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Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area Demographics

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area is the 150th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 365,275 residents across 1,639 square miles. That is about 223 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 365,275
Land area 1,639 sq mi
Density 223 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Catawba County 160,605 401.4 400
Burke County, NC 87,574 506.2 173
Caldwell County, NC 80,652 471.9 171
Alexander County 36,444 260.0 140

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