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Edgecombe County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 53 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37065

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

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Population
49,121
+340 (+0.7%) since 2020
Land area
505.4
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
97.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tarboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1741
284 years ago
Largest city
Rocky Mount city
Population 15,330 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 Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe 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 672 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 Edgecombe 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
Population49,12153rd of 1001,025th of 3,144
Land area505.4 sq mi43rd of 1002,054th of 3,144
Population density97.2 per sq mi59th of 100937th of 3,144
Median household income$51,26582nd of 1002,702nd of 3,143

Full data for Edgecombe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population49,121Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,781Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,892Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area505.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area506.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?97.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,265American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$125,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,652American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units23,281American 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
-211
573 births, 784 deaths
Net migration
+267
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 Edgecombe 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
Halifax CountyNorth Carolina37 mi46,534
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina23 mi182,936
Nash CountyNorth Carolina21 mi99,365
Wilson CountyNorth Carolina17 mi81,150
Martin CountyNorth Carolina14 mi21,601

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.