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North Carolina Cities by Population

The data is from the US Census. Below are 737 North Carolina cities ranked 1 through 653. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

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North Carolina Cities by Population Rank	City	Population
1	Charlotte	859,035
2	Raleigh	464,758
3	Greensboro	290,222
4	Durham	267,743
5	Winston-Salem	244,605
6	Fayetteville	209,889
7	Cary	165,904
8	Wilmington	119,045
9	High Point	111,513
10	Greenville	92,156
11	Concord	92,067
12	Asheville	91,902
13	Gastonia	76,593
14	Jacksonville	72,447
15	Chapel Hill	59,862
16	Huntersville	56,212
17	Rocky Mount	54,523
18	Burlington	53,077
19	Apex	50,451
20	Wilson	49,348
21	Kannapolis	48,806
22	Wake Forest	42,269
23	Hickory	40,611
24	Indian Trail	38,980
25	Mooresville	37,820
26	Holly Springs	35,223
27	Goldsboro	35,197
28	Monroe	35,065
29	Salisbury	33,849
30	Matthews	32,117
31	New Bern	29,590
32	Sanford	29,313
33	Cornelius	29,191
34	Garner	28,858
35	Fuquay-Varina	27,906
36	Mint Hill	26,748
37	Statesville	26,657
38	Thomasville	26,615
39	Morrisville	26,461
40	Asheboro	25,863
41	Kernersville	24,386
42	Carrboro	21,544
43	Clayton	21,405
44	Lumberton	21,040
45	Kinston	20,509
46	Clemmons	20,420
47	Shelby	20,018
48	Havelock	20,008
49	Leland	19,976
50	Boone	19,205
51	Lexington	18,775
52	Lenoir	17,943
53	Elizabeth City	17,756
54	Morganton	16,519
55	Hope Mills	16,135
56	Pinehurst	16,028
57	Albemarle	15,977
58	Knightdale	15,849
59	Harrisburg	15,728
60	Stallings	15,647
61	Mount Holly	15,635
62	Laurinburg	15,156
63	Waxhaw	15,147
64	Eden	15,041
65	Mebane	14,973
66	Henderson	14,852
67	Murraysville	14,843
68	Graham	14,814
69	Roanoke Rapids	14,787
70	Southern Pines	14,029
71	Hendersonville	13,954
72	Lewisville	13,913
73	Reidsville	13,857
74	Piney Green	13,427
75	Newton	13,098
76	Davidson	12,684
77	Spring Lake	12,580
78	Smithfield	12,309
79	Belmont	12,046
80	Archdale	11,518
81	Summerfield	11,198
82	Tarboro	10,856
83	Kings Mountain	10,791
84	Lincolnton	10,776
85	Weddington	10,773
86	Mount Airy	10,232
87	Elon	10,227
88	Waynesville	9,971
89	Myrtle Grove	9,872
90	Dunn	9,734
91	Winterville	9,654
92	Washington	9,571
93	Morehead City	9,303
94	Rockingham	8,846
95	Wesley Chapel	8,841
96	Kings Grant	8,837
97	Oxford	8,752
98	Pineville	8,746
99	Clinton	8,539
100	St. Stephens	8,483
101	Conover	8,368
102	Roxboro	8,290
103	Fletcher	8,233
104	Siler City	8,190
105	Black Mountain	8,150
106	Lake Norman of Catawba	7,918
107	Brevard	7,890
108	Oak Island	7,789
109	Butner	7,778
110	Rolesville	7,666
111	Marion	7,640
112	Half Moon	7,626
113	Aberdeen	7,625
114	Mills River	7,294
115	Wendell	7,261
116	Etowah	7,237
117	Hillsborough	7,231
118	Forest City	7,210
119	Kill Devil Hills	7,117
120	Gibsonville	7,096
121	Porters Neck	7,052
122	Oak Ridge	6,917
123	Ogden	6,909
124	King	6,904
125	Unionville	6,705
126	Selma	6,684
127	Trinity	6,628
128	Marvin	6,490
129	Woodfin	6,489
130	Hamlet	6,314
