Population density: zip codes ranked in North Carolina

Residents per square mile of land (water excluded). Under 50 is rural, a few hundred is small-town, 2,500+ is urban, and 10,000+ is big-city dense. These lists rank zip codes in North Carolina with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Most densely populated zip codes

#	Zip	City	Density	Population
1	27268	High Point	15,641/sq mi	1,611
2	27110	Winston-Salem	11,918/sq mi	2,181
3	27411	Greensboro	10,615/sq mi	1,433
4	27412	Greensboro	10,286/sq mi	3,055
5	28202	Charlotte	9,786/sq mi	17,653
6	27109	Winston-Salem	9,286/sq mi	2,823
7	27695	Raleigh	7,878/sq mi	1,993
8	27708	Durham	7,461/sq mi	3,253
9	28223	Charlotte	7,273/sq mi	4,953
10	27605	Raleigh	6,139/sq mi	6,286
11	28203	Charlotte	6,010/sq mi	18,823
12	27601	Raleigh	5,448/sq mi	9,905
13	28204	Charlotte	5,283/sq mi	9,314
14	27701	Durham	4,723/sq mi	24,793
15	28212	Charlotte	4,621/sq mi	42,440
16	28209	Charlotte	4,431/sq mi	24,331
17	28205	Charlotte	4,380/sq mi	51,806
18	27510	Carrboro	4,337/sq mi	13,868
19	28207	Charlotte	3,921/sq mi	9,527
20	27403	Greensboro	3,915/sq mi	22,557
21	27506	Buies Creek	3,854/sq mi	1,056
22	28210	Charlotte	3,818/sq mi	47,359
23	27401	Greensboro	3,783/sq mi	21,920
24	27608	Raleigh	3,653/sq mi	12,604
25	28533	Cherry Point	3,508/sq mi	2,452
26	27609	Raleigh	3,251/sq mi	35,573
27	28213	Charlotte	3,227/sq mi	45,904
28	27519	Cary	3,133/sq mi	69,836
29	28211	Charlotte	3,098/sq mi	33,925
30	28277	Charlotte	3,059/sq mi	73,882
31	28314	Fayetteville	2,881/sq mi	55,834
32	28801	Asheville	2,876/sq mi	14,691
33	28403	Wilmington	2,874/sq mi	40,319
34	27513	Cary	2,865/sq mi	46,979
35	27511	Cary	2,832/sq mi	33,221
36	27616	Raleigh	2,821/sq mi	63,520
37	28226	Charlotte	2,674/sq mi	39,381
38	28270	Charlotte	2,612/sq mi	32,448
39	28269	Charlotte	2,603/sq mi	79,586
40	27104	Winston-Salem	2,566/sq mi	31,783
41	27612	Raleigh	2,526/sq mi	41,952
42	27707	Durham	2,477/sq mi	51,274
43	27617	Raleigh	2,446/sq mi	20,237
44	27615	Raleigh	2,435/sq mi	46,019
45	28262	Charlotte	2,380/sq mi	50,003
46	27604	Raleigh	2,327/sq mi	44,514
