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
#401	Tract 19.14	Mecklenburg, NC	2,914/sq mi
#402	Tract 25.03	Cumberland, NC	2,905/sq mi
#403	Tract 104.02	Catawba, NC	2,900/sq mi
#404	Tract 58.49	Mecklenburg, NC	2,900/sq mi
#405	Tract 127.07	Guilford, NC	2,900/sq mi
#406	Tract 64.11	Mecklenburg, NC	2,899/sq mi
#407	Tract 203.20	Union, NC	2,894/sq mi
#408	Tract 520	Rowan, NC	2,894/sq mi
#409	Tract 127.05	Guilford, NC	2,889/sq mi
#410	Tract 537.15	Wake, NC	2,886/sq mi
#411	Tract 113	New Hanover, NC	2,881/sq mi
#412	Tract 203.14	Union, NC	2,878/sq mi
#413	Tract 526.03	Wake, NC	2,877/sq mi
#414	Tract 328.01	Gaston, NC	2,876/sq mi
#415	Tract 58.11	Mecklenburg, NC	2,874/sq mi
#416	Tract 116.05	New Hanover, NC	2,872/sq mi
#417	Tract 2	Durham, NC	2,870/sq mi
#418	Tract 203.17	Union, NC	2,870/sq mi
#419	Tract 542.19	Wake, NC	2,868/sq mi
#420	Tract 126.20	Guilford, NC	2,867/sq mi
#421	Tract 116.11	New Hanover, NC	2,866/sq mi
#422	Tract 1.01	Durham, NC	2,865/sq mi
#423	Tract 106.01	Guilford, NC	2,862/sq mi
#424	Tract 325.06	Gaston, NC	2,862/sq mi
#425	Tract 537.18	Wake, NC	2,862/sq mi
#426	Tract 25.01	Cumberland, NC	2,848/sq mi
#427	Tract 56.24	Mecklenburg, NC	2,847/sq mi
#428	Tract 119.02	Orange, NC	2,845/sq mi
#429	Tract 2	Buncombe, NC	2,841/sq mi
#430	Tract 29.03	Mecklenburg, NC	2,839/sq mi
#431	Tract 536.13	Wake, NC	2,835/sq mi
#432	Tract 424.02	Cabarrus, NC	2,831/sq mi
#433	Tract 15.05	Mecklenburg, NC	2,827/sq mi
#434	Tract 157.07	Guilford, NC	2,818/sq mi
#435	Tract 31.05	Mecklenburg, NC	2,815/sq mi
#436	Tract 540.22	Wake, NC	2,815/sq mi
#437	Tract 540.17	Wake, NC	2,809/sq mi
#438	Tract 38.11	Mecklenburg, NC	2,797/sq mi
#439	Tract 55.29	Mecklenburg, NC	2,796/sq mi
#440	Tract 45	Mecklenburg, NC	2,795/sq mi
#441	Tract 105.03	New Hanover, NC	2,793/sq mi
#442	Tract 7.02	Pitt, NC	2,793/sq mi
#443	Tract 60.13	Mecklenburg, NC	2,791/sq mi
#444	Tract 126.18	Guilford, NC	2,789/sq mi
#445	Tract 56.09	Mecklenburg, NC	2,781/sq mi
#446	Tract 6	Cumberland, NC	2,781/sq mi
#447	Tract 540.16	Wake, NC	2,780/sq mi
#448	Tract 54.03	Mecklenburg, NC	2,780/sq mi
#449	Tract 536.03	Wake, NC	2,778/sq mi
#450	Tract 61.14	Mecklenburg, NC	2,770/sq mi
#451	Tract 126.12	Guilford, NC	2,770/sq mi
#452	Tract 525.08	Wake, NC	2,759/sq mi
#453	Tract 537.27	Wake, NC	2,758/sq mi
#454	Tract 540.15	Wake, NC	2,755/sq mi
#455	Tract 534.15	Wake, NC	2,748/sq mi
#456	Tract 157.03	Guilford, NC	2,745/sq mi
#457	Tract 541.16	Wake, NC	2,744/sq mi
#458	Tract 120.09	New Hanover, NC	2,738/sq mi
#459	Tract 217.02	Alamance, NC	2,735/sq mi
#460	Tract 527.05	Wake, NC	2,735/sq mi
#461	Tract 121.10	New Hanover, NC	2,734/sq mi
#462	Tract 542.23	Wake, NC	2,731/sq mi
#463	Tract 9606	Craven, NC	2,730/sq mi
#464	Tract 31.02	Mecklenburg, NC	2,728/sq mi
#465	Tract 62.11	Mecklenburg, NC	2,725/sq mi
#466	Tract 15.08	Mecklenburg, NC	2,724/sq mi
#467	Tract 423	Cabarrus, NC	2,721/sq mi
#468	Tract 421.01	Cabarrus, NC	2,717/sq mi
#469	Tract 142	Guilford, NC	2,716/sq mi
#470	Tract 33.17	Cumberland, NC	2,714/sq mi
#471	Tract 125.11	Guilford, NC	2,712/sq mi
#472	Tract 160.07	Guilford, NC	2,710/sq mi
#473	Tract 107.05	Orange, NC	2,709/sq mi
#474	Tract 57.09	Mecklenburg, NC	2,703/sq mi
#475	Tract 59.32	Mecklenburg, NC	2,699/sq mi
#476	Tract 408	Cabarrus, NC	2,699/sq mi
#477	Tract 14.01	Wayne, NC	2,698/sq mi
#478	Tract 138	Guilford, NC	2,698/sq mi
#479	Tract 17.09	Durham, NC	2,695/sq mi
#480	Tract 21	Forsyth, NC	2,692/sq mi
#481	Tract 58.30	Mecklenburg, NC	2,687/sq mi
#482	Tract 526.01	Wake, NC	2,680/sq mi
#483	Tract 332.03	Gaston, NC	2,679/sq mi
#484	Tract 515.01	Wake, NC	2,678/sq mi
#485	Tract 58.43	Mecklenburg, NC	2,676/sq mi
#486	Tract 58.17	Mecklenburg, NC	2,672/sq mi
#487	Tract 16.01	Buncombe, NC	2,670/sq mi
#488	Tract 32.03	Cumberland, NC	2,669/sq mi
#489	Tract 58.39	Mecklenburg, NC	2,669/sq mi
#490	Tract 119.03	Orange, NC	2,660/sq mi
#491	Tract 55.19	Mecklenburg, NC	2,660/sq mi
#492	Tract 8.01	Wilson, NC	2,656/sq mi
#493	Tract 106.01	Nash, NC	2,652/sq mi
#494	Tract 327.04	Gaston, NC	2,647/sq mi
#495	Tract 524.04	Wake, NC	2,645/sq mi
#496	Tract 535.06	Wake, NC	2,642/sq mi
#497	Tract 58.32	Mecklenburg, NC	2,641/sq mi
#498	Tract 121.03	Orange, NC	2,640/sq mi
#499	Tract 18.11	Durham, NC	2,637/sq mi
#500	Tract 19.21	Mecklenburg, NC	2,634/sq mi