County Maps US

Wilson County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 36 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37195

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

Download SVGFull North Carolina map downloads

Population
81,150
+1,334 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
367.6
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
221
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wilson
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Wilson city
Population 49,572.

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 Wilson 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 Wilson 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 559 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 Wilson 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
Population81,15036th of 100722nd of 3,144
Land area367.6 sq mi71st of 1002,637th of 3,144
Population density221 per sq mi26th of 100535th of 3,144
Median household income$56,42369th of 1002,382nd of 3,143

Full data for Wilson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population81,150Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202079,816Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?79,268Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area367.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area373.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?221 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,423American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$186,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,068American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,053American 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
-41
926 births, 967 deaths
Net migration
+303
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 6 areas bordering Wilson 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
Nash CountyNorth Carolina24 mi99,365
Edgecombe CountyNorth Carolina17 mi49,121
Johnston CountyNorth Carolina15 mi256,448
Wayne CountyNorth Carolina14 mi122,278
Greene CountyNorth Carolina8.7 mi20,700
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina2.5 mi182,936

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

Open the interactive North Carolina county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.