| 2008 County Municipal Totals* | |||||
| Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area by County | |||||
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| *Note: "Municipal" refers to active incorporated municipalities | |||||
| County | Total 2008 Square Miles | Non-Municipal Square Miles | Municipal Square Miles | % Municipal | |
| North Carolina | 48,618.549 | 44,784.249 | 3,834.300 | 7.89 | |
| Alamance | 423.992 | 371.678 | 52.314 | 12.34 | |
| Alexander | 259.566 | 257.189 | 2.377 | 0.92 | |
| Alleghany | 234.998 | 232.624 | 2.374 | 1.01 | |
| Anson | 531.474 | 516.987 | 14.487 | 2.73 | |
| Ashe | 426.238 | 421.832 | 4.406 | 1.03 | |
| Avery | 247.046 | 237.210 | 9.836 | 3.98 | |
| Beaufort | 826.641 | 813.901 | 12.740 | 1.54 | |
| Bertie | 699.270 | 690.246 | 9.024 | 1.29 | |
| Bladen | 874.339 | 862.442 | 11.897 | 1.36 | |
| Brunswick | 846.932 | 722.456 | 124.476 | 14.70 | |
| Buncombe | 656.231 | 587.965 | 68.266 | 10.40 | |
| Burke | 506.750 | 464.213 | 42.537 | 8.39 | |
| Cabarrus | 361.760 | 253.162 | 108.598 | 30.02 | |
| Caldwell | 471.604 | 422.401 | 49.203 | 10.43 | |
| Camden | 240.561 | 240.474 | 0.087 | 0.04 | |
| Carteret | 505.702 | 466.482 | 39.220 | 7.76 | |
| Caswell | 424.491 | 418.566 | 5.925 | 1.40 | |
| Catawba | 398.701 | 331.540 | 67.161 | 16.84 | |
| Chatham | 682.334 | 670.419 | 11.915 | 1.75 | |
| Cherokee | 455.424 | 451.693 | 3.731 | 0.82 | |
| Chowan | 172.469 | 167.021 | 5.448 | 3.16 | |
| Clay | 214.774 | 214.329 | 0.445 | 0.21 | |
| Cleveland | 464.256 | 401.049 | 63.207 | 13.61 | |
| Columbus | 937.298 | 908.612 | 28.686 | 3.06 | |
| Craven | 709.219 | 654.287 | 54.932 | 7.75 | |
| Cumberland | 651.986 | 532.337 | 119.649 | 18.35 | |
| Currituck | 261.887 | 261.887 | 0.000 | 0.00 | |
| Return to Index | Total Sq Mi | Non-muni Sq Mi | Muni Sq Mi | % Muni | |
| Dare | 383.416 | 354.921 | 28.495 | 7.43 | |
| Davidson | 552.662 | 500.476 | 52.186 | 9.44 | |
| Davie | 264.053 | 254.342 | 9.711 | 3.68 | |
| Duplin | 815.434 | 799.476 | 15.958 | 1.96 | |
| Durham | 285.974 | 178.790 | 107.184 | 37.48 | |
| Edgecombe | 505.309 | 476.778 | 28.531 | 5.65 | |
| Forsyth | 408.154 | 214.578 | 193.576 | 47.43 | |
| Franklin | 491.681 | 484.754 | 6.927 | 1.41 | |
| Gaston | 356.027 | 258.473 | 97.554 | 27.40 | |
| Gates | 340.446 | 340.030 | 0.416 | 0.12 | |
| Graham | 292.040 | 291.389 | 0.651 | 0.22 | |
| Granville | 531.426 | 500.781 | 30.645 | 5.77 | |
| Greene | 265.927 | 263.901 | 2.026 | 0.76 | |
| Guilford | 646.209 | 379.082 | 267.127 | 41.34 | |
| Halifax | 724.086 | 707.121 | 16.965 | 2.34 | |
| Harnett | 594.978 | 575.854 | 19.124 | 3.21 | |
| Haywood | 553.710 | 537.334 | 16.376 | 2.96 | |
| Henderson | 372.954 | 326.814 | 46.140 | 12.37 | |
| Hertford | 353.060 | 341.018 | 12.042 | 3.41 | |
| Hoke | 390.744 | 386.783 | 3.961 | 1.01 | |
