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Buncombe County, NC Demographics

Buncombe County, NC is the 7th most populous of 100 counties in North Carolina, with 269,418 residents across 656 square miles. That is about 410 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 269,418
Land area 656 sq mi
Density 410 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Buncombe County compares to the US

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Central Location: Buncombe County, NC

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Buncombe County, NC

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 22.04 9,841 6.4 1,529
Census Tract 30.02 7,296 19.1 382
Census Tract 20 7,131 3.0 2,388
Census Tract 22.05 6,815 4.4 1,549
Census Tract 26.04 6,746 29.6 228
Census Tract 23.03 6,716 7.0 956
Census Tract 22.03 6,661 6.2 1,081
Census Tract 32.03 6,096 11.2 543
Census Tract 23.05 5,967 14.7 406
Census Tract 32.04 5,925 33.2 178
Census Tract 24.02 5,660 19.8 286
Census Tract 21.02 5,650 3.4 1,669
Census Tract 30.03 5,582 12.2 457
Census Tract 12 5,381 2.8 1,906
Census Tract 28.04 5,343 20.8 256
Census Tract 26.08 5,199 11.8 439
Census Tract 25.05 5,164 5.8 890
Census Tract 25.04 5,135 11.8 436
Census Tract 11 5,127 1.5 3,532
Census Tract 22.06 5,053 5.1 999
Census Tract 14.01 5,028 3.4 1,496
Census Tract 32.02 4,846 16.1 301
Census Tract 27.04 4,837 14.4 336
Census Tract 18.02 4,671 3.7 1,257
Census Tract 27.02 4,633 6.5 710
Census Tract 10 4,620 1.4 3,242
Census Tract 31.05 4,609 9.2 499
Census Tract 13 4,585 2.1 2,178
Census Tract 26.07 4,489 6.3 710
Census Tract 4 4,436 1.0 4,355
Census Tract 28.03 4,410 11.5 383
Census Tract 27.01 4,354 6.3 693
Census Tract 25.03 4,354 4.7 921
Census Tract 26.06 4,158 7.6 548
Census Tract 31.07 4,030 4.4 920
Census Tract 25.06 3,961 4.5 882
Census Tract 23.06 3,890 10.2 382
Census Tract 29 3,876 59.1 66
Census Tract 26.03 3,784 53.2 71
Census Tract 5 3,725 2.2 1,695
Census Tract 19 3,645 3.2 1,136
Census Tract 24.01 3,554 23.9 149
Census Tract 9 3,552 1.8 1,960
Census Tract 18.01 3,512 3.3 1,067
Census Tract 16.02 3,480 5.2 664
Census Tract 16.01 3,432 1.9 1,764
Census Tract 8 3,358 1.8 1,858
Census Tract 17 2,887 6.8 425
Census Tract 30.04 2,615 15.2 172
Census Tract 15 2,507 1.5 1,712
Census Tract 31.08 2,467 16.9 146
Census Tract 14.02 2,442 1.3 1,947
Census Tract 3 2,183 0.8 2,743
Census Tract 6 1,972 0.7 3,027
Census Tract 31.03 1,943 7.5 258
Census Tract 2 1,902 0.5 3,691
Census Tract 32.01 1,773 4.1 437
Census Tract 32.05 1,705 39.8 43
Census Tract 31.06 1,696 18.3 92
Census Tract 23.04 1,675 12.1 139
Census Tract 7 1,648 0.7 2,532
Census Tract 1 1,563 0.4 4,177
Census Tract 21.01 1,469 9.3 158
Census Tract 27.05 1,391 18.8 74
Census Tract 26.09 1,297 3.0 428

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