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Guilford County, NC Demographics

Guilford County, NC is the 3rd most populous of 100 counties in North Carolina, with 541,299 residents across 646 square miles. That is about 838 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 541,299
Land area 646 sq mi
Density 838 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Guilford County compares to the US

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Central Location: Guilford County, NC

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

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Census tracts in Guilford County, NC

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 172 9,369 40.0 234
Census Tract 128.03 9,306 12.7 736
Census Tract 158 8,668 22.9 379
Census Tract 168 7,802 13.1 597
Census Tract 154.02 7,760 13.9 558
Census Tract 160.08 7,620 4.7 1,619
Census Tract 155 7,211 9.9 732
Census Tract 107.02 6,928 0.6 10,950
Census Tract 162.01 6,753 18.6 363
Census Tract 157.03 6,590 2.3 2,819
Census Tract 165.02 6,553 8.7 753
Census Tract 152.02 6,477 6.4 1,012
Census Tract 157.07 6,473 1.9 3,391
Census Tract 157.04 6,347 4.3 1,487
Census Tract 126.12 6,304 1.8 3,550
Census Tract 156.02 6,245 21.7 287
Census Tract 157.06 6,193 4.9 1,255
Census Tract 159.01 6,175 22.7 272
Census Tract 144.07 6,129 3.3 1,878
Census Tract 106.02 6,114 0.7 8,352
Census Tract 167.01 6,046 11.2 538
Census Tract 160.11 5,733 5.1 1,133
Census Tract 151 5,594 39.2 143
Census Tract 171.01 5,582 10.2 547
Census Tract 114 5,547 1.0 5,445
Census Tract 153.01 5,506 19.1 289
Census Tract 127.03 5,505 1.9 2,940
Census Tract 165.03 5,480 2.1 2,672
Census Tract 144.11 5,480 1.4 3,944
Census Tract 163.06 5,452 2.4 2,311
Census Tract 164.10 5,450 3.3 1,648
Census Tract 154.01 5,446 12.9 422
Census Tract 156.01 5,439 18.9 287
Census Tract 152.01 5,363 21.6 249
Census Tract 161.03 5,299 1.1 4,794
Census Tract 119.04 5,263 1.4 3,794
Census Tract 165.05 5,239 1.3 4,057
Census Tract 110 5,224 1.2 4,528
Census Tract 162.03 5,221 9.3 561
Census Tract 160.07 5,059 1.8 2,781
Census Tract 125.11 5,059 1.9 2,607
Census Tract 160.03 4,902 9.8 498
Census Tract 165.06 4,845 1.7 2,845
Census Tract 119.05 4,781 1.7 2,889
Census Tract 126.04 4,778 1.8 2,600
Census Tract 169 4,697 26.7 176
Census Tract 145.02 4,692 3.4 1,384
Census Tract 161.01 4,684 2.7 1,752
Census Tract 170 4,675 47.7 98
Census Tract 136.01 4,668 0.6 7,921
Census Tract 102 4,659 1.3 3,522
Census Tract 162.05 4,650 2.1 2,191
Census Tract 153.02 4,621 8.2 564
Census Tract 159.02 4,615 11.7 394
Census Tract 162.04 4,557 6.6 695
Census Tract 164.07 4,496 2.5 1,781
Census Tract 139 4,425 1.1 3,927
Census Tract 125.05 4,410 1.9 2,345
Census Tract 125.03 4,361 1.4 3,079
Census Tract 128.04 4,299 2.1 2,067
Census Tract 164.06 4,228 3.0 1,430
Census Tract 160.06 4,211 2.3 1,799
Census Tract 111.01 4,194 1.1 3,889
Census Tract 127.05 4,168 1.5 2,713
Census Tract 137 4,123 1.7 2,435
Census Tract 136.02 4,111 1.2 3,486
Census Tract 142 4,043 1.6 2,495
Census Tract 138 3,977 1.4 2,860
Census Tract 144.10 3,974 1.7 2,323
Census Tract 126.21 3,914 1.8 2,202
Census Tract 160.09 3,888 2.9 1,354
Census Tract 115 3,866 0.8 5,043
Census Tract 126.11 3,855 1.2 3,204
Census Tract 126.20 3,806 1.1 3,449
Census Tract 161.02 3,788 1.3 2,969
Census Tract 167.02 3,754 15.3 245
Census Tract 163.04 3,688 2.3 1,581
Census Tract 127.04 3,654 1.0 3,809
Census Tract 125.04 3,645 0.9 4,085
Census Tract 163.05 3,484 1.7 2,040
Census Tract 126.18 3,479 1.5 2,323
Census Tract 126.17 3,475 0.8 4,113
Census Tract 126.19 3,446 1.6 2,207
Census Tract 145.03 3,435 1.8 1,886
Census Tract 125.08 3,411 1.7 2,006
Census Tract 127.06 3,399 1.0 3,530
Census Tract 163.03 3,380 2.1 1,578
Census Tract 112.01 3,378 0.5 6,924
Census Tract 125.10 3,262 1.5 2,205
Census Tract 126.10 3,219 1.0 3,126
Census Tract 140 3,197 1.4 2,343
Census Tract 116.02 3,140 1.2 2,584
Census Tract 144.09 3,038 1.4 2,160
Census Tract 157.05 2,966 1.6 1,877
Census Tract 113 2,956 1.6 1,867
Census Tract 108 2,946 1.0 3,070
Census Tract 143 2,943 1.8 1,593
Census Tract 106.01 2,857 0.9 3,125
Census Tract 144.12 2,823 1.7 1,690
Census Tract 112.02 2,818 0.5 5,246

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