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Gates County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 96 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37073

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

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Population
10,234
-216 (-2.1%) since 2020
Land area
340.6
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
30.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gatesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1779
246 years ago
Largest city
Gatesville town
Population 260.

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 Gates 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 Gates 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 543 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 Gates 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
Population10,23496th of 1002,391st of 3,144
Land area340.6 sq mi76th of 1002,708th of 3,144
Population density30.0 per sq mi94th of 1001,926th of 3,144
Median household income$66,33333rd of 1001,488th of 3,143

Full data for Gates County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,234Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,450Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,476Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area340.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area345.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,333American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$170,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,192American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,827American 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
-92
79 births, 171 deaths
Net migration
+38
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 Gates 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
Hertford CountyNorth Carolina30 mi19,015
Suffolk cityVirginia21 mi104,699
Chowan CountyNorth Carolina13 mi14,082
Pasquotank CountyNorth Carolina9.5 mi42,201
Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina6.3 mi13,490
Camden CountyNorth Carolina3.9 mi11,315
Southampton CountyVirginia0.6 mi18,110

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.