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Davie County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 56 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37059

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

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Population
45,855
+2,946 (+6.9%) since 2020
Land area
263.7
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
174
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mocksville
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Mocksville town
Population 6,282.

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 Davie 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 Davie 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 705 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 Davie 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
Population45,85556th of 1001,077th of 3,144
Land area263.7 sq mi86th of 1002,879th of 3,144
Population density174 per sq mi34th of 100617th of 3,144
Median household income$75,05718th of 100835th of 3,143

Full data for Davie County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,855Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202042,909Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?42,719Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area263.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area266.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?174 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,057American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$253,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,270American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,311American 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
-151
383 births, 534 deaths
Net migration
+524
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 Davie 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
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina31 mi180,182
Rowan CountyNorth Carolina25 mi155,096
Iredell CountyNorth Carolina14 mi211,798
Forsyth CountyNorth Carolina11 mi401,718
Yadkin CountyNorth Carolina11 mi38,325

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.