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Granville County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 47 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37077

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

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Population
61,421
+1,243 (+2.1%) since 2020
Land area
532
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
115
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Oxford
Seat of county government.
Established
1746
279 years ago
Largest city
Oxford city
Population 8,985.

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 Granville 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 Granville 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 477 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 Granville 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
Population61,42147th of 100884th of 3,144
Land area532 sq mi35th of 1001,965th of 3,144
Population density115 per sq mi51st of 100825th of 3,144
Median household income$71,11123rd of 1001,121st of 3,143

Full data for Granville County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population61,421Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202060,178Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?61,000Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area532 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area537.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?115 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,111American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$247,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households22,474American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,787American 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
-34
591 births, 625 deaths
Net migration
-174
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Granville 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
Vance CountyNorth Carolina30 mi42,638
Person CountyNorth Carolina21 mi40,636
Mecklenburg CountyVirginia15 mi30,747
Durham CountyNorth Carolina15 mi347,240
Wake CountyNorth Carolina12 mi1,257,235
Franklin CountyNorth Carolina11 mi82,037
Halifax CountyVirginia3.5 mi33,447

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.