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
#301	Tract 540.19	Wake, NC	3,307/sq mi
#302	Tract 536.08	Wake, NC	3,300/sq mi
#303	Tract 20.02	Cumberland, NC	3,299/sq mi
#304	Tract 524.07	Wake, NC	3,288/sq mi
#305	Tract 32.01	Mecklenburg, NC	3,279/sq mi
#306	Tract 532.04	Wake, NC	3,276/sq mi
#307	Tract 503	Rowan, NC	3,275/sq mi
#308	Tract 532.03	Wake, NC	3,273/sq mi
#309	Tract 56.10	Mecklenburg, NC	3,273/sq mi
#310	Tract 58.27	Mecklenburg, NC	3,271/sq mi
#311	Tract 9608	Craven, NC	3,267/sq mi
#312	Tract 57.23	Mecklenburg, NC	3,262/sq mi
#313	Tract 540.07	Wake, NC	3,254/sq mi
#314	Tract 9607	Vance, NC	3,247/sq mi
#315	Tract 541.21	Wake, NC	3,243/sq mi
#316	Tract 110	New Hanover, NC	3,239/sq mi
#317	Tract 102	Guilford, NC	3,239/sq mi
#318	Tract 39.03	Forsyth, NC	3,237/sq mi
#319	Tract 210	Alamance, NC	3,231/sq mi
#320	Tract 534.23	Wake, NC	3,231/sq mi
#321	Tract 119.06	New Hanover, NC	3,230/sq mi
#322	Tract 1	Buncombe, NC	3,227/sq mi
#323	Tract 22.02	Onslow, NC	3,220/sq mi
#324	Tract 165.03	Guilford, NC	3,217/sq mi
#325	Tract 534.09	Wake, NC	3,216/sq mi
#326	Tract 536.18	Wake, NC	3,204/sq mi
#327	Tract 115.01	New Hanover, NC	3,201/sq mi
#328	Tract 61.13	Mecklenburg, NC	3,185/sq mi
#329	Tract 17.11	Durham, NC	3,185/sq mi
#330	Tract 5	Forsyth, NC	3,182/sq mi
#331	Tract 4.01	Wilson, NC	3,168/sq mi
#332	Tract 107	New Hanover, NC	3,163/sq mi
#333	Tract 27.05	Forsyth, NC	3,160/sq mi
#334	Tract 34.03	Cumberland, NC	3,159/sq mi
#335	Tract 535.07	Wake, NC	3,157/sq mi
#336	Tract 15.01	Durham, NC	3,153/sq mi
#337	Tract 535.23	Wake, NC	3,134/sq mi
#338	Tract 202	Alamance, NC	3,132/sq mi
#339	Tract 17.10	Durham, NC	3,130/sq mi
#340	Tract 55.31	Mecklenburg, NC	3,130/sq mi
#341	Tract 6.01	Wilson, NC	3,130/sq mi
#342	Tract 1	Wilson, NC	3,129/sq mi
#343	Tract 58.55	Mecklenburg, NC	3,126/sq mi
#344	Tract 7	Durham, NC	3,122/sq mi
#345	Tract 104	New Hanover, NC	3,118/sq mi
#346	Tract 208.02	Alamance, NC	3,106/sq mi
#347	Tract 541.19	Wake, NC	3,106/sq mi
#348	Tract 542.13	Wake, NC	3,098/sq mi
#349	Tract 3.02	Forsyth, NC	3,092/sq mi
#350	Tract 505	Wake, NC	3,091/sq mi
#351	Tract 30.15	Mecklenburg, NC	3,088/sq mi
#352	Tract 523.06	Wake, NC	3,086/sq mi
#353	Tract 319.02	Gaston, NC	3,081/sq mi
#354	Tract 520.01	Wake, NC	3,069/sq mi
#355	Tract 37.02	Mecklenburg, NC	3,064/sq mi
#356	Tract 121.01	Orange, NC	3,064/sq mi
#357	Tract 519	Wake, NC	3,064/sq mi
#358	Tract 9	Forsyth, NC	3,061/sq mi
#359	Tract 23.01	Cumberland, NC	3,058/sq mi
#360	Tract 125.03	Guilford, NC	3,054/sq mi
#361	Tract 12	Mecklenburg, NC	3,054/sq mi
#362	Tract 119.05	Guilford, NC	3,053/sq mi
#363	Tract 55.13	Mecklenburg, NC	3,051/sq mi
#364	Tract 536.16	Wake, NC	3,049/sq mi
#365	Tract 19.02	Cumberland, NC	3,035/sq mi
#366	Tract 19.16	Mecklenburg, NC	3,029/sq mi
#367	Tract 6	Buncombe, NC	3,025/sq mi
#368	Tract 541.18	Wake, NC	3,024/sq mi
#369	Tract 30.08	Mecklenburg, NC	3,020/sq mi
#370	Tract 58.28	Mecklenburg, NC	3,019/sq mi
#371	Tract 62.09	Mecklenburg, NC	3,014/sq mi
#372	Tract 27.01	Forsyth, NC	3,012/sq mi
#373	Tract 521.01	Wake, NC	3,012/sq mi
#374	Tract 55.15	Mecklenburg, NC	3,011/sq mi
#375	Tract 33.13	Cumberland, NC	3,010/sq mi
#376	Tract 20.25	Durham, NC	3,007/sq mi
#377	Tract 525.04	Wake, NC	2,996/sq mi
#378	Tract 509	Wake, NC	2,992/sq mi
#379	Tract 104.04	Catawba, NC	2,989/sq mi
#380	Tract 20.23	Durham, NC	2,988/sq mi
#381	Tract 530.11	Wake, NC	2,983/sq mi
#382	Tract 32.09	Cumberland, NC	2,980/sq mi
#383	Tract 16.04	Cumberland, NC	2,977/sq mi
#384	Tract 165.06	Guilford, NC	2,969/sq mi
#385	Tract 126.10	Guilford, NC	2,967/sq mi
#386	Tract 13	Forsyth, NC	2,959/sq mi
#387	Tract 59.22	Mecklenburg, NC	2,959/sq mi
#388	Tract 64.08	Mecklenburg, NC	2,957/sq mi
#389	Tract 56.27	Mecklenburg, NC	2,953/sq mi
#390	Tract 62.08	Mecklenburg, NC	2,946/sq mi
#391	Tract 58.54	Mecklenburg, NC	2,943/sq mi
#392	Tract 9612	Robeson, NC	2,935/sq mi
#393	Tract 20.02	Forsyth, NC	2,935/sq mi
#394	Tract 35.01	Cumberland, NC	2,933/sq mi
#395	Tract 528.16	Wake, NC	2,932/sq mi
#396	Tract 63.08	Mecklenburg, NC	2,930/sq mi
#397	Tract 58.33	Mecklenburg, NC	2,929/sq mi
#398	Tract 19.01	Forsyth, NC	2,925/sq mi
#399	Tract 542.18	Wake, NC	2,918/sq mi
#400	Tract 30.17	Mecklenburg, NC	2,916/sq mi