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Iredell County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 14 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37097

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

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Population
211,798
+24,122 (+12.9%) since 2020
Land area
574.5
square miles. A further 3.8% of the total area is water
Population density
369
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Statesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1788
237 years ago
Largest city
Mooresville town
Population 55,842.

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 Iredell 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 Iredell 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 509 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 Iredell 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
Population211,79814th of 100340th of 3,144
Land area574.5 sq mi26th of 1001,735th of 3,144
Population density369 per sq mi15th of 100372nd of 3,144
Median household income$81,41913th of 100526th of 3,143

Full data for Iredell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population211,798Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020187,676Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?186,686Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area574.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area597.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?369 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,419American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$321,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households76,344American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units84,199American 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
+196
2,073 births, 1,877 deaths
Net migration
+5,533
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 9 areas bordering Iredell 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
Rowan CountyNorth Carolina25 mi155,096
Catawba CountyNorth Carolina24 mi170,172
Alexander CountyNorth Carolina21 mi36,958
Davie CountyNorth Carolina14 mi45,855
Yadkin CountyNorth Carolina11 mi38,325
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina9.9 mi1,233,383
Wilkes CountyNorth Carolina8.4 mi66,233
Lincoln CountyNorth Carolina6.6 mi98,654
Cabarrus CountyNorth Carolina2.6 mi249,725

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.