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Northampton County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 86 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37131

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

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Population
16,491
-942 (-5.4%) since 2020
Land area
536.7
square miles. A further 2.5% of the total area is water
Population density
30.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jackson
Seat of county government.
Established
1741
284 years ago
Largest city
Gaston town
Population 959.

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 Northampton 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 Northampton 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 492 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 Northampton 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
Population16,49186th of 1002,007th of 3,144
Land area536.7 sq mi33rd of 1001,948th of 3,144
Population density30.7 per sq mi92nd of 1001,904th of 3,144
Median household income$50,08685th of 1002,766th of 3,143

Full data for Northampton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,491Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,433Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,470Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area536.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area550.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,086American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age52.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,857American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,641American 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
-169
148 births, 317 deaths
Net migration
+136
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 Northampton 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
Halifax CountyNorth Carolina57 mi46,534
Hertford CountyNorth Carolina36 mi19,015
Greensville CountyVirginia26 mi11,181
Bertie CountyNorth Carolina11 mi17,086
Southampton CountyVirginia7.4 mi18,110
Brunswick CountyVirginia7.4 mi15,727
Warren CountyNorth Carolina2.8 mi18,898

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.