Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Most populous census tracts in North Carolina

Where the most people live inside a single tract. The Census Bureau aims for 4,000 residents per tract but splits and merges aren't always synchronized with growth. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	population
#1	Tract 534.28	Wake, NC	16,415
#2	Tract 532.08	Wake, NC	16,027
#3	Tract 534.11	Wake, NC	15,850
#4	Tract 402.07	Johnston, NC	12,901
#5	Tract 536.17	Wake, NC	12,674
#6	Tract 410.01	Johnston, NC	12,271
#7	Tract 9506	Jackson, NC	12,118
#8	Tract 531.09	Wake, NC	11,742
#9	Tract 713.03	Harnett, NC	11,704
#10	Tract 605.01	Franklin, NC	11,491
#11	Tract 6	Onslow, NC	11,487
#12	Tract 544.02	Wake, NC	11,458
#13	Tract 4.01	Onslow, NC	11,345
#14	Tract 18.08	Durham, NC	10,863
#15	Tract 605.02	Franklin, NC	10,742
#16	Tract 528.11	Wake, NC	10,695
#17	Tract 714.02	Harnett, NC	10,601
#18	Tract 409.03	Johnston, NC	10,436
#19	Tract 405.01	Cabarrus, NC	10,391
#20	Tract 202.05	Brunswick, NC	10,318
#21	Tract 210.13	Union, NC	10,294
#22	Tract 203.04	Brunswick, NC	10,293
#23	Tract 30.02	Buncombe, NC	10,257
#24	Tract 541.21	Wake, NC	10,170
#25	Tract 20.20	Durham, NC	10,050
#26	Tract 530.09	Wake, NC	9,861
#27	Tract 9202.02	Pender, NC	9,777
#28	Tract 59.26	Mecklenburg, NC	9,722
#29	Tract 117.05	New Hanover, NC	9,711
#30	Tract 542.18	Wake, NC	9,699
#31	Tract 203.05	Union, NC	9,667
#32	Tract 541.06	Wake, NC	9,648
#33	Tract 532.03	Wake, NC	9,561
#34	Tract 128.03	Guilford, NC	9,375
#35	Tract 540.23	Wake, NC	9,308
#36	Tract 426.03	Cabarrus, NC	9,255
#37	Tract 22.04	Buncombe, NC	9,230
#38	Tract 18.01	Durham, NC	9,151
#39	Tract 20.26	Durham, NC	9,094
#40	Tract 13.04	Onslow, NC	9,069
#41	Tract 172	Guilford, NC	9,029
#42	Tract 531.14	Wake, NC	8,961
#43	Tract 541.15	Wake, NC	8,947
#44	Tract 56.27	Mecklenburg, NC	8,946
#45	Tract 541.08	Wake, NC	8,943
#46	Tract 216	Alamance, NC	8,929
#47	Tract 541.16	Wake, NC	8,919
#48	Tract 37.03	Forsyth, NC	8,900
#49	Tract 6.07	Pitt, NC	8,897
#50	Tract 521.01	Wake, NC	8,803
#51	Tract 9202.01	Pender, NC	8,799
#52	Tract 123	New Hanover, NC	8,653
#53	Tract 21	Durham, NC	8,652
#54	Tract 413.01	Cabarrus, NC	8,645
#55	Tract 201.05	Chatham, NC	8,630
#56	Tract 17.09	Durham, NC	8,612
#57	Tract 712.04	Harnett, NC	8,601
#58	Tract 16.04	Cumberland, NC	8,579
#59	Tract 534.26	Wake, NC	8,568
#60	Tract 9504	Cleveland, NC	8,539
#61	Tract 217.03	Alamance, NC	8,525
#62	Tract 25.04	Cumberland, NC	8,519
#63	Tract 158	Guilford, NC	8,502
#64	Tract 9205	Watauga, NC	8,477
#65	Tract 111.02	Catawba, NC	8,476
#66	Tract 542.21	Wake, NC	8,475
#67	Tract 536.20	Wake, NC	8,463
#68	Tract 9204	Watauga, NC	8,426
#69	Tract 514	Rowan, NC	8,425
#70	Tract 528.10	Wake, NC	8,421
#71	Tract 25.01	Cumberland, NC	8,403
#72	Tract 33.08	Forsyth, NC	8,387
#73	Tract 30.04	Cumberland, NC	8,340
#74	Tract 711.02	Lincoln, NC	8,320
#75	Tract 32.07	Cumberland, NC	8,300
#76	Tract 412.02	Cabarrus, NC	8,281
#77	Tract 415.05	Cabarrus, NC	8,280
#78	Tract 203.08	Union, NC	8,276
#79	Tract 212.05	Alamance, NC	8,271
#80	Tract 35	Forsyth, NC	8,234
#81	Tract 2.05	Onslow, NC	8,201
#82	Tract 40.07	Forsyth, NC	8,197
#83	Tract 413.07	Cabarrus, NC	8,146
#84	Tract 160.08	Guilford, NC	8,140
#85	Tract 168	Guilford, NC	8,132
#86	Tract 541.14	Wake, NC	8,114
#87	Tract 33.04	Cumberland, NC	8,082
#88	Tract 544.04	Wake, NC	8,076
#89	Tract 517	Rowan, NC	8,073
#90	Tract 155	Guilford, NC	8,072
#91	Tract 535.22	Wake, NC	8,064
#92	Tract 154.02	Guilford, NC	8,062
#93	Tract 711.01	Lincoln, NC	8,048
#94	Tract 413.04	Cabarrus, NC	8,030
#95	Tract 4.05	Onslow, NC	7,999
#96	Tract 37	Cumberland, NC	7,952
#97	Tract 541.19	Wake, NC	7,951
#98	Tract 24	Onslow, NC	7,950
#99	Tract 18.09	Durham, NC	7,936
#100	Tract 59.27	Mecklenburg, NC	7,930