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Jones County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 97 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37103

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

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Population
9,575
+425 (+4.6%) since 2020
Land area
471.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
20.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Trenton
Seat of county government.
Established
1779
246 years ago
Largest city
Maysville town
Population 853.

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 Jones 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 Jones 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 676 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 Jones 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
Population9,57597th of 1002,439th of 3,144
Land area471.4 sq mi49th of 1002,187th of 3,144
Population density20.3 per sq mi98th of 1002,236th of 3,144
Median household income$59,64154th of 1002,110th of 3,143

Full data for Jones County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,575Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,150Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,175Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area471.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area473.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,641American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,125American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,698American 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
-39
109 births, 148 deaths
Net migration
+114
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 Jones 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
Craven CountyNorth Carolina52 mi105,025
Onslow CountyNorth Carolina49 mi217,175
Lenoir CountyNorth Carolina25 mi55,837
Carteret CountyNorth Carolina9.4 mi70,469
Duplin CountyNorth Carolina4.0 mi51,571

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.