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Davidson County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 17 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37057

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

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Population
180,182
+11,153 (+6.6%) since 2020
Land area
553
square miles. A further 2.6% of the total area is water
Population density
326
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lexington
Seat of county government.
Established
1822
203 years ago
Largest city
Thomasville city
Population 27,207 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 Davidson 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 Davidson 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 578 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 Davidson 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
Population180,18217th of 100389th of 3,144
Land area553 sq mi31st of 1001,889th of 3,144
Population density326 per sq mi18th of 100407th of 3,144
Median household income$64,17241st of 1001,693rd of 3,143

Full data for Davidson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population180,182Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020169,029Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?168,910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area553 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area567.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?326 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,172American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$219,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households69,846American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units76,396American 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
-402
1,839 births, 2,241 deaths
Net migration
+2,623
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 7 areas bordering Davidson 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
Davie CountyNorth Carolina31 mi45,855
Randolph CountyNorth Carolina29 mi149,516
Rowan CountyNorth Carolina28 mi155,096
Forsyth CountyNorth Carolina23 mi401,718
Montgomery CountyNorth Carolina6.5 mi26,403
Guilford CountyNorth Carolina6.2 mi562,234
Stanly CountyNorth Carolina210 ft68,830

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.