| Hyde | 612.699 | 612.699 | 0.000 | 0.00 | |
| Iredell | 574.204 | 522.184 | 52.020 | 9.06 | |
| Jackson | 490.795 | 484.327 | 6.468 | 1.32 | |
| Johnston | 791.208 | 750.002 | 41.206 | 5.21 | |
| Jones | 470.787 | 469.512 | 1.275 | 0.27 | |
| Return to Index | Total Sq Mi | Non-muni Sq Mi | Muni Sq Mi | % Muni | |
| Lee | 254.951 | 227.075 | 27.876 | 10.93 | |
| Lenoir | 399.767 | 379.400 | 20.367 | 5.09 | |
| Lincoln | 297.938 | 289.319 | 8.619 | 2.89 | |
| Macon | 515.557 | 506.039 | 9.518 | 1.85 | |
| Madison | 449.578 | 440.793 | 8.785 | 1.95 | |
| Martin | 461.256 | 451.722 | 9.534 | 2.07 | |
| McDowell | 440.958 | 435.066 | 5.892 | 1.34 | |
| Mecklenburg | 523.792 | 133.893 | 389.899 | 74.44 | |
| Mitchell | 221.430 | 216.738 | 4.692 | 2.12 | |
| Montgomery | 491.760 | 479.930 | 11.830 | 2.41 | |
| Moore | 697.643 | 635.873 | 61.770 | 8.85 | |
| Nash | 540.411 | 472.519 | 67.892 | 12.56 | |
| New Hanover | 191.545 | 137.548 | 53.997 | 28.19 | |
| Northampton | 536.589 | 523.694 | 12.895 | 2.40 | |
| Onslow | 764.304 | 703.620 | 60.684 | 7.94 | |
| Orange | 397.598 | 364.654 | 32.944 | 8.29 | |
| Pamlico | 336.545 | 317.627 | 18.918 | 5.62 | |
| Pasquotank | 226.880 | 215.520 | 11.360 | 5.01 | |
| Pender | 869.786 | 845.631 | 24.155 | 2.78 | |
| Perquimans | 247.096 | 242.264 | 4.832 | 1.96 | |
| Person | 392.253 | 385.806 | 6.447 | 1.64 | |
| Pitt | 651.973 | 601.156 | 50.817 | 7.79 | |
| Polk | 237.798 | 230.925 | 6.873 | 2.89 | |
| Randolph | 786.194 | 730.712 | 55.482 | 7.06 | |
| Richmond | 473.434 | 454.467 | 18.967 | 4.01 | |
| Robeson | 949.227 | 913.089 | 36.138 | 3.81 | |
| Rockingham | 565.550 | 514.050 | 51.500 | 9.11 | |
| Rowan | 511.370 | 466.904 | 44.466 | 8.70 | |
| Rutherford | 564.238 | 527.042 | 37.196 | 6.59 | |
| Return to Index | Total Sq Mi | Non-muni Sq Mi | Muni Sq Mi | % Muni | |
| Sampson | 944.714 | 926.913 | 17.801 | 1.88 | |
| Scotland | 319.203 | 303.743 | 15.460 | 4.84 | |
| Stanly | 395.079 | 349.461 | 45.618 | 11.55 | |
| Stokes | 448.859 | 440.665 | 8.194 | 1.83 | |
| Surry | 532.173 | 511.453 | 20.720 | 3.89 | |
| Swain | 527.945 | 525.814 | 2.131 | 0.40 | |
| Transylvania | 378.449 | 373.103 | 5.346 | 1.41 | |
| Tyrrell | 389.035 | 388.022 | 1.013 | 0.26 | |
| Union | 631.507 | 452.836 | 178.671 | 28.29 | |
| Vance | 253.465 | 244.149 | 9.316 | 3.68 | |
| Wake | 834.540 | 541.626 | 292.914 | 35.10 | |
| Warren | 428.456 | 425.927 | 2.529 | 0.59 | |
| Washington | 348.135 | 342.982 | 5.153 | 1.48 | |
| Watauga | 311.446 | 296.172 | 15.274 | 4.90 | |
| Wayne | 553.131 | 518.898 | 34.233 | 6.19 | |
| Wilkes | 755.441 | 741.542 | 13.899 | 1.84 | |
| Wilson | 368.166 | 335.624 | 32.542 | 8.84 | |
| Yadkin | 334.829 | 326.772 | 8.057 | 2.41 | |
| Yancey | 312.639 | 311.060 | 1.579 | 0.51 | |
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