2010 County Municipal Totals*
Municipal and Non-Municipal Land Area by Percent Municipal
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State Land Area for Reference
*Note: Municipal refers to active incorporated municipalities

County Total 2010 Square Miles Non-municipal Square Miles Municipal Square Miles Percent Municipal
North Carolina 48,617.905 44,636.357 3,981.548 8.19
Mecklenburg 523.842 121.260 402.582 76.85
Forsyth 408.148 214.312 193.836 47.49
Guilford 645.704 378.498 267.206 41.38
Durham 285.975 176.593 109.382 38.25
Wake 835.219 538.904 296.315 35.48
Cabarrus 361.749 250.159 111.590 30.85
Cumberland 652.315 458.673 193.642 29.69
New Hanover 191.534 135.339 56.195 29.34
Gaston 356.027 255.257 100.770 28.30
Union 631.520 455.594 175.926 27.86
Catawba 398.721 329.972 68.749 17.24
Brunswick 846.973 713.940 133.033 15.71
Cleveland 464.252 401.155 63.097 13.59
Nash 540.407 472.236 68.171 12.61
Henderson 373.068 326.372 46.696 12.52
Alamance 423.943 371.449 52.494 12.38
Stanly 395.086 349.625 45.461 11.51
Lee 254.959 226.884 28.075 11.01
Buncombe 656.672 586.851 69.821 10.63
Caldwell 471.566 422.094 49.472 10.49
Moore 697.843 629.807 68.036 9.75
Davidson 552.675 500.682 51.993 9.41
Iredell 573.833 520.833 53.000 9.24
Wilson 368.174 334.942 33.232 9.03
Rockingham 565.551 515.140 50.411 8.91
Rowan 511.374 466.711 44.663 8.73
Burke 507.099 464.274 42.825 8.45
Orange 397.958 364.811 33.147 8.33
Onslow 762.744 701.707 61.037 8.00
Carteret 506.251 465.830 40.421 7.98
Pitt 651.975 600.707 51.268 7.86
Craven 708.958 653.589 55.369 7.81
Dare 383.420 354.824 28.596 7.46
Randolph 782.517 726.064 56.453 7.21
Johnston 791.299 734.849 56.450 7.13
Rutherford 564.151 527.569 36.582 6.48
Wayne 553.087 517.337 35.750 6.46
Edgecombe 505.336 475.956 29.380 5.81
Pamlico 336.537 317.434 19.103 5.68
Lenoir 400.591 379.311 21.280 5.31
Granville 531.570 504.427 27.143 5.11
Pasquotank 226.880 215.339 11.541 5.09
Watauga 312.556 297.272 15.284 4.89
Scotland 318.845 303.299 15.546 4.88
Surry 532.166 510.035 22.131 4.16
Richmond 473.821 454.567 19.254 4.06
Avery 247.087 237.125 9.962 4.03
Hertford 353.060 339.122 13.938 3.95
Robeson 949.221 912.887 36.334 3.83
Davie 264.105 254.159 9.946 3.77
Vance 253.517 244.237 9.280 3.66
Harnett 594.987 575.665 19.322 3.25
Chowan 172.473 167.103 5.370 3.11
Columbus 937.293 908.920 28.373 3.03
Haywood 553.692 536.937 16.755 3.03
Polk 237.789 230.726 7.063 2.97
Lincoln 297.938 289.288 8.650 2.90
Pender 869.795 845.038 24.757 2.85
Anson 531.452 516.542 14.910 2.81
Montgomery 491.760 479.708 12.052 2.45
Yadkin 334.829 326.686 8.143 2.43
Halifax 724.086 706.509 17.577 2.43
Northampton 536.589 523.691 12.898 2.40
Mitchell 221.425 216.698 4.727 2.13
Perquimans 247.089 241.950 5.139 2.08
Martin 461.217 451.631 9.586 2.08
Duplin 816.219 799.669 16.550 2.03
Madison 449.570 440.686 8.884 1.98
Sampson 944.740 926.815 17.925 1.90
Macon 515.558 505.821 9.737 1.89
Stokes 448.857 440.564 8.293 1.85
Wilkes 754.278 740.595 13.683 1.81
Chatham 682.185 669.928 12.257 1.80
Person 392.322 385.871 6.451 1.64
Beaufort 827.192 814.054 13.138 1.59
Washington 348.135 342.681 5.454 1.57
McDowell 440.608 433.948 6.660 1.51
Transylvania 378.528 372.900 5.628 1.49
Franklin 491.682 484.531 7.151 1.45
Caswell 424.922 419.012 5.910 1.39
Bladen 874.328 862.448 11.880 1.36
Bertie 699.270 690.370 8.900 1.27
Jackson 490.755 485.063 5.692 1.16
Hoke 390.744 386.494 4.250 1.09
Ashe 426.135 421.658 4.477 1.05
Alleghany 235.059 232.661 2.398 1.02
Alexander 259.994 257.625 2.369 0.91
Cherokee 455.426 451.396 4.030 0.88
Greene 265.928 263.636 2.292 0.86
Warren 428.456 425.898 2.558 0.60
Yancey 312.597 311.021 1.576 0.50
Swain 527.996 525.812 2.184 0.41
Tyrrell 389.035 387.832 1.203 0.31
Jones 470.708 469.489 1.219 0.26
Graham 292.079 291.427 0.652 0.22
Clay 214.751 214.284 0.467 0.22
Gates 340.445 340.041 0.404 0.12
Camden 240.556 240.469 0.087 0.04
Currituck 261.852 261.852 0.000 0.00
Hyde 612.700 612.700 0.000 0.00

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Last updated 30SEP2011