County Densities 1970-1995

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...go to state	Land_Area		........................................Persons/Square_Mile.....................................
County	(Square Miles)		April 1970	July 1975	April 1980	July 1985	April 1990	July 1995
ALAMANCE	429.99		224.43	228.61	230.98	238.41	251.66	274.58
ALEXANDER	260.19		74.82	88.01	96.08	101.27	105.86	117.31
ALLEGHANY	234.65		34.66	38.35	40.86	40.69	40.87	42.09
ANSON	531.57		44.19	46.47	48.25	46.75	44.16	45.95
ASHE	426.13		45.93	48.58	52.39	53.32	52.12	54.45
AVERY	247.00		51.23	57.49	58.34	59.62	60.19	62.60
BEAUFORT	827.97		43.46	46.02	48.74	50.98	51.07	52.64
BERTIE	699.19		29.36	29.89	30.07	30.04	29.16	29.41
BLADEN	874.94		30.26	33.37	34.85	33.87	32.76	34.88
BRUNSWICK	854.79		28.34	39.66	41.85	52.46	59.65	72.18
BUNCOMBE	655.99		221.07	233.85	245.27	254.70	265.79	294.59
BURKE	506.73		119.13	134.98	143.08	146.90	149.47	164.47
CABARRUS	364.39		204.81	219.54	235.72	253.04	271.51	307.05
CALDWELL	471.60		120.23	133.59	143.65	148.30	149.93	157.05
CAMDEN	240.68		22.66	24.10	24.22	23.26	24.53	26.35
CARTERET	519.84		60.79	71.95	79.05	92.98	100.81	110.41
CASWELL	424.67		44.87	48.04	48.76	50.88	48.65	51.31
CATAWBA	399.97		227.20	247.77	263.04	280.19	296.05	322.08
CHATHAM	682.85		43.28	45.54	48.93	52.47	57.08	64.33
CHEROKEE	455.19		35.88	38.89	41.59	43.22	44.31	49.18
CHOWAN	172.64		62.35	66.03	72.74	75.64	78.23	81.43
CLAY	214.70		24.13	27.01	30.83	32.64	33.33	36.87
CLEVELAND	464.63		156.16	172.83	179.57	181.16	182.85	195.59
COLUMBUS	936.80		50.10	53.27	54.48	54.10	52.93	55.97
CRAVEN	708.43		88.30	98.10	100.28	112.12	115.48	122.10
CUMBERLAND	652.72		324.86	358.20	378.66	400.83	420.88	458.63
CURRITUCK	261.70		26.66	38.21	42.37	47.93	52.49	61.30
DARE	383.58		18.24	25.55	34.87	44.37	59.30	67.92
DAVIDSON	552.15		173.19	188.17	204.95	217.44	229.45	249.91
DAVIE	265.19		71.10	82.21	92.76	99.39	105.05	114.26
DUPLIN	817.73		46.49	49.04	50.08	49.58	48.91	54.97
DURHAM	290.32		457.02	491.88	524.38	564.77	626.36	693.05
EDGECOMBE	505.03		103.64	106.93	110.86	114.26	112.26	114.04
FORSYTH	409.60		525.20	560.07	594.99	627.40	649.07	698.48
FRANKLIN	492.02		54.51	58.33	61.08	66.48	74.01	85.68
GASTON	356.22		416.64	440.46	456.38	482.11	490.63	511.44
GATES	340.61		25.03	25.54	26.06	26.76	27.32	29.50
GRAHAM	292.07		22.47	22.94	24.71	24.89	24.64	26.15
GRANVILLE	531.12		61.69	63.26	64.10	67.73	72.19	78.21
GREENE	265.40		56.39	56.14	60.73	60.11	57.97	64.33
GUILFORD	649.42		444.46	465.03	488.36	507.48	534.98	591.53
HALIFAX	725.36		74.93	75.96	75.93	75.96	76.54	80.98
HARNETT	595.01		83.47	93.61	100.12	106.80	114.00	132.99
HAYWOOD	553.66		75.33	80.37	83.98	85.51	84.80	91.75
HENDERSON	374.00		114.54	135.03	156.73	174.02	186.49	212.75
HERTFORD	353.26		69.18	65.39	66.15	66.13	63.17	65.63
HOKE	391.22		42.01	48.82	52.10	55.25	58.42	72.39
HYDE	612.80		9.09	9.30	9.58	9.52	8.83	8.60
IREDELL	575.57		125.44	136.21	143.40	151.33	161.94	182.17
JACKSON	490.71		44.00	49.52	52.60	54.41	54.69	61.56
	Land_Area		........................................Persons/Square_Mile......................................