131	Carolina Beach	6,270
132	Silver Lake	6,117
133	Boiling Spring Lakes	6,028
134	Cherryville	5,978
135	James City	5,736
136	Cullowhee	5,556
137	Wrightsboro	5,538
138	St. James	5,514
139	Nashville	5,487
140	Bessemer City	5,472
141	Stokesdale	5,413
142	Whiteville	5,396
143	Williamston	5,302
144	Wadesboro	5,276
145	Mocksville	5,271
146	Zebulon	5,268
147	Sawmills	5,180
148	Ayden	5,143
149	Walkertown	5,120
150	Angier	5,091
151	Bethlehem	4,961
152	Raeford	4,934
153	Erwin	4,919
154	Archer Lodge	4,903
155	Hampstead	4,890
156	Long View	4,886
157	Ahoskie	4,874
158	Pleasant Garden	4,869
159	Swannanoa	4,858
160	Midway	4,792
161	Royal Pines	4,751
162	Seven Lakes	4,727
163	Edenton	4,708
164	Farmville	4,706
165	Dallas	4,698
166	Boiling Springs	4,687
167	Granite Falls	4,659
168	Mount Olive	4,650
169	Newport	4,617
170	Welcome	4,613
171	Creedmoor	4,518
172	Valdese	4,431
173	Cramerton	4,376
174	North Wilkesboro	4,276
175	Canton	4,272
176	Pittsboro	4,221
177	Spindale	4,218
178	China Grove	4,202
179	Jamestown	4,167
180	Beaufort	4,164
181	Carolina Shores	4,146
182	Randleman	4,131
183	Burgaw	4,110
184	Shallotte	4,092
185	Elroy	4,088
186	Trent Woods	4,077
187	River Road	4,035
188	Rutherfordton	4,031
189	Franklin	4,007
190	Elkin	3,978
191	Gamewell	3,971
192	Mountain Home	3,961
193	Wingate	3,959
194	Bayshore	3,956
195	Westport	3,923
196	Tabor City	3,922
197	Wallace	3,919
198	Tyro	3,918
199	Weaverville	3,911
200	Sunset Beach	3,894
201	Brices Creek	3,857
202	Lake Park	3,790
203	Fairview town	3,770
204	Rockfish	3,736
205	East Flat Rock	3,735
206	Benson	3,732
207	Southport	3,725
208	Eastover	3,710
209	Stanley	3,703
210	Hudson	3,698
211	Emerald Isle	3,683
212	Mountain View	3,655
213	Lowell	3,654
214	Midland	3,615
215	Sneads Ferry	3,601
216	Ranlo	3,599
217	Mar-Mac	3,585
218	Lillington	3,582
219	Louisburg	3,533
220	Forest Oaks	3,502
221	Kitty Hawk and Plymouth	3,496
222	Wilkesboro	3,491
223	Elizabethtown	3,473
224	Northchase	3,461
225	Red Oak	3,442
226	Maiden	3,419
227	Lake Royale	3,414
228	Red Springs	3,408
229	Moyock	3,368
230	East Rockingham	3,338
231	Flat Rock village	3,331
232	Dana	3,321
233	Troy	3,301
234	Whispering Pines and Windsor	3,297
235	Spencer	3,256
236	Swansboro	3,210
237	Rural Hall	3,196
238	Locust	3,176
239	Polkton	3,125
240	Landis	3,114
241	Warsaw	3,107
242	Wallburg	3,104
243	Lowesville	3,089
244	River Bend	3,065
245	Fairview and Pembroke	3,016
246	Mineral Springs	3,007
247	Icard	3,002
248	Fearrington Village	2,984
249	Granite Quarry	2,983
250	Murfreesboro	2,963
251	Lake Junaluska	2,930
252	Fairfield Harbour	2,913
253	Nags Head	2,904
254	Yadkinville	2,889
255	Southern Shores	2,883
256	Enochville	2,865
257	South Rosemary	2,836
258	Skippers Corner	2,754
259	Cajah's Mountain	2,735
260	Avery Creek	2,716
261	Wentworth	2,713
262	Marshville	2,690
263	Troutman	2,680
264	Sylva	2,678
265	Glen Raven	2,675
266	La Grange, Grifton, and Tobaccoville	2,663
267	Liberty	2,659
268	Wilson's Mills	2,626
269	Fairmont	2,612
