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Hoke County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 48 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37093

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

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Population
56,939
+4,709 (+9.0%) since 2020
Land area
390.2
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
146
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Raeford
Seat of county government.
Established
1911
114 years ago
Largest city
Raeford city
Population 4,703.

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 Hoke 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 Hoke 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 738 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 Hoke 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
Population56,93948th of 100935th of 3,144
Land area390.2 sq mi67th of 1002,573rd of 3,144
Population density146 per sq mi42nd of 100710th of 3,144
Median household income$64,91240th of 1001,640th of 3,143

Full data for Hoke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population56,939Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202052,230Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?52,074Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area390.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area391.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?146 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,912American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$219,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,258American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,921American 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
+387
829 births, 442 deaths
Net migration
+897
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 Hoke 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
Moore CountyNorth Carolina34 mi110,619
Scotland CountyNorth Carolina28 mi33,322
Robeson CountyNorth Carolina21 mi119,941
Cumberland CountyNorth Carolina18 mi338,473
Richmond CountyNorth Carolinaa single point42,041

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.