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Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area Demographics

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area is the 98th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 588,786 residents across 1,759 square miles. That is about 335 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 588,786
Land area 1,759 sq mi
Density 335 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Durham County 324,691 287.5 1,129
Orange County, NC 148,713 397.6 374
Chatham County, NC 76,285 681.7 112
Person County, NC 39,097 392.3 100

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