270	Bermuda Run	2,593
271	Wrightsville Beach	2,548
272	Fruitland	2,490
273	Haw River	2,472
274	Carthage	2,463
275	Horse Shoe	2,441
276	Plain View	2,438
277	Coats	2,436
278	Norwood and Mayodan	2,409
279	Maxton	2,383
280	Holly Ridge	2,377
281	Broad Creek	2,365
282	St. Pauls	2,351
283	Enfield	2,347
284	Surf City	2,342
285	Laurel Park	2,315
286	Brogden	2,292
287	Denver	2,287
288	Buies Creek and Fairplains	2,248
289	Green Level	2,247
290	Jonesville	2,234
291	Taylorsville	2,179
292	Salem	2,173
293	Edneyville	2,159
294	Calabash	2,158
295	Rockwell	2,142
296	Madison	2,134
297	Franklinton	2,132
298	Spruce Pine	2,130
299	Hertford	2,124
300	Cordova	2,123
301	Mars Hill	2,118
302	Kure Beach	2,105
303	Four Oaks	2,082
304	Cape Carteret	2,062
305	Belville	2,052
306	Rocky Point	2,039
307	Sharpsburg	2,017
308	Cherokee	2,013
309	Hildebran	2,007
310	Moravian Falls	1,990
311	Princeville	1,966
312	Badin	1,960
313	Yanceyville	1,944
314	Mulberry	1,940
315	Pine Level	1,927
316	Mount Pleasant	1,904
317	Scotland Neck	1,899
318	Navassa	1,895
319	Sea Breeze	1,886
320	Oakboro	1,875
321	Drexel	1,860
322	Andrews	1,819
323	Valley Hill	1,816
324	Millers Creek	1,801
325	Stony Point	1,761
326	Sparta	1,744
327	Chadbourn	1,742
328	Hemby Bridge	1,734
329	Neuse Forest	1,730
330	Pumpkin Center	1,700
331	Hays and Richlands	1,698
332	Ramseur	1,691
333	Cricket	1,686
334	Biscoe	1,678
335	Bladenboro and Denton	1,657
336	Connelly Springs	1,642
337	Burnsville and Murphy	1,638
338	Rose Hill	1,635
339	Tryon	1,615
340	Bethel	1,612
341	Belhaven	1,580
342	Dobson	1,556
343	East Spencer	1,550
344	Balfour	1,540
345	Wanchese	1,536
346	Jefferson	1,529
347	Weldon and Snow Hill	1,526
348	Maury	1,522
349	Northlakes	1,521
350	Kenly	1,519
351	Stanfield	1,517
352	Barker Heights	1,495
353	Atlantic Beach	1,494
354	Harkers Island	1,488
355	Pinebluff	1,487
356	Glen Alpine	1,478
357	Bryson City	1,455
358	West Marion	1,447
359	Flat Rock and Manteo	1,435
360	Pilot Mountain	1,433
361	Biltmore Forest	1,421
362	Lake Waccamaw	1,408
363	Claremont	1,398
364	West Canton	1,390
365	Foscoe and Robersonville	1,374
366	Walnut Cove	1,363
367	Swepsonville	1,354
368	Hoopers Creek and Toast	1,352
369	Princeton	1,333
370	Pine Knoll Shores	1,332
371	Cedar Point	1,329
372	Beulaville	1,315
373	Saxapahaw and Rutherford College	1,314
374	Youngsville and Spring Hope	1,307
375	Bent Creek	1,305
376	Elm City	1,292
377	West Jefferson	1,290
378	Clyde	1,282
379	Pinetops	1,273
380	Fremont	1,267
381	Blowing Rock	1,263
382	Broadway	1,262
383	Southmont	1,252
384	Stoneville	1,249
385	Manns Harbor and Bayboro	1,235
386	Robbins	1,201
387	Maggie Valley	1,199
388	Buxton	1,184
389	Vander	1,176
390	Franklinville	1,175
391	Roseboro	1,171
392	Boonville	1,168
393	Mount Gilead	1,161
394	Lake Lure	1,151
395	Silver City	1,150
396	Mamers	1,140
397	Lucama	1,137
398	Banner Elk	1,129
399	White Plains	1,109
400	Laurel Hill	1,070
401	Norlina	1,063
402	Stedman	1,056
403	Gaston	1,048
404	McLeansville	1,027
405	Rhodhiss	1,021
