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Gaston County, NC Demographics

Gaston County, NC is the 9th most populous of 100 counties in North Carolina, with 227,930 residents across 356 square miles. That is about 641 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 227,930
Land area 356 sq mi
Density 641 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Gaston County compares to the US

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Central Location: Gaston County, NC

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

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Census tracts in Gaston County, NC

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 309.02 5,069 3.2 1,563
Census Tract 327.04 4,838 1.4 3,394
Census Tract 325.05 4,541 1.0 4,473
Census Tract 313.01 4,497 4.4 1,019
Census Tract 308.02 4,270 6.3 673
Census Tract 304.01 4,131 14.4 288
Census Tract 325.07 4,031 2.3 1,716
Census Tract 326 3,959 2.2 1,826
Census Tract 302.05 3,827 7.7 496
Census Tract 325.06 3,814 1.5 2,536
Census Tract 333.12 3,800 2.4 1,585
Census Tract 329 3,759 1.1 3,456
Census Tract 328.02 3,721 1.7 2,199
Census Tract 317.04 3,681 8.4 440
Census Tract 332.04 3,666 2.3 1,621
Census Tract 333.03 3,602 2.2 1,660
Census Tract 316 3,591 8.8 409
Census Tract 315 3,459 4.7 733
Census Tract 318 3,351 2.3 1,430
Census Tract 324.05 3,342 4.1 822
Census Tract 323.01 3,309 2.6 1,284
Census Tract 310.04 3,296 2.3 1,464
Census Tract 307 3,215 6.1 526
Census Tract 324.04 3,183 1.4 2,279
Census Tract 331 3,162 2.1 1,480
Census Tract 301.05 3,148 2.0 1,612
Census Tract 323.02 3,127 2.2 1,442
Census Tract 320 3,099 1.6 1,882
Census Tract 325.08 3,028 3.2 948
Census Tract 313.04 2,996 2.4 1,255
Census Tract 317.03 2,990 5.3 560
Census Tract 324.03 2,961 2.4 1,212
Census Tract 321 2,862 1.7 1,648
Census Tract 311.01 2,808 3.3 839
Census Tract 314.01 2,743 1.9 1,478
Census Tract 306.01 2,737 7.8 352
Census Tract 304.04 2,732 6.3 433
Census Tract 310.01 2,712 5.3 514
Census Tract 310.05 2,688 2.8 970
Census Tract 335.02 2,674 4.8 563
Census Tract 334 2,673 6.0 447
Census Tract 303.02 2,587 9.8 265
Census Tract 325.10 2,550 5.2 493
Census Tract 309.01 2,534 1.8 1,438
Census Tract 305.01 2,524 14.6 172
Census Tract 332.03 2,521 1.0 2,468
Census Tract 335.01 2,495 3.9 636
Census Tract 306.02 2,469 7.5 329
Census Tract 312.02 2,467 2.2 1,138
Census Tract 324.06 2,464 4.6 537
Census Tract 328.01 2,439 0.9 2,624
Census Tract 322.01 2,436 1.9 1,252
Census Tract 302.06 2,380 3.7 636
Census Tract 319.02 2,365 0.8 3,044
Census Tract 314.02 2,364 1.6 1,443
Census Tract 332.02 2,351 3.0 786
Census Tract 303.01 2,337 12.9 182
Census Tract 301.04 2,307 7.2 320
Census Tract 333.13 2,297 1.5 1,558
Census Tract 327.02 2,212 1.2 1,913
Census Tract 311.02 2,207 1.3 1,650
Census Tract 305.03 2,192 9.7 227
Census Tract 317.05 2,108 11.9 177
Census Tract 325.09 2,043 2.2 933
Census Tract 327.03 2,020 1.0 2,029
Census Tract 304.03 2,002 7.0 285
Census Tract 333.10 1,940 2.5 769
Census Tract 333.09 1,933 3.1 633
Census Tract 312.03 1,893 0.9 2,133
Census Tract 322.02 1,858 0.9 2,118
Census Tract 310.06 1,824 2.2 825
Census Tract 313.03 1,727 2.1 808
Census Tract 302.09 1,706 5.8 295
Census Tract 301.03 1,688 7.8 217
Census Tract 305.04 1,682 10.6 158
Census Tract 312.04 1,596 0.9 1,710
Census Tract 317.06 1,545 9.6 161
Census Tract 333.06 1,541 6.5 238
Census Tract 308.01 1,495 6.5 231
Census Tract 333.08 1,311 5.3 250
Census Tract 301.06 1,306 3.3 399
Census Tract 302.07 1,149 5.7 200
Census Tract 333.11 789 3.8 205
Census Tract 302.08 599 3.5 170
Census Tract 319.01 585 0.5 1,070

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