# Counties in North Carolina by households, 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `households`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 466,527 |
| 2 | Wake County | 460,175 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 219,718 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 159,925 |
| 5 | Durham County | 141,847 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 129,758 |
| 7 | New Hanover County | 104,856 |
| 8 | Buncombe County | 101,855 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 93,576 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 85,591 |
| 11 | Cabarrus County | 84,246 |
| 12 | Union County | 84,237 |
| 13 | Iredell County | 76,344 |
| 14 | Onslow County | 75,265 |
| 15 | Pitt County | 74,533 |
| 16 | Alamance County | 70,062 |
| 17 | Davidson County | 69,846 |
| 18 | Brunswick County | 69,124 |
| 19 | Catawba County | 66,227 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 58,899 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 57,721 |
| 22 | Orange County | 57,342 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 51,067 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 49,845 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 47,507 |
| 26 | Moore County | 44,013 |
| 27 | Robeson County | 43,134 |
| 28 | Craven County | 42,871 |
| 29 | Rockingham County | 39,606 |
| 30 | Cleveland County | 38,850 |
| 31 | Nash County | 38,797 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 36,811 |
| 33 | Burke County | 36,306 |
| 34 | Wilson County | 33,068 |
| 35 | Chatham County | 33,004 |
| 36 | Caldwell County | 32,919 |
| 37 | Carteret County | 31,977 |
| 38 | Surry County | 29,869 |
| 39 | Franklin County | 28,529 |
| 40 | Haywood County | 27,123 |
| 41 | Wilkes County | 27,107 |
| 42 | Rutherford County | 26,642 |
| 43 | Pender County | 25,291 |
| 44 | Stanly County | 25,240 |
| 45 | Lee County | 25,145 |
| 46 | Lenoir County | 23,351 |
| 47 | Granville County | 22,474 |
| 48 | Sampson County | 21,607 |
| 49 | Watauga County | 21,198 |
| 50 | Duplin County | 20,787 |
| 51 | Halifax County | 20,383 |
| 52 | Columbus County | 20,048 |
| 53 | Edgecombe County | 19,652 |
| 54 | Stokes County | 19,546 |
| 55 | Beaufort County | 19,385 |
| 56 | Hoke County | 19,258 |
| 57 | McDowell County | 18,638 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 18,430 |
| 59 | Macon County | 18,406 |
| 60 | Davie County | 17,270 |
| 61 | Richmond County | 17,026 |
| 62 | Dare County | 16,836 |
| 63 | Vance County | 16,147 |
| 64 | Person County | 16,063 |
| 65 | Pasquotank County | 15,785 |
| 66 | Yadkin County | 15,009 |
| 67 | Transylvania County | 14,584 |
| 68 | Alexander County | 14,126 |
| 69 | Cherokee County | 13,241 |
| 70 | Scotland County | 12,580 |
| 71 | Ashe County | 12,201 |
| 72 | Currituck County | 11,845 |
| 73 | Bladen County | 11,824 |
| 74 | Montgomery County | 10,643 |
| 75 | Martin County | 9,502 |
| 76 | Polk County | 8,976 |
| 77 | Caswell County | 8,830 |
| 78 | Anson County | 8,548 |
| 79 | Madison County | 8,342 |
| 80 | Hertford County | 8,285 |
| 81 | Warren County | 8,147 |
| 82 | Yancey County | 8,130 |
| 83 | Northampton County | 7,857 |
| 84 | Bertie County | 7,143 |
| 85 | Greene County | 6,912 |
| 86 | Avery County | 6,791 |
| 87 | Mitchell County | 6,587 |
| 88 | Chowan County | 6,134 |
| 89 | Swain County | 6,013 |
| 90 | Perquimans County | 5,614 |
| 91 | Pamlico County | 5,456 |
| 92 | Alleghany County | 5,177 |
| 93 | Clay County | 5,081 |
| 94 | Washington County | 4,744 |
| 95 | Gates County | 4,192 |
| 96 | Jones County | 4,125 |
| 97 | Camden County | 4,011 |
| 98 | Graham County | 3,524 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 1,939 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 1,547 |