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Moore County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 27 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37125

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

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Population
110,619
+10,324 (+10.3%) since 2020
Land area
697.6
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
159
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Carthage
Seat of county government.
Established
1784
241 years ago
Largest city
Pinehurst village
Population 18,670.

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 Moore 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 Moore 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 704 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 Moore 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
Population110,61927th of 100577th of 3,144
Land area697.6 sq mi17th of 1001,329th of 3,144
Population density159 per sq mi40th of 100672nd of 3,144
Median household income$86,08010th of 100402nd of 3,143

Full data for Moore County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population110,619Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020100,295Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?99,746Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area697.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area705.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?159 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$86,080American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$351,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households44,013American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units50,280American 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
-157
1,219 births, 1,376 deaths
Net migration
+2,413
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 9 areas bordering Moore 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
Hoke CountyNorth Carolina34 mi56,939
Montgomery CountyNorth Carolina29 mi26,403
Lee CountyNorth Carolina23 mi70,258
Richmond CountyNorth Carolina20 mi42,041
Harnett CountyNorth Carolina13 mi150,137
Randolph CountyNorth Carolina12 mi149,516
Chatham CountyNorth Carolina12 mi85,111
Cumberland CountyNorth Carolina1.4 mi338,473
Scotland CountyNorth Carolinaa single point33,322

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.