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Wake County, NC Demographics

Wake County, NC is the most populous of 100 counties in North Carolina, with 1,129,552 residents across 835 square miles. That is about 1,353 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 1,129,552
Land area 835 sq mi
Density 1,353 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Wake County compares to the US

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Central Location: Wake County, NC

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

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Census tracts in Wake County, NC

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 534.11 14,610 7.6 1,934
Census Tract 534.28 13,307 18.0 741
Census Tract 532.08 12,130 17.5 694
Census Tract 532.03 10,600 2.9 3,628
Census Tract 536.17 10,385 2.6 4,008
Census Tract 531.09 10,138 13.1 776
Census Tract 541.15 9,855 5.4 1,812
Census Tract 530.09 9,254 11.3 818
Census Tract 541.21 8,953 3.1 2,855
Census Tract 521.01 8,750 2.9 2,993
Census Tract 542.18 8,672 3.3 2,609
Census Tract 528.11 8,517 4.4 1,937
Census Tract 535.22 8,495 2.4 3,549
Census Tract 528.10 8,391 2.5 3,374
Census Tract 541.06 8,332 5.6 1,477
Census Tract 544.02 8,201 15.7 523
Census Tract 532.11 8,124 5.4 1,506
Census Tract 542.22 8,084 3.8 2,144
Census Tract 540.23 7,951 2.2 3,535
Census Tract 541.08 7,771 8.2 945
Census Tract 536.08 7,746 2.4 3,231
Census Tract 541.14 7,613 4.9 1,569
Census Tract 542.21 7,537 10.5 720
Census Tract 534.26 7,522 7.7 972
Census Tract 525.04 7,187 2.3 3,166
Census Tract 531.14 7,140 6.9 1,029
Census Tract 535.12 7,112 3.5 2,025
Census Tract 541.19 7,087 2.6 2,770
Census Tract 527.07 6,958 2.3 2,973
Census Tract 544.04 6,927 11.2 616
Census Tract 531.11 6,905 6.3 1,096
Census Tract 536.11 6,852 1.4 4,876
Census Tract 527.04 6,809 1.1 6,035
Census Tract 534.09 6,807 2.2 3,122
Census Tract 536.20 6,758 2.5 2,668
Census Tract 528.07 6,737 16.3 413
Census Tract 534.10 6,673 1.8 3,775
Census Tract 541.16 6,623 3.2 2,038
Census Tract 542.20 6,573 5.3 1,241
Census Tract 542.06 6,566 3.4 1,916
Census Tract 531.12 6,549 5.3 1,237
Census Tract 540.08 6,474 0.9 7,499
Census Tract 531.10 6,424 11.2 572
Census Tract 537.24 6,316 2.3 2,790
Census Tract 524.01 6,315 5.1 1,235
Census Tract 541.17 6,300 1.2 5,121
Census Tract 524.11 6,285 1.1 5,925
Census Tract 540.22 6,181 1.9 3,335
Census Tract 542.12 6,171 2.0 3,130
Census Tract 528.01 6,140 2.7 2,248
Census Tract 530.03 6,105 2.4 2,545
Census Tract 539.02 6,091 31.0 196
Census Tract 532.05 6,082 3.2 1,912
Census Tract 540.16 6,058 2.3 2,579
Census Tract 527.01 6,052 2.6 2,299
Census Tract 528.02 5,972 3.0 1,990
Census Tract 521.02 5,966 1.7 3,571
Census Tract 514 5,962 1.1 5,331
Census Tract 535.06 5,943 2.3 2,597
Census Tract 534.21 5,922 2.7 2,208
Census Tract 535.20 5,857 1.3 4,383
Census Tract 528.16 5,842 2.2 2,674
Census Tract 529.02 5,824 9.1 642
Census Tract 535.23 5,779 2.1 2,764
Census Tract 545.01 5,763 1.4 4,086
Census Tract 532.06 5,759 5.6 1,031
Census Tract 542.16 5,706 4.8 1,188
Census Tract 534.27 5,698 2.9 1,934
Census Tract 537.25 5,663 1.6 3,487
Census Tract 541.18 5,662 1.7 3,247
Census Tract 543.04 5,628 15.0 375
Census Tract 531.13 5,592 3.8 1,463
Census Tract 538.08 5,581 7.8 716
Census Tract 534.31 5,562 4.5 1,233
Census Tract 527.05 5,558 1.8 3,132
Census Tract 540.01 5,511 1.3 4,112
Census Tract 536.16 5,488 1.6 3,511
Census Tract 531.05 5,462 3.0 1,798
Census Tract 534.05 5,376 3.1 1,756
Census Tract 532.10 5,363 4.9 1,093
Census Tract 537.11 5,339 2.0 2,637
Census Tract 537.14 5,297 1.4 3,854
Census Tract 540.04 5,286 1.0 5,248
Census Tract 526.02 5,219 1.3 3,983
Census Tract 540.19 5,208 1.5 3,488
Census Tract 537.27 5,204 2.2 2,393
Census Tract 535.09 5,201 2.5 2,041
Census Tract 501 5,199 0.8 6,279
Census Tract 518 5,147 1.5 3,524
Census Tract 529.06 5,131 6.0 849
Census Tract 520.02 5,085 1.5 3,405
Census Tract 528.14 5,061 4.1 1,222
Census Tract 525.05 5,050 1.3 3,819
Census Tract 536.15 5,038 1.9 2,646
Census Tract 532.04 4,982 1.5 3,387
Census Tract 542.15 4,978 7.8 640
Census Tract 537.22 4,958 1.2 4,105
Census Tract 516 4,958 1.5 3,250
Census Tract 542.04 4,957 2.6 1,884
Census Tract 534.34 4,931 1.1 4,618

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