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Durham County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 5 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37063

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

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Population
347,240
+24,775 (+7.7%) since 2020
Land area
287.6
square miles. A further 3.5% of the total area is water
Population density
1,208
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Durham
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Durham city
Population 305,116 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 Durham 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 Durham 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 572 by 800 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 Durham 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
Population347,2405th of 100217th of 3,144
Land area287.6 sq mi84th of 1002,827th of 3,144
Population density1,208 per sq mi4th of 100133rd of 3,144
Median household income$82,31612th of 100498th of 3,143

Full data for Durham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population347,240Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020322,465Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?324,859Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area287.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area297.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,208 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$82,316American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$389,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households141,847American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units153,022American 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
+1,869
4,200 births, 2,331 deaths
Net migration
+3,063
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 Durham 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
Orange CountyNorth Carolina26 mi152,498
Wake CountyNorth Carolina26 mi1,257,235
Granville CountyNorth Carolina15 mi61,421
Person CountyNorth Carolina8.3 mi40,636
Chatham CountyNorth Carolina6.2 mi85,111

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.