 202,667 | Wilmington Wilmington | 115,933 |
Northampton County Northampton County | 66. | 22,099 | Jackson Jackson | 481 |
Onslow County Onslow County | 67. | 177,772 | Jacksonville Jacksonville | 67,357 |
Orange County Orange County | 68. | 133,801 | Hillsborough Hillsborough | 6,415 |
Pamlico County Pamlico County | 69. | 13,144 | Bayboro Bayboro | 1,243 |
Pasquotank County Pasquotank County | 70. | 40,661 | Elizabeth City Elizabeth City | 17,988 |
Pender County Pender County | 71. | 52,217 | Burgaw Burgaw | 4,100 |
Perquimans County Perquimans County | 72. | 13,453 | Hertford Hertford | 2,148 |
Person County Person County | 73. | 39,464 | Roxboro Roxboro | 8,334 |
Pitt County Pitt County | 74. | 168,148 | Greenville Greenville | 90,597 |
Polk County Polk County | 75. | 20,510 | Columbus Columbus | 994 |
Randolph County Randolph County | 76. | 141,752 | Asheboro Asheboro | 26,103 |
Richmond County Richmond County | 77. | 46,639 | Rockingham Rockingham | 9,220 |
Robeson County Robeson County | 78. | 134,168 | Lumberton Lumberton | 21,667 |
Rockingham County Rockingham County | 79. | 93,643 | Wentworth Wentworth | 2,765 |
Rowan County Rowan County | 80. | 138,428 | Salisbury Salisbury | 34,017 |
Rutherford County Rutherford County | 81. | 67,810 | Rutherfordton Rutherfordton | 4,182 |
Sampson County Sampson County | 82. | 63,431 | Clinton Clinton | 8,767 |
Scotland County Scotland County | 83. | 36,157 | Laurinburg Laurinburg | 15,507 |
Stanly County Stanly County | 84. | 60,585 | Albemarle Albemarle | 16,003 |
Stokes County Stokes County | 85. | 47,401 | Danbury Danbury | 187 |
Surry County Surry County | 86. | 73,673 | Dobson Dobson | 1,573 |
Swain County Swain County | 87. | 13,981 | Bryson City Bryson City | 1,458 |
Transylvania County Transylvania County | 88. | 33,090 | Brevard Brevard | 7,735 |
Tyrrell County Tyrrell County | 89. | 4,407 | Columbia Columbia | 832 |
Union County Union County | 90. | 201,292 | Monroe Monroe | 34,623 |
Vance County Vance County | 91. | 45,422 | Henderson Henderson | 15,271 |
Wake County Wake County | 92. | 900,993 | Raleigh Raleigh | 451,066 |
Warren County Warren County | 93. | 20,972 | Warrenton Warrenton | 866 |
Washington County Washington County | 94. | 13,228 | Plymouth Plymouth | 3,658 |
Watauga County Watauga County | 95. | 51,079 | Boone Boone | 18,156 |
Wayne County Wayne County | 96. | 122,623 | Goldsboro Goldsboro | 35,826 |
Wilkes County Wilkes County | 97. | 69,340 | - | - |
Wilson County Wilson County | 98. | 81,234 | Wilson Wilson | 49,643 |
Yadkin County Yadkin County | 99. | 38,406 | Yadkinville Yadkinville | 2,927 |
Yancey County Yancey County | 100. | 17,818 | Burnsville Burnsville | 1,660 |