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Camden County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 94 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37029

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

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Population
11,315
+910 (+8.7%) since 2020
Land area
240.3
square miles. A further 22.5% of the total area is water
Population density
47.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Camden
Seat of county government.
Established
1777
248 years ago
Largest city
Elizabeth City city
Population 40 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Camden 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 Camden 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 631 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 Camden 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
Population11,31594th of 1002,329th of 3,144
Land area240.3 sq mi93rd of 1002,929th of 3,144
Population density47.1 per sq mi87th of 1001,532nd of 3,144
Median household income$91,0785th of 100281st of 3,143

Full data for Camden County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,315Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,405Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,357Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area240.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area69.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area310.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?47.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$91,078American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$337,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,011American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,301American 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
+1
96 births, 95 deaths
Net migration
+65
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 Camden 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
Pasquotank CountyNorth Carolina53 mi42,201
Currituck CountyNorth Carolina52 mi33,158
Chesapeake cityVirginia9.9 mi255,332
Tyrrell CountyNorth Carolina7.2 mi3,537
Gates CountyNorth Carolina3.9 mi10,234
Suffolk cityVirginia2.8 mi104,699

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.