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Scotland County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 69 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37165

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

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Population
33,322
-91 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
319.1
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
104
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Laurinburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1812
213 years ago
Largest city
Laurinburg city
Population 14,582.

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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 599 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 Scotland 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
Population33,32269th of 1001,363rd of 3,144
Land area319.1 sq mi79th of 1002,767th of 3,144
Population density104 per sq mi54th of 100877th of 3,144
Median household income$45,73092nd of 1002,943rd of 3,143

Full data for Scotland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,322Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,413Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,167Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area319.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area320.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?104 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$45,730American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,580American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,441American 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
-100
359 births, 459 deaths
Net migration
-186
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 5 areas bordering Scotland 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
Richmond CountyNorth Carolina29 mi42,041
Hoke CountyNorth Carolina28 mi56,939
Robeson CountyNorth Carolina21 mi119,941
Marlboro CountySouth Carolina18 mi25,488
Moore CountyNorth Carolinaa single point110,619

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.