Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area

Estimated Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area of North Carolina and North Carolina Counties as of July 1, 2021

Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2021

*Land area as reported for the 2020 Census and post-2020 changes from the North Carolina Demographic Information Survey
Note: Municipal refers to active incorporated municipalities.

County Total 2021 Square Miles* Non-Municipal Square Miles Municipal Square Miles Percent Municipal
North Carolina 48623.012 44464.553 4158.459 8.6
Mecklenburg 523.604 105.882 417.722 79.8
Wake 834.587 497.102 337.485 40.4
Guilford 645.922 371.2 274.722 42.5
Cumberland 652.557 455.243 197.314 30.2
Forsyth 407.851 211.673 196.178 48.1
Union 632.736 450.75 181.987 28.8
Brunswick 850.081 710.2 139.881 16.5
Cabarrus 361.232 239.647 121.585 33.7
Durham 286.525 170.036 116.49 40.7
Gaston 355.752 249.74 106.012 29.8
Moore 697.679 625.66 72.019 10.3
Catawba 401.375 329.647 71.728 17.9
Buncombe 656.497 585.605 70.892 10.8
Nash 540.443 470.816 69.627 12.9
Cleveland 464.249 398.939 65.31 14.1
Onslow 762.075 698.637 63.438 8.3
Alamance 423.452 363.879 59.573 14.1
Iredell 574.409 515.034 59.375 10.3
Johnston 792.015 734.553 57.462 7.3
Randolph 782.337 724.893 57.444 7.3
Craven 706.573 650.186 56.387 8
New 192.255 136.123 56.132 29.2
Pitt 652.365 597.494 54.871 8.4
Davidson 553.179 500.899 52.28 9.5
Rockingham 565.641 514.573 51.069 9
Caldwell 471.888 421.524 50.364 10.7
Henderson 372.949 325.698 47.251 12.7
Stanly 395.079 348.458 46.621 11.8
Rowan 511.609 465.233 46.376 9.1
Burke 506.236 463.1 43.136 8.5
Carteret 507.604 466.341 41.263 8.1
Rutherford 565.437 528.189 37.248 6.6
Robeson 947.295 910.135 37.16 3.9
Wayne 553.921 517.657 36.264 6.5
Wilson 367.574 331.328 36.246 9.9
Orange 397.558 362.338 35.22 8.9
Lee 255.062 223.523 31.539 12.4
Edgecombe 505.437 474.628 30.809 6.1
Dare 383.23 354.645 28.585 7.5
Columbus 938.119 909.92 28.199 3
Granville 531.991 503.793 28.198 5.3
Pender 871.297 846.846 24.451 2.8
Surry 532.645 510.232 22.413 4.2
Harnett 594.935 573.19 21.745 3.7
Lenoir 399.087 377.657 21.43 5.4
Pamlico 336.515 317.388 19.127 5.7
Richmond 473.689 454.617 19.072 4
Sampson 945.929 927.573 18.356 1.9
Halifax 723.738 705.97 17.768 2.5
Haywood 553.561 536.766 16.795 3
Duplin 814.719 798.057 16.662 2
Watauga 312.439 296.643 15.795 5.1
Scotland 319.14 303.555 15.585 4.9
Anson 531.461 516.392 15.069 2.8
Wilkes 753.679 739.52 14.159 1.9
Hertford 353.163 339.075 14.088 4
Chatham 681.679 667.636 14.042 2.1
Montgomery 491.538 478.152 13.386 2.7
Beaufort 832.736 819.597 13.139 1.6
Northampton 536.695 523.797 12.898 2.4
Bladen 875.031 862.539 12.492 1.4
Pasquotank 226.882 215.262 11.62 5.1
Davie 263.699 252.662 11.036 4.2
Martin 456.412 445.565 10.847 2.4
Macon 515.579 505.053 10.527 2
Avery 247.339 237.49 9.849 4
Vance 252.395 242.761 9.634 3.8
Bertie 699.176 690.191 8.985 1.3
Madison 449.615 440.764 8.851 2
Lincoln 295.847 287.14 8.707 2.9
Stokes 449.345 440.789 8.556 1.9
Yadkin 334.943 326.619 8.324 2.5
Franklin 491.801 484.217 7.583 1.5
Caswell 425.367 418.017 7.35 1.7
Polk 237.687 230.435 7.252 3.1
McDowell 439.955 432.753 7.202 1.6
Person 392.34 385.192 7.148 1.8
Transylvania 378.359 372.447 5.911 1.6
Jackson 491.108 485.423 5.685 1.2
Washington 346.509 341.058 5.451 1.6
Mitchell 221.25 215.808 5.442 2.5
Chowan 172.657 167.282 5.375 3.1
Perquimans 247.172 242.003 5.169 2.1
Ashe 426.264 421.47 4.794 1.1
Hoke 390.153 385.868 4.285 1.1
Cherokee 455.54 451.282 4.258 0.9
Warren 429.391 426.722 2.669 0.6
Alexander 259.985 257.59 2.395 0.9
Alleghany 234.835 232.486 2.349 1
Greene 266.735 264.47 2.265 0.8
Swain 527.729 525.545 2.184 0.4
Yancey 312.592 310.992 1.6 0.5
Graham 291.966 290.484 1.482 0.5
Jones 471.367 469.97 1.397 0.3
Tyrrell 390.777 389.562 1.215 0.3
Clay 214.983 214.347 0.636 0.3
Gates 340.612 340.208 0.404 0.1
Camden 240.33 240.243 0.087 0
Currituck 261.909 261.909 0 0
Hyde 612.345 612.345 0 0