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Cumberland County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 6 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37051

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

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Population
338,473
+1,473 (+0.4%) since 2020
Land area
652.6
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
519
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fayetteville
Seat of county government.
Established
1754
271 years ago
Largest city
Fayetteville city
Population 209,120.

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 696 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 Cumberland 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
Population338,4736th of 100221st of 3,144
Land area652.6 sq mi20th of 1001,442nd of 3,144
Population density519 per sq mi9th of 100275th of 3,144
Median household income$61,29148th of 1001,953rd of 3,143

Full data for Cumberland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population338,473Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020337,000Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?334,724Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area652.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area658.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?519 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,291American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$199,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households129,758American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units143,798American 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
+2,023
5,167 births, 3,144 deaths
Net migration
-800
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Cumberland 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
Sampson CountyNorth Carolina47 mi61,504
Harnett CountyNorth Carolina33 mi150,137
Bladen CountyNorth Carolina24 mi30,007
Hoke CountyNorth Carolina18 mi56,939
Robeson CountyNorth Carolina13 mi119,941
Moore CountyNorth Carolina1.4 mi110,619

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.