2008 County Municipal Totals*
Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area by County
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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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Last update September 28, 2009