Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area
Estimate of Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area (Sq. Miles) of North Carolina and North Carolina Counties as of July 1, 2025
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2025
*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 Land Area | Non-Municipal Land Area in 2020 | Non-Municipal Land Area in 2025 | Annexed Land Area, 2020-25 | Municipal Land Area in 2025 | Percent Municipal | Percent Non-Municipal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 48,623.2 | 44,496.8 | 44,267.6 | 229.3 | 4,355.6 | 9 | 91 |
| Alamance | 423.5 | 364.8 | 359 | 5.8 | 64.44 | 15.2 | 84.8 |
| Alexander | 260 | 257.6 | 257.5 | 0.1 | 2.53 | 1 | 99 |
| Alleghany | 234.8 | 232.5 | 232.5 | 0 | 2.35 | 1 | 99 |
| Anson | 531.5 | 516.4 | 516.4 | 0 | 15.09 | 2.8 | 97.2 |
| Ashe | 426.3 | 421.6 | 421.2 | 0.3 | 5.02 | 1.2 | 98.8 |
| Avery | 247.3 | 237.5 | 237.4 | 0.1 | 9.91 | 4 | 96 |
| Beaufort | 832.7 | 819.6 | 819.4 | 0.2 | 13.32 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| Bertie | 699.2 | 690.2 | 690.2 | 0 | 8.98 | 1.3 | 98.7 |
| Bladen | 875 | 862.6 | 862.4 | 0.2 | 12.67 | 1.4 | 98.6 |
| Brunswick | 850.1 | 711.8 | 698.6 | 13.2 | 151.47 | 17.8 | 82.2 |
| Buncombe | 656.5 | 585.6 | 584.8 | 0.9 | 71.72 | 10.9 | 89.1 |
| Burke | 506.2 | 463.1 | 463.1 | 0 | 43.18 | 8.5 | 91.5 |
| Cabarrus | 361.2 | 243 | 236.6 | 6.3 | 124.58 | 34.5 | 65.5 |
| Caldwell | 471.9 | 421.5 | 421.1 | 0.4 | 50.79 | 10.8 | 89.2 |
| Camden | 240.3 | 240.2 | 240.2 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 100 |
| Carteret | 507.6 | 466.4 | 465.9 | 0.5 | 41.72 | 8.2 | 91.8 |
| Caswell | 425.4 | 418.1 | 417.9 | 0.1 | 7.45 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| Catawba | 401.4 | 330.4 | 324.9 | 5.5 | 76.45 | 19 | 81 |
| Chatham | 681.7 | 668.3 | 660.7 | 7.6 | 20.94 | 3.1 | 96.9 |
| Cherokee | 455.5 | 451.3 | 451.3 | 0 | 4.29 | 0.9 | 99.1 |
| Chowan | 172.7 | 167.3 | 167 | 0.3 | 5.68 | 3.3 | 96.7 |
| Clay | 215 | 214.3 | 214.3 | 0 | 0.64 | 0.3 | 99.7 |
| Cleveland | 464.2 | 399.1 | 397 | 2.1 | 67.24 | 14.5 | 85.5 |
| Columbus | 938.1 | 910.3 | 909.6 | 0.8 | 28.56 | 3 | 97 |
| Craven | 706.6 | 650.2 | 649.7 | 0.5 | 56.89 | 8.1 | 91.9 |
| Cumberland | 652.6 | 455.5 | 452.9 | 2.6 | 199.68 | 30.6 | 69.4 |
| Currituck | 261.9 | 261.9 | 261.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Dare | 383.2 | 354.6 | 354.6 | 0 | 28.59 | 7.5 | 92.5 |
