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Forsyth County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 4 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37067

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

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Population
401,718
+19,100 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
408
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
984
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winston-Salem
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Winston-Salem city
Population 257,271.

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 Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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 616 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 Forsyth 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
Population401,7184th of 100192nd of 3,144
Land area408 sq mi60th of 1002,480th of 3,144
Population density984 per sq mi5th of 100163rd of 3,144
Median household income$67,16531st of 1001,418th of 3,143

Full data for Forsyth County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population401,718Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020382,618Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?382,612Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area408 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area412.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?984 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,165American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$250,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households159,925American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units175,631American 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
+428
4,507 births, 4,079 deaths
Net migration
+3,425
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 7 areas bordering Forsyth 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
Stokes CountyNorth Carolina23 mi46,126
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina23 mi180,182
Yadkin CountyNorth Carolina18 mi38,325
Guilford CountyNorth Carolina17 mi562,234
Davie CountyNorth Carolina11 mi45,855
Surry CountyNorth Carolina1.4 mi72,287
Rockingham CountyNorth Carolinaa single point94,195

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

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