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Bladen County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 72 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37017

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

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Population
30,007
+379 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
875
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
34.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elizabethtown
Seat of county government.
Established
1734
291 years ago
Largest city
Elizabethtown town
Population 3,306.

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 Bladen 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 Bladen 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 670 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 Bladen 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
Population30,00772nd of 1001,446th of 3,144
Land area875 sq mi4th of 100927th of 3,144
Population density34.3 per sq mi91st of 1001,810th of 3,144
Median household income$42,42297th of 1003,016th of 3,143

Full data for Bladen County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,007Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202029,628Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?29,613Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area875 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area12.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area887.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,422American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$135,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,824American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,286American 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
-60
389 births, 449 deaths
Net migration
+99
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 5 areas bordering Bladen 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
Sampson CountyNorth Carolina46 mi61,504
Columbus CountyNorth Carolina39 mi50,487
Robeson CountyNorth Carolina36 mi119,941
Cumberland CountyNorth Carolina24 mi338,473
Pender CountyNorth Carolina20 mi72,111

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.