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Halifax County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 54 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37083

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

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Population
46,534
-1,867 (-3.9%) since 2020
Land area
723.7
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
64.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Halifax
Seat of county government.
Established
1758
267 years ago
Largest city
Roanoke Rapids city
Population 14,386.

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 Halifax 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 Halifax 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 666 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 Halifax 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
Population46,53454th of 1001,063rd of 3,144
Land area723.7 sq mi14th of 1001,229th of 3,144
Population density64.3 per sq mi74th of 1001,253rd of 3,144
Median household income$45,59093rd of 1002,946th of 3,143

Full data for Halifax County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population46,534Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,401Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,613Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area723.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area730.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?64.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,590American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$106,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households20,383American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,872American 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
-228
479 births, 707 deaths
Net migration
-228
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 7 areas bordering Halifax 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
Northampton CountyNorth Carolina57 mi16,491
Edgecombe CountyNorth Carolina37 mi49,121
Nash CountyNorth Carolina31 mi99,365
Warren CountyNorth Carolina22 mi18,898
Bertie CountyNorth Carolina15 mi17,086
Martin CountyNorth Carolina6.4 mi21,601
Franklin CountyNorth Carolinaa single point82,037

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.