406	Alamance	1,015
407	Cove Creek and Rowland	1,014
408	Foxfire	1,005
409	Advance and Castle Hayne	999
410	Columbus	992
411	Brunswick	981
412	Ellerbe and Vanceboro	980
413	Faison	968
414	Cooleemee	965
415	Maysville	959
416	Magnolia	949
417	Garysburg, Dortches, and Belwood	943
418	Gorman	941
419	Highlands	939
420	South Henderson	932
421	Old Fort	915
422	Prospect	909
423	Marshall	903
424	Pinnacle	902
425	Fair Bluff	896
426	Hightsville	889
427	Hollister	887
428	Jackson Heights	880
429	Cleveland	875
430	Walnut Creek	865
431	Oriental	861
432	Germanton	858
433	Star	857
434	Rich Square	855
435	Warrenton	845
436	Kenansville	840
437	Light Oak	837
438	Barker Ten Mile and Ellenboro	834
439	Dobbins Heights and Woodlawn	833
440	Avon and Taylortown	830
441	Candor	828
442	Middlesex	823
443	Keener	811
444	Rougemont	807
445	Aulander	802
446	Columbia	801
447	Faith	796
448	Chocowinity	790
449	Wagram	787
450	Bunnlevel	783
451	Stantonsburg	781
452	Northwest	778
453	Vass	774
454	Black Creek	772
455	Efland	768
456	White Lake	766
457	Clarkton	762
458	Montreat	760
459	Alliance	756
460	Red Cross and Conway	749
461	Winton and High Shoals	737
462	North Topsail Beach	726
463	Woodland	720
464	Iron Station	719
465	Whitakers	712
466	Belvoir	706
467	Bogue	700
468	Grover	699
469	Saluda	697
470	Camden and Caroleen	689
471	Engelhard	688
472	Newland	685
473	Pikeville	677
474	Misenheimer	676
475	Kingstown	672
476	Sedalia and Pleasant Hill	671
477	Peletier	670
478	McAdenville	660
479	Stokes and Potters Hill	657
480	Elrod	653
481	Grantsboro	652
482	Bolton	650
483	Holden Beach and Greenevers	638
484	Scotch Meadows	628
485	Catawba	623
486	Whitsett	621
487	Garland	619
488	Bonnetsville	618
489	Patterson Springs	617
490	Ocean Isle Beach and Richfield	612
491	New London	611
492	Littleton	609
493	Robbinsville	604
494	Rosman	603
495	Winfall	601
496	Fallston	597
497	Five Points	596
498	Lawndale	589
499	Gloucester and Ansonville	583
500	East Bend	578
501	Varnamtown	577
502	Hot Springs	574
503	Wade	573
504	Riegelwood, Ossipee, and Harmony	572
505	Bailey and Newton Grove	563
506	Hoffman and Roper	562
507	Stem	560
508	Seaboard	555
509	Moncure	552
510	South Weldon	542
511	Polkville and Calypso	540
512	Arapahoe	531
513	Pink Hill	518
514	Aurora	512
515	JAARS	508
516	Gibson	507
517	Micro	505
518	Lewiston Woodville	499
519	Hiddenite	491
520	Lilesville	486
521	Simpson	483
522	Hatteras	481
523	Deercroft	476
524	Ashley Heights and East Arcadia	473
525	Lowgap and Morven	468
526	Jackson	466
527	Vann Crossroads	463
528	Jamesville	454
529	Lattimore	447
530	Spivey's Corner	446
531	Bakersville and Atlantic	445
532	Elk Park	444
533	Bridgeton	441
534	Marshallberg, Macclesfield, and Grimesland	438
535	Fountain	436
536	Washington Park and Hayesville	432
537	Teachey and Sandyfield	431
538	St. Helena and Henrietta	424
539	Minnesott Beach, Parkton, and Caswell Beach	421
540	Topsail Beach	420
541	Salemburg	416
542	Stovall and Ruth	413
543	Ronda	412
544	Saratoga	406
