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Cabarrus County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 10 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37025

Within North Carolina
Cabarrus County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Concord, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
249,725
+22,485 (+9.9%) since 2020
Land area
361.2
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
691
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Concord
Seat of county government.
Established
1792
233 years ago
Largest city
Concord city
Population 114,598 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Cabarrus County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Cabarrus County, North Carolina from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 658 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Cabarrus County ranks

Position among the 100 counties of North Carolina, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn North CarolinaNationally
Population249,72510th of 100296th of 3,144
Land area361.2 sq mi72nd of 1002,648th of 3,144
Population density691 per sq mi8th of 100216th of 3,144
Median household income$89,0057th of 100328th of 3,143

Full data for Cabarrus County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population249,725Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020227,240Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?225,821Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area361.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area363.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?691 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$89,005American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$354,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households84,246American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units93,691American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+869
2,705 births, 1,836 deaths
Net migration
+3,189
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Cabarrus County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina27 mi1,233,383
Stanly CountyNorth Carolina25 mi68,830
Rowan CountyNorth Carolina25 mi155,096
Union CountyNorth Carolina3.0 mi267,674
Iredell CountyNorth Carolina2.6 mi211,798

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 100 counties of North Carolina

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.