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Craven County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 28 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37049

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

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Population
105,025
+3,511 (+3.5%) since 2020
Land area
706.5
square miles. A further 8.6% of the total area is water
Population density
149
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Bern
Seat of county government.
Established
1712
313 years ago
Largest city
New Bern city
Population 34,724.

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 Craven 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 Craven 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 734 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 Craven 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
Population105,02528th of 100599th of 3,144
Land area706.5 sq mi15th of 1001,306th of 3,144
Population density149 per sq mi41st of 100699th of 3,144
Median household income$65,87335th of 1001,555th of 3,143

Full data for Craven County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population105,025Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020101,514Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?100,726Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area706.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area66.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area773.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?149 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,873American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$231,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households42,871American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units48,533American 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
-10
1,261 births, 1,271 deaths
Net migration
+854
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 6 areas bordering Craven 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
Jones CountyNorth Carolina52 mi9,575
Pamlico CountyNorth Carolina43 mi12,758
Carteret CountyNorth Carolina34 mi70,469
Beaufort CountyNorth Carolina20 mi44,670
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina19 mi182,936
Lenoir CountyNorth Carolina15 mi55,837

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.