List of municipalities in North Carolina

This is a list of the 552 incorporated municipalities (cities, towns, and villages) in the U.S. state of North Carolina. While municipalities may use the name village, town, or city, there is no legal distinction between the names, though in general villages are the smallest and cities are the largest, with many exceptions.


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Largest municipalities

 †  County seat
 ††  State capital and county seat

Map of USA & North Carolina
Charlotte, Largest City in North Carolina
Raleigh, Capital of North Carolina
Greensboro
Durham
Winston-Salem
High Point
Wilmington
Greenville
Asheville

Largest municipalities in North Carolina according to the 2010 census. Also shown is the 2014 Census estimate.[1]

Rank Name Population (2014) Population (2010) Change Type County
1 Charlotte † 809,958 731,424 +10.74% City Mecklenburg
2 Raleigh †† 439,896 403,892 +8.91% City Wake (seat), Durham
3 Greensboro † 282,586 269,666 +4.79% City Guilford
4 Durham † 251,893 228,330 +10.32% City Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
5 Winston-Salem † 239,269 229,618 +4.20% City Forsyth
6 Fayetteville † 203,948 200,564 +1.69% City Cumberland
7 Cary 155,227 135,234 +14.78% Town Wake, Chatham
8 Wilmington † 113,657 106,476 +6.74% City New Hanover
9 High Point 108,629 104,371 +4.08% City Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
10 Greenville † 89,852 84,554 +6.27% City Pitt
11 Asheville † 87,822 85,712 +2.46% City Buncombe
12 Concord † 85,560 79,066 +8.21% City Cabarrus
13 Gastonia † 73,698 71,741 +2.73% City Gaston
14 Jacksonville † 69,047 70,145 −1.57% City Onslow
15 Chapel Hill 59,376 57,233 +3.74% Town Orange, Durham
16 Rocky Mount 56,325 57,477 −2.00% City Edgecombe, Nash
17 Burlington 51,812 49,963 +3.70% City Alamance
18 Huntersville 51,567 46,773 +10.25% Town Mecklenburg
19 Wilson † 49,395 49,167 +0.46% City Wilson
20 Kannapolis 45,245 42,625 +6.15% City Cabarrus, Rowan
21 Apex 43,907 37,476 +17.16% Town Wake
22 Hickory 40,143 40,010 +0.33% City Catawba, Burke, Caldwell
23 Wake Forest 36,693 30,117 +21.83% Town Wake
24 Indian Trail 36,360 33,518 +8.48% Town Union
25 Goldsboro † 35,947 36,437 −1.34% City Wayne
26 Mooresville 35,300 32,711 +7.91% Town Iredell
27 Monroe † 34,331 32,797 +4.68% City Union
28 Salisbury † 33,710 33,622 +0.26% City Rowan
29 New Bern † 30,291 29,524 +2.60% City Craven
30 Holly Springs 30,157 24,661 +22.29% Town Wake
31 Matthews 30,008 27,198 +10.33% Town Mecklenburg
32 Sanford † 29,116 28,094 +3.64% City Lee
33 Garner 27,814 25,745 +8.04% Town Wake
34 Cornelius 27,481 24,866 +10.52% Town Mecklenburg
35 Thomasville 27,002 26,757 +0.92% City Davidson, Randolph
36 Asheboro † 25,886 25,012 +3.49% City Randolph
37 Statesville † 25,772 24,532 +5.05% City Iredell
38 Mint Hill 25,076 22,722 +10.36% Town Mecklenburg, Union
39 Kernersville 23,739 23,123 +2.66% Town Forsyth, Guilford
40 Morrisville 22,772 18,576 +22.59% Town Wake, Durham
41 Fuquay-Varina 22,644 17,937 +26.24% Town Wake
42 Lumberton † 21,716 21,542 +0.81% City Robeson
43 Kinston † 21,392 21,677 −1.31% City Lenoir
44 Carrboro 20,984 19,582 +7.16% Town Orange
45 Havelock 20,706 20,735 −0.14% City Craven
46 Shelby † 20,276 20,323 −0.23% City Cleveland
47 Clemmons 19,522 18,627 +4.80% Village Forsyth
48 Lexington † 19,257 18,931 +1.72% City Davidson
49 Clayton 18,445 16,116 +14.45% City Johnston, Wake
50 Boone † 18,130 17,122 +5.89% City Watauga

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  1. ↑ http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?fpt=table


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