Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest population density per square mile (2.13K people per sqr mile), followed by Wake County (1.35K people per sqr mile), and New Hanover County (1.17K people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Hyde County had the lowest population density (7.49 people per sqr mile), followed by Tyrrell County (8.30 people per sqr mile), and Jones County (19.46 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 2130.39 |
| 2 | Wake County | 1353.26 |
| 3 | New Hanover County | 1173.97 |
| 4 | Durham County | 1133.70 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 938.06 |
| 6 | Guilford County | 838.03 |
| 7 | Gaston County | 640.74 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 625.09 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 512.95 |
| 10 | Buncombe County | 410.44 |
| 11 | Alamance County | 404.80 |
| 12 | Catawba County | 400.15 |
| 13 | Union County | 376.57 |
| 14 | Orange County | 374.02 |
| 15 | Iredell County | 325.02 |
| 16 | Henderson County | 311.79 |
| 17 | Davidson County | 305.38 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 293.43 |
| 19 | Rowan County | 287.08 |
| 20 | Johnston County | 272.72 |
| 21 | Onslow County | 268.45 |
| 22 | Pitt County | 260.96 |
| 23 | Lee County | 248.12 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 224.51 |
| 25 | Cleveland County | 214.37 |
| 26 | Wilson County | 214.34 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 211.82 |
| 28 | Randolph County | 184.28 |
| 29 | Pasquotank County | 178.81 |
| 30 | Nash County | 175.73 |
| 31 | Watauga County | 173.11 |
| 32 | Burke County | 172.98 |
| 33 | Caldwell County | 170.91 |
| 34 | Vance County | 168.70 |
| 35 | Davie County | 161.97 |
| 36 | Rockingham County | 161.05 |
| 37 | Brunswick County | 160.80 |
| 38 | Stanly County | 158.21 |
| 39 | Moore County | 142.94 |
| 40 | Craven County | 142.55 |
| 41 | Alexander County | 140.18 |
| 42 | Franklin County | 139.43 |
| 43 | Lenoir County | 138.12 |
| 44 | Surry County | 133.97 |
| 45 | Hoke County | 133.49 |
| 46 | Carteret County | 133.34 |
| 47 | Robeson County | 123.01 |
| 48 | Granville County | 114.65 |
| 49 | Rutherford County | 113.97 |
| 50 | Haywood County | 112.16 |
| 51 | Chatham County | 111.91 |
| 52 | Yadkin County | 111.11 |
| 53 | Currituck County | 107.29 |
| 54 | Scotland County | 107.08 |
| 55 | McDowell County | 101.32 |
| 56 | Person County | 99.65 |
| 57 | Stokes County | 99.08 |
| 58 | Edgecombe County | 96.75 |
| 59 | Dare County | 96.33 |
| 60 | Richmond County | 90.66 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 87.78 |
| 62 | Wilkes County | 87.53 |
| 63 | Transylvania County | 87.18 |
| 64 | Polk County | 81.32 |
| 65 | Chowan County | 79.39 |
| 66 | Greene County | 76.67 |
| 67 | Avery County | 71.99 |
| 68 | Macon County | 71.79 |
| 69 | Pender County | 69.10 |
| 70 | Mitchell County | 67.36 |
| 71 | Halifax County | 67.18 |
| 72 | Cherokee County | 63.16 |
| 73 | Sampson County | 62.41 |
| 74 | Ashe County | 62.35 |
| 75 | Hertford County | 61.03 |
| 76 | Duplin County | 59.79 |
| 77 | Yancey County | 59.09 |
| 78 | Columbus County | 53.96 |
| 79 | Beaufort County | 53.62 |
| 80 | Caswell County | 53.45 |
| 81 | Perquimans County | 52.62 |
| 82 | Montgomery County | 52.39 |
| 83 | Clay County | 51.58 |
| 84 | Martin County | 48.27 |
| 85 | Madison County | 47.14 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 46.36 |
| 87 | Warren County | 43.42 |
| 88 | Camden County | 43.09 |
| 89 | Anson County | 41.50 |
| 90 | Pamlico County | 36.48 |
| 91 | Bladen County | 33.83 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 32.55 |
| 93 | Washington County | 31.75 |
| 94 | Gates County | 30.76 |
| 95 | Graham County | 27.50 |
| 96 | Swain County | 26.75 |
| 97 | Bertie County | 25.65 |
| 98 | Jones County | 19.46 |
| 99 | Tyrrell County | 8.30 |
| 100 | Hyde County | 7.49 |