545	Ocracoke	405
546	Peachland and Ingold	404
547	Staley and Dover	393
548	Hookerton	392
549	Cove City	391
550	Gulf and Millingport	389
551	Duck and Webster	385
552	Shannon	384
553	Cofield and Forest Hills	382
554	Rennert	381
555	Evergreen and Davis	378
556	Bostic, Brookford, and Hamilton	376
557	Bunn	366
558	Bethania	356
559	Hallsboro	354
560	Atkinson	345
561	Altamahaw	336
562	Cameron	332
563	Cliffside	331
564	Hobgood	328
565	Old Hundred and Bell Arthur	325
566	Beech Mountain and Dublin	322
567	Marble	315
568	Falcon and Waco	312
569	Coinjock	309
570	Mooresboro	307
571	Swan Quarter	300
572	Gatesville	299
573	Ruffin	298
574	Valle Crucis	297
575	Cedar Rock and Turkey	295
576	Casar and Goldston	293
577	Oak City	291
578	Pollocksville	288
579	Gerton and Sims	287
580	Trenton	285
581	East Laurinburg	281
582	Delco and Sandy Creek	276
583	Conetoe and Bayview	275
584	Kelly	272
585	Bennett and Stonewall	268
586	Fairfield and Dillsboro	267
587	Sunbury	265
588	Castalia	264
589	Parmele	258
590	Earl	257
591	Butters and Powellsville	249
592	Severn	246
593	Bath and Vandemere	244
594	Creswell	241
595	Watha	235
596	South Mills	231
597	Salvo	229
598	Seagrove	227
599	Kelford	225
600	Momeyer and Askewville	224
601	Roxobel	215
602	Aquadale	213
603	Halifax and Walstonburg	211
604	Mesic	209
605	Seven Devils	205
606	Crossnore	201
607	Cerro Gordo and Autryville	200
608	Harrells	199
609	Sugar Mountain	197
610	Eureka	196
611	Rodanthe	195
612	Danbury and Colerain	183
613	Pantego and Bald Head Island	176
614	Raemon	173
615	Marietta	171
616	Kittrell	161
617	Boardman	155
618	Lansing	153
619	Bolivia	152
620	Ivanhoe	149
621	Milton	148
622	Everetts	144
623	Cashiers	141
624	Godwin and Tar Heel	140
625	Middleburg	139
626	White Oak and Norman	133
627	Linden	130
628	Frisco	120
629	Indian Beach and Proctorville	117
630	Chimney Rock Village	116
631	Macon	112
632	McDonald	111
633	Seven Springs	110
634	Lasker and McFarlan	109
635	Love Valley	108
636	Centerville	102
637	Harrellsville and Falkland	100
638	Hobucken and Lumber Bridge	90
639	Orrum	89
640	Como	87
641	Waves	80
642	Wakulla	78
643	Pinetown and Hassell	77
644	Speed	75
645	Raynham	70
646	Bear Grass	69
647	Leggett	56
648	Rex, Glenville, and Delway	51
649	Bowmore and Dundarrach	46
650	Lake Santeetlah	43
651	Grandfather	24
652	Fontana Dam	7
653	Dellview	5
The table above displays population estimates data for all cities where data are available from the following dataset: United States Census Bureau / American FactFinder. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017". 2017 Population Estimates Program. Web. May 2018. https://www.census.gov. For all other cities where data aren't available in the above dataset, the following dataset is use: United States Census Bureau. "B01001 Sex by Age." 2012 - 2016 American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey Office. Web. 7 December 2017 http://ftp2.census.gov/.

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