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Lenoir County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 49 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37107

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

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Population
55,837
+775 (+1.4%) since 2020
Land area
399.1
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
140
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kinston
Seat of county government.
Established
1791
234 years ago
Largest city
Kinston city
Population 19,705.

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 Lenoir 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 Lenoir 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 704 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 Lenoir 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
Population55,83749th of 100941st of 3,144
Land area399.1 sq mi62nd of 1002,531st of 3,144
Population density140 per sq mi44th of 100731st of 3,144
Median household income$45,14395th of 1002,956th of 3,143

Full data for Lenoir County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population55,837Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202055,062Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?55,124Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area399.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area401.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?140 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,143American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$120,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households23,351American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units26,879American 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
-212
652 births, 864 deaths
Net migration
+620
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 6 areas bordering Lenoir 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
Greene CountyNorth Carolina26 mi20,700
Jones CountyNorth Carolina25 mi9,575
Craven CountyNorth Carolina15 mi105,025
Duplin CountyNorth Carolina15 mi51,571
Wayne CountyNorth Carolina14 mi122,278
Pitt CountyNorth Carolina12 mi182,936

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.