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Mecklenburg County, NC Demographics

Mecklenburg County, NC is the 2nd most populous of 100 counties in North Carolina, with 1,115,482 residents across 524 square miles. That is about 2,130 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 1,115,482
Land area 524 sq mi
Density 2,130 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Mecklenburg County compares to the US

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Central Location: Mecklenburg County, NC

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

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Census tracts in Mecklenburg County, NC

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 56.04 8,512 2.2 3,875
Census Tract 56.27 7,602 3.0 2,510
Census Tract 59.26 7,166 6.4 1,119
Census Tract 64.04 7,065 9.2 771
Census Tract 55.10 6,875 3.0 2,305
Census Tract 15.08 6,762 2.2 3,095
Census Tract 59.13 6,679 2.8 2,365
Census Tract 15.04 6,620 1.4 4,872
Census Tract 55.19 6,605 2.3 2,822
Census Tract 64.03 6,588 3.7 1,781
Census Tract 62.11 6,457 2.2 2,927
Census Tract 27.02 6,123 1.3 4,643
Census Tract 17.02 6,094 1.4 4,278
Census Tract 58.45 5,926 1.8 3,213
Census Tract 55.36 5,887 4.5 1,301
Census Tract 30.13 5,841 2.4 2,478
Census Tract 57.14 5,816 10.6 551
Census Tract 19.11 5,812 1.2 4,787
Census Tract 63.07 5,792 5.5 1,050
Census Tract 56.12 5,780 1.6 3,646
Census Tract 56.25 5,752 1.7 3,400
Census Tract 30.08 5,742 2.0 2,918
Census Tract 55.31 5,678 2.4 2,411
Census Tract 61.10 5,619 3.1 1,804
Census Tract 38.08 5,562 0.7 8,315
Census Tract 59.10 5,524 1.6 3,456
Census Tract 12 5,404 1.6 3,334
Census Tract 58.64 5,400 1.1 4,767
Census Tract 58.48 5,333 2.2 2,449
Census Tract 54.03 5,333 2.4 2,252
Census Tract 54.04 5,315 2.1 2,565
Census Tract 55.12 5,246 1.7 3,099
Census Tract 58.55 5,222 1.5 3,595
Census Tract 59.24 5,197 3.1 1,672
Census Tract 20.04 5,189 1.8 2,891
Census Tract 43.02 5,118 1.2 4,133
Census Tract 30.16 5,117 1.2 4,406
Census Tract 59.27 5,109 1.1 4,548
Census Tract 58.47 5,101 2.5 2,040
Census Tract 60.12 5,100 2.6 1,993
Census Tract 56.21 5,038 5.1 982
Census Tract 19.10 5,007 1.0 4,929
Census Tract 59.23 4,997 1.2 4,250
Census Tract 55.34 4,990 1.1 4,368
Census Tract 58.58 4,962 1.9 2,669
Census Tract 58.33 4,941 1.9 2,603
Census Tract 59.22 4,903 1.4 3,483
Census Tract 57.16 4,892 0.9 5,296
Census Tract 19.20 4,883 1.0 4,661
Census Tract 62.09 4,870 1.7 2,879
Census Tract 59.18 4,852 2.0 2,484
Census Tract 39.02 4,850 2.3 2,125
Census Tract 61.09 4,833 2.2 2,201
Census Tract 55.20 4,829 2.2 2,191
Census Tract 61.08 4,808 2.4 2,028
Census Tract 55.22 4,793 0.9 5,508
Census Tract 62.10 4,744 3.2 1,500
Census Tract 56.19 4,713 2.2 2,132
Census Tract 29.03 4,711 1.6 2,870
Census Tract 30.15 4,691 1.8 2,605
Census Tract 56.23 4,654 1.0 4,745
Census Tract 30.20 4,648 2.4 1,908
Census Tract 19.16 4,641 1.4 3,335
Census Tract 58.24 4,618 5.7 808
Census Tract 19.22 4,594 1.5 3,152
Census Tract 55.13 4,581 1.3 3,566
Census Tract 38.07 4,569 1.5 3,012
Census Tract 40 4,546 3.9 1,168
Census Tract 53.05 4,528 0.9 5,175
Census Tract 57.10 4,523 1.1 4,088
Census Tract 61.03 4,517 4.1 1,095
Census Tract 44 4,500 3.0 1,508
Census Tract 30.06 4,490 1.2 3,899
Census Tract 19.19 4,467 0.8 5,314
Census Tract 61.11 4,461 4.4 1,005
Census Tract 31.02 4,455 1.5 3,012
Census Tract 58.11 4,433 1.5 2,900
Census Tract 30.12 4,419 1.7 2,592
Census Tract 58.51 4,378 1.8 2,482
Census Tract 57.13 4,376 5.3 833
Census Tract 60.14 4,374 2.2 2,001
Census Tract 61.14 4,374 1.3 3,348
Census Tract 63.11 4,373 5.0 874
Census Tract 15.07 4,372 0.8 5,261
Census Tract 58.17 4,363 1.7 2,631
Census Tract 55.25 4,350 0.9 4,693
Census Tract 55.17 4,347 1.1 3,914
Census Tract 15.05 4,325 2.0 2,138
Census Tract 58.16 4,303 2.0 2,120
Census Tract 58.67 4,281 1.0 4,229
Census Tract 62.14 4,263 2.1 1,994
Census Tract 58.34 4,260 2.2 1,972
Census Tract 55.28 4,253 1.1 3,800
Census Tract 63.08 4,247 1.3 3,193
Census Tract 55.11 4,242 0.8 5,648
Census Tract 56.09 4,240 1.2 3,402
Census Tract 53.07 4,222 0.4 9,617
Census Tract 58.66 4,190 3.2 1,297
Census Tract 19.25 4,180 0.9 4,819
Census Tract 58.60 4,157 1.0 4,085

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