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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 2 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37119

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

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Population
1,233,383
+117,200 (+10.5%) since 2020
Land area
523.6
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
2,356
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Charlotte
Seat of county government.
Established
1762
263 years ago
Largest city
Charlotte city
Population 964,784.

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 Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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 663 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 Mecklenburg 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
Population1,233,3832nd of 10037th of 3,144
Land area523.6 sq mi38th of 1001,995th of 3,144
Population density2,356 per sq mi1st of 10059th of 3,144
Median household income$87,0059th of 100370th of 3,143

Full data for Mecklenburg County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,233,383Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,116,183Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,115,554Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area523.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area546.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,356 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$87,005American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$406,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households466,527American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units503,071American 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
+8,224
15,402 births, 7,178 deaths
Net migration
+18,278
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 7 areas bordering Mecklenburg 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
Gaston CountyNorth Carolina28 mi246,558
Cabarrus CountyNorth Carolina27 mi249,725
Union CountyNorth Carolina22 mi267,674
York CountySouth Carolina20 mi306,887
Iredell CountyNorth Carolina9.9 mi211,798
Lincoln CountyNorth Carolina6.8 mi98,654
Lancaster CountySouth Carolina6.4 mi114,296

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.