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Haywood County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 45 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37087

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

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Population
63,369
+1,150 (+1.8%) since 2020
Land area
553.6
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
114
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Waynesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1808
217 years ago
Largest city
Waynesville town
Population 11,006.

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 Haywood 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 Haywood 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 680 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 Haywood 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
Population63,36945th of 100862nd of 3,144
Land area553.6 sq mi30th of 1001,881st of 3,144
Population density114 per sq mi52nd of 100827th of 3,144
Median household income$61,91246th of 1001,904th of 3,143

Full data for Haywood County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population63,369Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,219Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?62,088Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area553.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.94 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area554.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?114 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,912American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$279,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households27,123American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units35,560American 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
-385
554 births, 939 deaths
Net migration
+524
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 8 areas bordering Haywood 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
Buncombe CountyNorth Carolina28 mi277,417
Jackson CountyNorth Carolina27 mi45,039
Cocke CountyTennessee21 mi37,889
Swain CountyNorth Carolina20 mi14,024
Transylvania CountyNorth Carolina16 mi34,211
Madison CountyNorth Carolina13 mi22,553
Sevier CountyTennessee1.7 mi101,342
Henderson CountyNorth Carolinaa single point122,375

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.