Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Densest census tracts in North Carolina

Residents per square mile, computed from the official tract land-area figure. Manhattan and central Brooklyn dominate the top of the list. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	density
#101	Tract 21	Mecklenburg, NC	4,943/sq mi
#102	Tract 38.09	Mecklenburg, NC	4,935/sq mi
#103	Tract 2.01	Pitt, NC	4,908/sq mi
#104	Tract 16.03	Mecklenburg, NC	4,907/sq mi
#105	Tract 15.04	Durham, NC	4,898/sq mi
#106	Tract 107.07	Orange, NC	4,896/sq mi
#107	Tract 43.06	Mecklenburg, NC	4,893/sq mi
#108	Tract 536.17	Wake, NC	4,892/sq mi
#109	Tract 14	Mecklenburg, NC	4,885/sq mi
#110	Tract 126.08	Guilford, NC	4,878/sq mi
#111	Tract 9	Mecklenburg, NC	4,867/sq mi
#112	Tract 514	Wake, NC	4,863/sq mi
#113	Tract 59.31	Mecklenburg, NC	4,860/sq mi
#114	Tract 33.10	Cumberland, NC	4,853/sq mi
#115	Tract 535.20	Wake, NC	4,829/sq mi
#116	Tract 19.18	Mecklenburg, NC	4,828/sq mi
#117	Tract 4	Pitt, NC	4,816/sq mi
#118	Tract 541.17	Wake, NC	4,811/sq mi
#119	Tract 20.32	Durham, NC	4,770/sq mi
#120	Tract 23	Mecklenburg, NC	4,770/sq mi
#121	Tract 102	New Hanover, NC	4,761/sq mi
#122	Tract 9	Durham, NC	4,760/sq mi
#123	Tract 32.08	Cumberland, NC	4,729/sq mi
#124	Tract 5	Durham, NC	4,728/sq mi
#125	Tract 1.01	Pitt, NC	4,718/sq mi
#126	Tract 58.53	Mecklenburg, NC	4,701/sq mi
#127	Tract 19.19	Mecklenburg, NC	4,684/sq mi
#128	Tract 58.60	Mecklenburg, NC	4,674/sq mi
#129	Tract 20.31	Durham, NC	4,664/sq mi
#130	Tract 33.02	Mecklenburg, NC	4,653/sq mi
#131	Tract 55.34	Mecklenburg, NC	4,650/sq mi
#132	Tract 5.04	Pitt, NC	4,641/sq mi
#133	Tract 16.08	Mecklenburg, NC	4,640/sq mi
#134	Tract 15.04	Mecklenburg, NC	4,631/sq mi
#135	Tract 33.18	Cumberland, NC	4,616/sq mi
#136	Tract 17.02	Mecklenburg, NC	4,610/sq mi
#137	Tract 27.01	Mecklenburg, NC	4,595/sq mi
#138	Tract 19.26	Mecklenburg, NC	4,591/sq mi
#139	Tract 58.57	Mecklenburg, NC	4,590/sq mi
#140	Tract 20.05	Mecklenburg, NC	4,587/sq mi
#141	Tract 110	Guilford, NC	4,581/sq mi
#142	Tract 521.02	Wake, NC	4,558/sq mi
#143	Tract 534.33	Wake, NC	4,541/sq mi
#144	Tract 3.01	Durham, NC	4,541/sq mi
#145	Tract 41.02	Mecklenburg, NC	4,507/sq mi
#146	Tract 507	Wake, NC	4,506/sq mi
#147	Tract 58.64	Mecklenburg, NC	4,458/sq mi
#148	Tract 508	Wake, NC	4,458/sq mi
#149	Tract 126.17	Guilford, NC	4,454/sq mi
#150	Tract 120.08	New Hanover, NC	4,430/sq mi
#151	Tract 58.63	Mecklenburg, NC	4,416/sq mi
#152	Tract 27.02	Mecklenburg, NC	4,342/sq mi
#153	Tract 29.07	Mecklenburg, NC	4,330/sq mi
#154	Tract 115	Guilford, NC	4,322/sq mi
#155	Tract 4	Buncombe, NC	4,322/sq mi
#156	Tract 11	Forsyth, NC	4,273/sq mi
#157	Tract 16.05	Mecklenburg, NC	4,259/sq mi
#158	Tract 15.10	Mecklenburg, NC	4,257/sq mi
#159	Tract 112	New Hanover, NC	4,254/sq mi
#160	Tract 413.07	Cabarrus, NC	4,252/sq mi
#161	Tract 534.34	Wake, NC	4,249/sq mi
#162	Tract 57.10	Mecklenburg, NC	4,245/sq mi
#163	Tract 58.61	Mecklenburg, NC	4,240/sq mi
#164	Tract 55.25	Mecklenburg, NC	4,224/sq mi
#165	Tract 58.62	Mecklenburg, NC	4,205/sq mi
#166	Tract 127.06	Guilford, NC	4,202/sq mi
#167	Tract 101	Guilford, NC	4,198/sq mi
#168	Tract 523.07	Wake, NC	4,196/sq mi
#169	Tract 35	Mecklenburg, NC	4,195/sq mi
#170	Tract 33.12	Cumberland, NC	4,184/sq mi
#171	Tract 325.05	Gaston, NC	4,170/sq mi
#172	Tract 29.10	Mecklenburg, NC	4,168/sq mi
#173	Tract 58.59	Mecklenburg, NC	4,165/sq mi
#174	Tract 20.26	Durham, NC	4,145/sq mi
#175	Tract 537.14	Wake, NC	4,140/sq mi
#176	Tract 540.23	Wake, NC	4,139/sq mi
#177	Tract 34.02	Mecklenburg, NC	4,122/sq mi
#178	Tract 19.23	Mecklenburg, NC	4,118/sq mi
#179	Tract 19.22	Mecklenburg, NC	4,110/sq mi
#180	Tract 59.21	Mecklenburg, NC	4,080/sq mi
#181	Tract 126.11	Guilford, NC	4,077/sq mi
#182	Tract 33.04	Cumberland, NC	4,061/sq mi
#183	Tract 10.01	Durham, NC	4,058/sq mi
#184	Tract 535.24	Wake, NC	4,057/sq mi
#185	Tract 537.22	Wake, NC	4,051/sq mi
#186	Tract 540.01	Wake, NC	4,032/sq mi
#187	Tract 55.35	Mecklenburg, NC	4,022/sq mi
#188	Tract 534.24	Wake, NC	4,008/sq mi
#189	Tract 30.06	Mecklenburg, NC	3,990/sq mi
#190	Tract 16.09	Mecklenburg, NC	3,981/sq mi
#191	Tract 139	Guilford, NC	3,975/sq mi
#192	Tract 542.12	Wake, NC	3,972/sq mi
#193	Tract 119.04	Guilford, NC	3,952/sq mi
#194	Tract 47	Mecklenburg, NC	3,949/sq mi
#195	Tract 55.16	Mecklenburg, NC	3,938/sq mi
#196	Tract 518	Wake, NC	3,931/sq mi
#197	Tract 534.25	Wake, NC	3,919/sq mi
#198	Tract 535.13	Wake, NC	3,918/sq mi
#199	Tract 125.04	Guilford, NC	3,917/sq mi
#200	Tract 3.03	Pitt, NC	3,909/sq mi