| Davidson | 553.2 | 500.9 | 499.2 | 1.7 | 53.95 | 9.8 | 90.2 |
| Davie | 263.7 | 252.7 | 251.7 | 1 | 11.99 | 4.5 | 95.5 |
| Duplin | 814.7 | 798.1 | 797.6 | 0.5 | 17.15 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| Durham | 286.5 | 172 | 162.6 | 9.5 | 123.96 | 43.3 | 56.7 |
| Edgecombe | 505.4 | 474.6 | 474.4 | 0.3 | 31.05 | 6.1 | 93.9 |
| Forsyth | 407.9 | 212.7 | 209.4 | 3.3 | 198.47 | 48.7 | 51.3 |
| Franklin | 491.8 | 484.2 | 481.2 | 3 | 10.59 | 2.2 | 97.8 |
| Gaston | 355.8 | 250.1 | 243.2 | 7 | 112.59 | 31.6 | 68.4 |
| Gates | 340.6 | 340.2 | 340.2 | 0 | 0.41 | 0.1 | 99.9 |
| Graham | 292 | 290.5 | 290.5 | 0 | 1.48 | 0.5 | 99.5 |
| Granville | 532 | 503.8 | 499.9 | 3.9 | 32.05 | 6 | 94 |
| Greene | 266.7 | 264.5 | 264.4 | 0 | 2.29 | 0.9 | 99.1 |
| Guilford | 645.9 | 372.5 | 362.3 | 10.3 | 283.66 | 43.9 | 56.1 |
| Halifax | 723.7 | 706 | 706 | 0 | 17.77 | 2.5 | 97.5 |
| Harnett | 594.9 | 575 | 568.3 | 6.7 | 26.6 | 4.5 | 95.5 |
| Haywood | 553.6 | 536.8 | 536.3 | 0.5 | 17.28 | 3.1 | 96.9 |
| Henderson | 372.9 | 325.9 | 325.2 | 0.7 | 47.77 | 12.8 | 87.2 |
| Hertford | 353.2 | 339.1 | 339.1 | 0 | 14.09 | 4 | 96 |
| Hoke | 390.2 | 385.9 | 385.9 | 0 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 98.9 |
| Hyde | 612.3 | 612.3 | 612.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Iredell | 574.4 | 516.2 | 502.4 | 13.8 | 72 | 12.5 | 87.5 |
| Jackson | 491.1 | 485.4 | 485.4 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 98.8 |
| Johnston | 792 | 735 | 726.5 | 8.5 | 65.51 | 8.3 | 91.7 |
| Jones | 471.4 | 470 | 469.5 | 0.5 | 1.87 | 0.4 | 99.6 |
| Lee | 255.1 | 224.5 | 217.8 | 6.7 | 37.27 | 14.6 | 85.4 |
| Lenoir | 399.1 | 377.7 | 377.2 | 0.5 | 21.89 | 5.5 | 94.5 |
| Lincoln | 295.8 | 287.1 | 286.8 | 0.3 | 9 | 3 | 97 |
| Macon | 515.6 | 505.1 | 505 | 0.1 | 10.58 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| Madison | 449.6 | 440.8 | 440.6 | 0.2 | 9.01 | 2 | 98 |
| Martin | 456.4 | 445.6 | 445.4 | 0.2 | 11.04 | 2.4 | 97.6 |
| McDowell | 440 | 432.8 | 432.8 | 0 | 7.16 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 523.6 | 107.1 | 98.4 | 8.7 | 425.25 | 81.2 | 18.8 |
| Mitchell | 221.3 | 215.8 | 215.8 | 0 | 5.46 | 2.5 | 97.5 |
| Montgomery | 491.5 | 478.5 | 477 | 1.5 | 14.54 | 3 | 97 |
| Moore | 697.7 | 626.1 | 622.9 | 3.2 | 74.8 | 10.7 | 89.3 |
| Nash | 540.4 | 471.2 | 468.2 | 3 | 72.26 | 13.4 | 86.6 |
| New Hanover | 192.3 | 136.1 | 136.1 | 0.1 | 56.19 | 29.2 | 70.8 |
