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Pitt County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 16 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37147

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

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Population
182,936
+9,294 (+5.4%) since 2020
Land area
652.4
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
280
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Greenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1760
265 years ago
Largest city
Greenville city
Population 96,443.

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 Pitt 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 Pitt 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 794 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 Pitt 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
Population182,93616th of 100384th of 3,144
Land area652.4 sq mi21st of 1001,445th of 3,144
Population density280 per sq mi22nd of 100462nd of 3,144
Median household income$58,18861st of 1002,247th of 3,143

Full data for Pitt County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population182,936Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020173,642Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?171,817Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area652.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area655.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?280 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,188American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$208,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households74,533American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units82,638American 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
+356
2,019 births, 1,663 deaths
Net migration
+1,684
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 Pitt 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
Beaufort CountyNorth Carolina43 mi44,670
Greene CountyNorth Carolina29 mi20,700
Edgecombe CountyNorth Carolina23 mi49,121
Craven CountyNorth Carolina19 mi105,025
Martin CountyNorth Carolina14 mi21,601
Lenoir CountyNorth Carolina12 mi55,837
Wilson CountyNorth Carolina2.5 mi81,150

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.