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Beaufort County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 59 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37013

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

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Population
44,670
-24 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
832.7
square miles. A further 13.5% of the total area is water
Population density
53.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Washington
Seat of county government.
Established
1705
320 years ago
Largest city
Washington city
Population 9,910.

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 Beaufort 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 Beaufort 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 800 by 717 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 Beaufort 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
Population44,67059th of 1001,103rd of 3,144
Land area832.7 sq mi8th of 1001,010th of 3,144
Population density53.6 per sq mi82nd of 1001,406th of 3,144
Median household income$58,35760th of 1002,234th of 3,143

Full data for Beaufort County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population44,670Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202044,694Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?44,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area832.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area130.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area962.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?53.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,357American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$192,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,385American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,526American 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
-214
440 births, 654 deaths
Net migration
+155
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 Beaufort 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
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina43 mi182,936
Hyde CountyNorth Carolina42 mi4,554
Pamlico CountyNorth Carolina30 mi12,758
Martin CountyNorth Carolina21 mi21,601
Craven CountyNorth Carolina20 mi105,025
Washington CountyNorth Carolina13 mi10,638

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.