| 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
|