List of municipalities in North Carolina

This is a list of the 552 incorporated municipalities (cities, towns, and villages) in the U.S. state of North Carolina. While municipalities may use the name village, town, or city, there is no legal distinction between the names, though in general villages are the smallest and cities are the largest, with many exceptions.

Table of contents: Largest - - See also

Largest municipalities

 †  County seat
 ††  State capital and county seat

Map of USA & North Carolina

Charlotte, Largest City in North Carolina

Raleigh, Capital of North Carolina

Greensboro

Durham

Winston-Salem

High Point

Wilmington

Greenville

Asheville

Largest municipalities in North Carolina according to the 2010 census. Also shown is the 2015 Census estimate.

Rank	Name	Population (2015)	Population (2010)	Change	Type	County
1	Charlotte †	827,097	731,424	7001130803747210920♠+13.08%	City	Mecklenburg
2	Raleigh ††	451,066	403,892	7001116798550107450♠+11.68%	City	Wake (seat), Durham
3	Greensboro †	285,342	269,666	7000581311696691460♠+5.81%	City	Guilford
4	Durham †	257,636	228,330	7001128349318968160♠+12.83%	City	Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
5	Winston-Salem †	241,218	229,618	7000505186875593380♠+5.05%	City	Forsyth
6	Fayetteville †	201,963	200,564	6999697532957061100♠+0.70%	City	Cumberland
7	Cary	159,769	135,234	7001181426268541930♠+18.14%	Town	Wake, Chatham
8	Wilmington †	115,933	106,476	7000888181374206390♠+8.88%	City	New Hanover
9	High Point	110,268	104,371	7000565003688764120♠+5.65%	City	Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
10	Greenville †	90,957	84,554	7000757267545000830♠+7.57%	City	Pitt
11	Asheville †	88,512	85,712	7000326675378010080♠+3.27%	City	Buncombe
12	Concord †	87,696	79,066	7001109149318291050♠+10.91%	City	Cabarrus
13	Gastonia †	74,543	71,741	7000390571639648180♠+3.91%	City	Gaston
14	Jacksonville †	67,357	70,145	2999602537600684300♠−3.97%	City	Onslow
15	Chapel Hill	59,568	57,233	7000407981409326790♠+4.08%	Town	Orange, Durham
16	Rocky Mount	55,806	57,477	2999709275014353570♠−2.91%	City	Edgecombe, Nash
17	Huntersville	52,704	46,773	7001126803925341540♠+12.68%	Town	Mecklenburg
18	Burlington	52,472	49,963	7000502171606989170♠+5.02%	City	Alamance
19	Wilson †	49,643	49,167	6999968129029633700♠+0.97%	City	Wilson
20	Kannapolis	46,144	42,625	7000825571847507330♠+8.26%	City	Cabarrus, Rowan
21	Apex	45,585	37,476	7001216378482228630♠+21.64%	Town	Wake
22	Hickory	40,374	40,010	6999909772556860780♠+0.91%	City	Catawba, Burke, Caldwell
23	Wake Forest	38,199	30,117	7001268353421655540♠+26.84%	Town	Wake
24	Indian Trail	37,037	33,518	7001104988364460890♠+10.50%	Town	Union
25	Mooresville	36,009	32,711	7001100822353336800♠+10.08%	Town	Iredell
26	Goldsboro †	35,826	36,437	2999832313307901310♠−1.68%	City	Wayne
27	Monroe †	34,623	32,797	7000556758240082940♠+5.57%	City	Union
28	Salisbury †	34,017	33,622	7000117482600678129♠+1.17%	City	Rowan
29	Holly Springs	31,377	24,661	7001272332833218440♠+27.23%	Town	Wake
30	Matthews	30,678	27,198	7001127950584601810♠+12.80%	Town	Mecklenburg
31	New Bern †	30,070	29,524	7000184934290746510♠+1.85%	City	Craven
32	Sanford †	29,144	28,094	7000373745283690470♠+3.74%	City	Lee
33	Cornelius	28,092	24,866	7001129735381645619♠+12.97%	Town	Mecklenburg
34	Garner	28,053	25,745	7000896484754321230♠+8.96%	Town	Wake
35	Thomasville	27,061	26,757	7000113615128751350♠+1.14%	City	Davidson, Randolph
36	Statesville †	26,221	24,532	7000688488504810040♠+6.88%	City	Iredell
37	Asheboro †	26,103	25,012	7000436190628498320♠+4.36%	City	Randolph
38	Mint Hill	25,627	22,722	7001127849661121379♠+12.78%	Town	Mecklenburg, Union
39	Fuquay-Varina	23,907	17,937	7001332831577186820♠+33.28%	Town	Wake
40	Morrisville	23,820	18,576	7001282299741602070♠+28.23%	Town	Wake, Durham
41	Kernersville	23,811	23,123	7000297539246637550♠+2.98%	Town	Forsyth, Guilford
42	Lumberton †	21,667	21,542	6999580261814130530♠+0.58%	City	Robeson
43	Kinston †	21,337	21,677	2999843151727637590♠−1.57%	City	Lenoir
44	Carrboro	21,156	19,582	7000803799407619239♠+8.04%	Town	Orange
45	Havelock	20,364	20,735	2999821075476247889♠−1.79%	City	Craven
46	Shelby †	20,189	20,323	3000340648526300250♠−0.66%	City	Cleveland
47	Clemmons	19,844	18,627	7000653352660117030♠+6.53%	Village	Forsyth
48	Lexington †	19,326	18,931	7000208652474776820♠+2.09%	City	Davidson
49	Clayton	19,304	16,116	7001197815835194839♠+19.78%	City	Johnston, Wake
50	Boone †	18,156	17,122	7000603901413386290♠+6.04%	City	Watauga

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See also

• North Carolina
• List of counties in North Carolina
• List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina