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Anson County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 77 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37007

Within North Carolina
Anson County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Wadesboro, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
21,758
-475 (-2.1%) since 2020
Land area
531.5
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
40.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wadesboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1750
275 years ago
Largest city
Wadesboro town
Population 5,035.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Anson County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Anson County, North Carolina from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 769 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Anson County ranks

Position among the 100 counties of North Carolina, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North CarolinaNationally
Population21,75877th of 1001,732nd of 3,144
Land area531.5 sq mi36th of 1001,969th of 3,144
Population density40.9 per sq mi89th of 1001,655th of 3,144
Median household income$47,30290th of 1002,888th of 3,143

Full data for Anson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,758Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,233Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,058Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area531.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area537.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,302American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$148,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,548American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,954American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-51
276 births, 327 deaths
Net migration
+287
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Anson County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Richmond CountyNorth Carolina38 mi42,041
Union CountyNorth Carolina26 mi267,674
Chesterfield CountySouth Carolina22 mi44,740
Stanly CountyNorth Carolina22 mi68,830
Montgomery CountyNorth Carolinaa single point26,403
Marlboro CountySouth Carolinaa single point25,488

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 100 counties of North Carolina

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.