47	28215	Charlotte	2,311/sq mi	66,674
48	28031	Cornelius	2,270/sq mi	31,733
49	28273	Charlotte	2,263/sq mi	50,966
50	28542	Camp Lejeune	2,204/sq mi	3,508
51	28206	Charlotte	2,203/sq mi	15,375
52	28305	Fayetteville	2,195/sq mi	5,710
53	28054	Gastonia	2,157/sq mi	41,707
54	27262	High Point	2,150/sq mi	28,353
55	27408	Greensboro	2,149/sq mi	16,519
56	28217	Charlotte	2,147/sq mi	32,064
57	28304	Fayetteville	2,135/sq mi	37,140
58	27260	High Point	2,044/sq mi	25,299
59	28105	Matthews	2,015/sq mi	46,817
60	28303	Fayetteville	2,011/sq mi	30,965
61	27518	Cary	1,994/sq mi	19,735
62	28208	Charlotte	1,986/sq mi	40,197
63	28412	Wilmington	1,986/sq mi	44,166
64	28216	Charlotte	1,916/sq mi	57,507
65	27571	Rolesville	1,871/sq mi	9,095
66	27606	Raleigh	1,858/sq mi	45,444
67	27101	Winston-Salem	1,841/sq mi	22,973
68	27610	Raleigh	1,804/sq mi	81,419
69	27103	Winston-Salem	1,790/sq mi	33,325
70	27613	Raleigh	1,774/sq mi	45,235
71	28726	East Flat Rock	1,766/sq mi	4,363
72	27407	Greensboro	1,756/sq mi	51,697
73	27106	Winston-Salem	1,745/sq mi	49,670
74	27405	Greensboro	1,730/sq mi	54,303
75	27410	Greensboro	1,723/sq mi	54,921
76	27502	Apex	1,713/sq mi	48,530
77	27514	Chapel Hill	1,680/sq mi	32,951
78	27713	Durham	1,674/sq mi	59,197
79	27607	Raleigh	1,637/sq mi	28,438
80	28409	Wilmington	1,615/sq mi	36,163
81	28307	Fort Bragg	1,600/sq mi	14,263
82	28134	Pineville	1,588/sq mi	13,245
83	28405	Wilmington	1,506/sq mi	35,467
84	28227	Charlotte	1,506/sq mi	60,482
85	27560	Morrisville	1,489/sq mi	40,792
86	28159	Spencer	1,454/sq mi	3,250
87	27878	Sharpsburg	1,413/sq mi	1,094
88	27127	Winston-Salem	1,412/sq mi	41,443
89	28083	Kannapolis	1,405/sq mi	28,095
90	28032	Cramerton	1,383/sq mi	2,869
91	28428	Carolina Beach	1,382/sq mi	7,136
92	28301	Fayetteville	1,354/sq mi	16,798
93	27948	Kill Devil Hills	1,344/sq mi	12,436
94	28543	Tarawa Terrace	1,326/sq mi	6,069
95	28278	Charlotte	1,299/sq mi	37,420
96	27703	Durham	1,293/sq mi	63,458
97	28214	Charlotte	1,293/sq mi	43,837
98	27568	Pine Level	1,270/sq mi	1,542
99	27536	Henderson	1,265/sq mi	15,298
100	28117	Mooresville	1,249/sq mi	48,826

Most sparsely populated zip codes

#	Zip	City	Density	Population
1	27824	Engelhard	7/sq mi	1,109
2	27885	Swanquarter	8/sq mi	1,003
3	27860	Pantego	11/sq mi	1,546
4	27925	Columbia	11/sq mi	3,382
5	27928	Creswell	12/sq mi	1,834
6	27849	Lewiston Woodville	15/sq mi	1,089
7	27857	Oak City	15/sq mi	1,099
8	28447	Ivanhoe	15/sq mi	1,507
9	28420	Ash	16/sq mi	2,658
10	27806	Aurora	16/sq mi	2,152
11	27979	Sunbury	16/sq mi	1,161
12	27810	Belhaven	17/sq mi	3,336
13	28719	Cherokee	17/sq mi	6,786
14	28441	Garland	18/sq mi	2,532
15	28743	Hot Springs	18/sq mi	2,211
16	28573	Pollocksville	18/sq mi	1,874
17	27957	Merry Hill	19/sq mi	1,012
18	27865	Pinetown	19/sq mi	2,387
19	28526	Dover	19/sq mi	1,842
20	28585	Trenton	19/sq mi	3,893
21	28423	Bolton	20/sq mi	2,388
22	28644	Laurel Springs	20/sq mi	1,433
23	27970	Roper	20/sq mi	2,439
24	27845	Jackson	21/sq mi	2,033
25	28435	Currie	22/sq mi	1,889
26	27814	Blounts Creek	22/sq mi	1,671
27	28338	Ellerbe	22/sq mi	3,265
28	27869	Rich Square	22/sq mi	1,834
29	27551	Macon	22/sq mi	1,836
30	27946	Hobbsville	23/sq mi	1,008
31	27847	Kelford	23/sq mi	1,044
32	28399	White Oak	23/sq mi	1,819
33	27805	Aulander	23/sq mi	2,517
34	28455	Nakina	23/sq mi	1,644
35	28444	Harrells	24/sq mi	2,479
36	27839	Halifax	24/sq mi	3,279
37	27935	Eure	24/sq mi	1,464
38	28091	Lilesville	24/sq mi	2,285
39	28624	Ferguson	25/sq mi	1,438
40	28740	Green Mountain	25/sq mi	2,158
41	28527	Ernul	25/sq mi	1,588
42	28369	Orrum	25/sq mi	1,878
43	28133	Peachland	25/sq mi	2,060
44	27983	Windsor	25/sq mi	8,007
45	28736	Glenville	26/sq mi	1,000
46	27874	Scotland Neck	26/sq mi	3,464
47	28783	Tuckasegee	26/sq mi	1,785
48	27343	Semora	26/sq mi	1,232
49	28774	Sapphire	27/sq mi	1,451
50	28615	Creston	27/sq mi	1,878
51	27897	Woodland	27/sq mi	1,194
52	27924	Colerain	28/sq mi	2,708
53	27876	Seaboard	28/sq mi	1,164
54	28771	Robbinsville	29/sq mi	7,567
55	27306	Mount Gilead	30/sq mi	5,486
56	27973	Shawboro	30/sq mi	1,117
57	28167	Union Mills	31/sq mi	2,253
58	28341	Faison	31/sq mi	2,886
59	27846	Jamesville	32/sq mi	3,022
60	28119	Morven	33/sq mi	2,182
61	27291	Leasburg	33/sq mi	1,656
62	28529	Grantsboro	33/sq mi	1,804
63	27242	Eagle Springs	33/sq mi	1,674
64	28430	Cerro Gordo	34/sq mi	1,573
65	27507	Bullock	34/sq mi	1,811
66	27980	Tyner	34/sq mi	1,647
67	27891	Whitakers	35/sq mi	4,865
68	28717	Cashiers	35/sq mi	1,265
69	27938	Gatesville	35/sq mi	1,790
70	28438	Evergreen	35/sq mi	1,582
71	28421	Atkinson	36/sq mi	2,010
72	28454	Maple Hill	36/sq mi	2,895
73	27823	Enfield	36/sq mi	6,553
74	27829	Fountain	36/sq mi	1,664
75	28433	Clarkton	36/sq mi	4,313
76	27871	Robersonville	36/sq mi	3,471
77	27888	Walstonburg	36/sq mi	2,054
78	27937	Gates	36/sq mi	2,936
79	28393	Turkey	36/sq mi	1,707
80	28515	Bayboro	37/sq mi	2,822
81	27976	South Mills	37/sq mi	4,309
82	27850	Littleton	37/sq mi	7,053
83	27812	Bethel	37/sq mi	2,188
84	27831	Garysburg	38/sq mi	2,362
85	28453	Magnolia	38/sq mi	3,206
86	28649	Mc Grady	38/sq mi	1,355
87	27229	Candor	38/sq mi	3,456
88	28665	Purlear	38/sq mi	2,483
89	27252	Goldston	39/sq mi	1,425
90	28521	Chinquapin	39/sq mi	1,593
91	27820	Conway	39/sq mi	2,201
92	27212	Blanch	39/sq mi	1,997
93	27022	Lawsonville	39/sq mi	1,285
94	27553	Manson	39/sq mi	1,506
95	28684	Todd	39/sq mi	1,961
96	27589	Warrenton	40/sq mi	6,739
97	28450	Lake Waccamaw	40/sq mi	2,337
98	28753	Marshall	40/sq mi	10,389
99	28478	Willard	41/sq mi	5,017
100	28747	Lake Toxaway	41/sq mi	2,021

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