| Northampton | 536.7 | 523.8 | 523.8 | 0 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 97.6 |
| Onslow | 762.1 | 698.8 | 692.7 | 6.2 | 69.42 | 9.1 | 90.9 |
| Orange | 397.6 | 362.8 | 360.8 | 2 | 36.76 | 9.2 | 90.8 |
| Pamlico | 336.5 | 317.4 | 317.4 | 0 | 19.13 | 5.7 | 94.3 |
| Pasquotank | 226.9 | 215.3 | 215.2 | 0.1 | 11.72 | 5.2 | 94.8 |
| Pender | 871.3 | 846.8 | 845.1 | 1.8 | 26.2 | 3 | 97 |
| Perquimans | 247.2 | 242 | 242 | 0 | 5.17 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| Person | 392.3 | 385.3 | 384.2 | 1.1 | 8.13 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| Pitt | 652.4 | 598.1 | 593.4 | 4.8 | 59 | 9 | 91 |
| Polk | 237.7 | 230.4 | 230.4 | 0 | 7.26 | 3.1 | 96.9 |
| Randolph | 782.3 | 725 | 719.1 | 5.9 | 63.28 | 8.1 | 91.9 |
| Richmond | 473.7 | 454.6 | 454.1 | 0.5 | 19.56 | 4.1 | 95.9 |
| Robeson | 947.3 | 910.3 | 909.5 | 0.8 | 37.76 | 4 | 96 |
| Rockingham | 565.6 | 514.6 | 513.4 | 1.2 | 52.22 | 9.2 | 90.8 |
| Rowan | 511.6 | 465.3 | 460 | 5.3 | 51.59 | 10.1 | 89.9 |
| Rutherford | 565.4 | 528.2 | 527.6 | 0.5 | 37.8 | 6.7 | 93.3 |
| Sampson | 945.9 | 927.6 | 927 | 0.6 | 18.93 | 2 | 98 |
| Scotland | 318.9 | 303.6 | 303.6 | 0 | 15.4 | 4.8 | 95.2 |
| Stanly | 395.1 | 348.6 | 346.5 | 2.2 | 48.63 | 12.3 | 87.7 |
| Stokes | 449.3 | 440.8 | 440.1 | 0.7 | 9.27 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| Surry | 532.6 | 510.2 | 510.1 | 0.1 | 22.53 | 4.2 | 95.8 |
| Swain | 527.7 | 525.5 | 525.5 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 99.6 |
| Transylvania | 378.4 | 372.5 | 372.3 | 0.2 | 6.08 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| Tyrrell | 390.8 | 389.6 | 389.6 | 0 | 1.22 | 0.3 | 99.7 |
| Union | 632.7 | 451.6 | 444.6 | 7 | 188.15 | 29.7 | 70.3 |
| Vance | 252.4 | 242.8 | 242.6 | 0.1 | 9.75 | 3.9 | 96.1 |
| Wake | 834.6 | 506 | 464.3 | 41.8 | 370.32 | 44.4 | 55.6 |
| Warren | 429.4 | 426.7 | 426.7 | 0 | 2.67 | 0.6 | 99.4 |
| Washington | 346.5 | 341.1 | 341.1 | 0 | 5.45 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| Watauga | 312.4 | 296.7 | 296.4 | 0.3 | 16.07 | 5.1 | 94.9 |
| Wayne | 554.3 | 517.7 | 516.9 | 0.8 | 37.41 | 6.7 | 93.3 |
| Wilkes | 753.7 | 739.5 | 739.2 | 0.4 | 14.53 | 1.9 | 98.1 |
| Wilson | 367.6 | 331.4 | 329.7 | 1.8 | 37.9 | 10.3 | 89.7 |
| Yadkin | 334.9 | 326.6 | 326.5 | 0.1 | 8.41 | 2.5 | 97.5 |
| Yancey | 312.6 | 311 | 311 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 99.5 |
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