Rank |
County |
Population Density |
1 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
1,755.5
|
2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
1,078.8
|
3 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
1,058.1
|
4 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
935.7
|
5 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
859.2
|
6 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
756.4
|
7 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
578.8
|
8 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
492.1
|
9 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
489.7
|
10 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
387.1
|
11 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
362.9
|
12 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
356.5
|
13 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
336.2
|
14 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
318.7
|
15 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
294.7
|
16 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
286.1
|
17 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
277.8
|
18 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
270.7
|
19 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
262.7
|
20 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
257.9
|
21 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
233.1
|
22 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
227
|
23 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
221.7
|
24 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
220.6
|
25 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
213.4
|
26 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
211.3
|
27 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
192.7
|
28 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
181.1
|
29 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
179.3
|
30 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
179.2
|
31 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
179.2
|
32 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
177.3
|
33 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
176.1
|
34 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
165.6
|
35 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
163.4
|
36 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
156.2
|
37 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
153.3
|
38 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
148.5
|
39 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
146
|
40 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
143.1
|
41 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
141.3
|
42 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
138.4
|
43 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
131.3
|
44 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
126.8
|
45 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
126.5
|
46 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
123.3
|
47 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
120.2
|
48 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
120.2
|
49 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
114.7
|
50 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
113.4
|
51 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
112.7
|
52 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
111.9
|
53 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
106.6
|
54 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
105.6
|
55 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
102.1
|
56 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
100.6
|
57 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
98.4
|
58 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
93.1
|
59 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
91.9
|
60 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
89.9
|
61 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
88.5
|
62 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
87.4
|
63 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
86.3
|
64 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
85.8
|
65 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
82.1
|
66 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
80.3
|
67 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
75.5
|
68 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
72
|
69 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
71.7
|
70 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
70.4
|
71 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
69.9
|
72 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
67.1
|
73 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
65.8
|
74 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
64
|
75 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
62
|
76 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
60.3
|
77 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
60
|
78 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
57.7
|
79 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
57
|
80 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
56.5
|
81 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
55.8
|
82 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
54.4
|
83 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
53.1
|
84 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
50.7
|
85 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
49.3
|
86 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
48.9
|
87 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
47.5
|
88 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
46.2
|
89 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
41.5
|
90 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
41.2
|
91 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
40.2
|
92 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
39.1
|
93 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
38
|
94 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
35.8
|
95 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
30.4
|
96 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
30.3
|
97 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
26.5
|
98 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
21.6
|
99 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
11.3
|
100 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
9.5
|