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Greene County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 79 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37079

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

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Population
20,700
+259 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
266.7
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
77.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Snow Hill
Seat of county government.
Established
1791
234 years ago
Largest city
Snow Hill town
Population 1,588.

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 Greene 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 Greene 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 758 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 Greene 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
Population20,70079th of 1001,792nd of 3,144
Land area266.7 sq mi85th of 1002,869th of 3,144
Population density77.6 per sq mi67th of 1001,105th of 3,144
Median household income$53,24476th of 1002,581st of 3,143

Full data for Greene County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,700Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,441Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,455Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area266.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.47 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area267.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?77.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,244American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$117,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,912American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,939American 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
208 births, 242 deaths
Net migration
+32
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 4 areas bordering Greene 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
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina29 mi182,936
Lenoir CountyNorth Carolina26 mi55,837
Wayne CountyNorth Carolina16 mi122,278
Wilson CountyNorth Carolina8.7 mi81,150

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.