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
#201	Tract 120.07	New Hanover, NC	3,889/sq mi
#202	Tract 39.05	Forsyth, NC	3,889/sq mi
#203	Tract 55.11	Mecklenburg, NC	3,888/sq mi
#204	Tract 10.02	Durham, NC	3,888/sq mi
#205	Tract 64.10	Mecklenburg, NC	3,887/sq mi
#206	Tract 58.36	Mecklenburg, NC	3,886/sq mi
#207	Tract 18.10	Durham, NC	3,872/sq mi
#208	Tract 27.04	Forsyth, NC	3,859/sq mi
#209	Tract 13	Mecklenburg, NC	3,851/sq mi
#210	Tract 165.05	Guilford, NC	3,837/sq mi
#211	Tract 535.19	Wake, NC	3,831/sq mi
#212	Tract 59.18	Mecklenburg, NC	3,829/sq mi
#213	Tract 15	Onslow, NC	3,825/sq mi
#214	Tract 55.32	Mecklenburg, NC	3,823/sq mi
#215	Tract 3	Buncombe, NC	3,810/sq mi
#216	Tract 58.45	Mecklenburg, NC	3,804/sq mi
#217	Tract 144.11	Guilford, NC	3,803/sq mi
#218	Tract 537.26	Wake, NC	3,794/sq mi
#219	Tract 525.05	Wake, NC	3,777/sq mi
#220	Tract 7.01	Pitt, NC	3,765/sq mi
#221	Tract 32.04	Mecklenburg, NC	3,762/sq mi
#222	Tract 36	Mecklenburg, NC	3,758/sq mi
#223	Tract 136.02	Guilford, NC	3,757/sq mi
#224	Tract 43.02	Mecklenburg, NC	3,756/sq mi
#225	Tract 58.52	Mecklenburg, NC	3,754/sq mi
#226	Tract 534.08	Wake, NC	3,753/sq mi
#227	Tract 3	Wilson, NC	3,739/sq mi
#228	Tract 109	Guilford, NC	3,737/sq mi
#229	Tract 55.27	Mecklenburg, NC	3,733/sq mi
#230	Tract 7	Forsyth, NC	3,732/sq mi
#231	Tract 25	Mecklenburg, NC	3,731/sq mi
#232	Tract 4	Forsyth, NC	3,731/sq mi
#233	Tract 535.18	Wake, NC	3,729/sq mi
#234	Tract 55.17	Mecklenburg, NC	3,727/sq mi
#235	Tract 540.06	Wake, NC	3,719/sq mi
#236	Tract 2.02	Pitt, NC	3,713/sq mi
#237	Tract 536.12	Wake, NC	3,709/sq mi
#238	Tract 413.04	Cabarrus, NC	3,706/sq mi
#239	Tract 534.10	Wake, NC	3,697/sq mi
#240	Tract 13.01	Onslow, NC	3,688/sq mi
#241	Tract 10	Forsyth, NC	3,682/sq mi
#242	Tract 115.02	New Hanover, NC	3,678/sq mi
#243	Tract 22.01	Mecklenburg, NC	3,678/sq mi
#244	Tract 55.28	Mecklenburg, NC	3,675/sq mi
#245	Tract 20.24	Durham, NC	3,665/sq mi
#246	Tract 111.01	Guilford, NC	3,661/sq mi
#247	Tract 537.23	Wake, NC	3,650/sq mi
#248	Tract 537.16	Wake, NC	3,648/sq mi
#249	Tract 116.01	Guilford, NC	3,647/sq mi
#250	Tract 38.07	Mecklenburg, NC	3,641/sq mi
#251	Tract 22.02	Mecklenburg, NC	3,629/sq mi
#252	Tract 540.21	Wake, NC	3,627/sq mi
#253	Tract 545.01	Wake, NC	3,625/sq mi
#254	Tract 59.10	Mecklenburg, NC	3,607/sq mi
#255	Tract 14	Durham, NC	3,577/sq mi
#256	Tract 105.01	New Hanover, NC	3,570/sq mi
#257	Tract 520.02	Wake, NC	3,568/sq mi
#258	Tract 18.02	Mecklenburg, NC	3,566/sq mi
#259	Tract 114	Orange, NC	3,561/sq mi
#260	Tract 535.25	Wake, NC	3,561/sq mi
#261	Tract 537.29	Wake, NC	3,557/sq mi
#262	Tract 526.02	Wake, NC	3,556/sq mi
#263	Tract 56.25	Mecklenburg, NC	3,549/sq mi
#264	Tract 56.12	Mecklenburg, NC	3,538/sq mi
#265	Tract 535.17	Wake, NC	3,518/sq mi
#266	Tract 534.35	Wake, NC	3,514/sq mi
#267	Tract 30.18	Mecklenburg, NC	3,513/sq mi
#268	Tract 524.10	Wake, NC	3,501/sq mi
#269	Tract 11	Buncombe, NC	3,489/sq mi
#270	Tract 8.01	Forsyth, NC	3,483/sq mi
#271	Tract 534.22	Wake, NC	3,475/sq mi
#272	Tract 56.04	Mecklenburg, NC	3,472/sq mi
#273	Tract 10	Buncombe, NC	3,466/sq mi
#274	Tract 30.16	Mecklenburg, NC	3,463/sq mi
#275	Tract 43.07	Mecklenburg, NC	3,462/sq mi
#276	Tract 536.04	Wake, NC	3,451/sq mi
#277	Tract 535.16	Wake, NC	3,446/sq mi
#278	Tract 419.02	Cabarrus, NC	3,436/sq mi
#279	Tract 55.12	Mecklenburg, NC	3,435/sq mi
#280	Tract 28	Mecklenburg, NC	3,433/sq mi
#281	Tract 30.22	Mecklenburg, NC	3,427/sq mi
#282	Tract 542.24	Wake, NC	3,422/sq mi
#283	Tract 107.01	Guilford, NC	3,419/sq mi
#284	Tract 20.15	Durham, NC	3,393/sq mi
#285	Tract 5.03	Pitt, NC	3,390/sq mi
#286	Tract 528.10	Wake, NC	3,386/sq mi
#287	Tract 62.12	Mecklenburg, NC	3,381/sq mi
#288	Tract 58.67	Mecklenburg, NC	3,379/sq mi
#289	Tract 537.25	Wake, NC	3,378/sq mi
#290	Tract 525.07	Wake, NC	3,375/sq mi
#291	Tract 13.04	Durham, NC	3,373/sq mi
#292	Tract 30.21	Mecklenburg, NC	3,370/sq mi
#293	Tract 535.22	Wake, NC	3,368/sq mi
#294	Tract 56.23	Mecklenburg, NC	3,351/sq mi
#295	Tract 329	Gaston, NC	3,349/sq mi
#296	Tract 46	Mecklenburg, NC	3,344/sq mi
#297	Tract 536.20	Wake, NC	3,341/sq mi
#298	Tract 16.07	Mecklenburg, NC	3,341/sq mi
#299	Tract 516	Wake, NC	3,340/sq mi
#300	Tract 108	Guilford, NC	3,334/sq mi