County	(Square Miles)		April 1970	July 1975	April 1980	July 1985	April 1990	July 1995
JOHNSTON	791.86		77.97	84.36	89.16	95.80	102.68	124.09
JONES	471.88		20.72	20.77	20.57	19.88	19.84	21.01
LEE	257.26		118.43	130.61	142.73	154.36	160.81	178.13
LENOIR	399.85		138.06	146.30	149.60	147.18	143.24	149.34
LINCOLN	298.79		109.38	126.84	141.81	152.64	168.41	189.53
MCDOWELL	441.68		69.39	75.17	79.55	81.10	80.78	85.87
MACON	516.47		30.57	35.05	39.07	44.06	45.51	51.63
MADISON	449.42		35.61	36.71	37.44	37.91	37.72	40.18
MARTIN	461.18		53.62	54.86	56.26	56.07	54.38	55.80
MECKLENBURG	526.28		673.90	717.12	768.17	852.84	971.38	1132.09
MITCHELL	221.43		60.73	63.68	65.16	65.03	65.18	69.03
MONTGOMERY	491.60		39.19	41.90	45.71	47.14	47.52	50.57
MOORE	697.74		55.96	64.06	72.38	77.34	84.56	96.99
NASH	540.27		109.43	118.83	124.30	131.59	141.92	153.92
NEW HANOVER	198.93		417.20	495.64	520.13	562.97	604.64	727.88
NORTHAMPTON	536.48		43.06	42.31	41.37	40.86	39.15	40.04
ONSLOW	766.82		134.49	146.97	147.08	173.64	195.40	193.88
ORANGE	399.84		143.98	173.32	192.72	209.04	234.25	265.71
PAMLICO	336.94		28.10	28.19	30.86	32.77	33.74	35.69
PASQUOTANK	226.88		118.23	121.21	125.45	129.99	137.95	147.68
PENDER	870.67		20.84	23.20	25.57	28.02	33.14	40.70
PERQUIMANS	247.17		33.79	36.82	38.38	40.24	42.27	43.79
PERSON	392.31		66.05	69.84	74.34	75.12	76.93	83.71
PITT	651.58		113.42	125.85	138.35	150.38	166.49	183.29
POLK	237.85		49.34	52.97	54.59	58.95	60.79	68.91
RANDOLPH	787.36		96.98	107.19	115.96	123.93	135.32	148.65
RICHMOND	473.98		84.16	88.19	95.28	95.18	93.91	96.70
ROBESON	948.84		89.42	100.65	107.09	110.09	110.84	120.36
ROCKINGHAM	566.44		127.82	140.88	147.28	150.06	151.94	157.68
ROWAN	511.31		176.09	183.45	193.98	204.19	216.32	235.49
RUTHERFORD	564.12		83.91	90.41	95.35	99.53	100.96	106.73
SAMPSON	945.45		47.55	50.77	52.55	51.25	50.03	56.10
SCOTLAND	319.14		84.38	94.31	101.12	103.45	105.79	110.19
STANLY	395.06		108.39	115.68	122.81	127.02	131.03	137.51
STOKES	451.84		52.63	64.85	73.23	78.30	82.38	92.16
SURRY	536.52		95.83	104.56	110.81	112.80	115.01	123.48
SWAIN	528.10		16.73	18.75	19.47	20.54	21.34	22.31
TRANSYLVANIA	378.39		52.10	57.35	61.89	65.93	67.44	72.72
TYRRELL	389.91		9.76	10.00	10.19	10.31	9.89	9.79
UNION	637.37		85.84	98.84	110.51	120.36	132.12	157.58
VANCE	253.52		128.95	134.11	144.95	149.90	153.41	158.36
WAKE	831.92		275.27	321.66	362.33	433.20	512.44	636.20
WARREN	428.70		35.78	38.26	37.86	39.09	40.27	43.44
WASHINGTON	348.46		40.29	43.33	42.47	40.99	40.17	40.87
WATAUGA	312.51		74.89	95.36	101.33	112.22	118.24	130.59
WAYNE	552.57		154.57	167.40	175.64	183.03	189.42	200.70
WILKES	757.19		65.41	73.30	77.47	79.05	78.44	82.53
WILSON	371.09		154.91	161.96	170.13	173.47	178.02	188.05
YADKIN	335.55		73.31	81.06	84.75	87.47	90.86	100.78
YANCEY	312.45		40.42	45.13	47.80	49.11	49.35	52.81

	Land_Area		........................................Persons/Square_Mile......................................
NORTH	(Square Miles)		April 1970	July 1975	April 1980	July 1985	April 1990	July 1995
CAROLINA	48,710.88		104.38	113.70	120.71	128.41	136.16	150.73

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