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Stanly County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 42 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37167

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

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Population
68,830
+6,164 (+9.8%) since 2020
Land area
395.1
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
174
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Albemarle
Seat of county government.
Established
1841
184 years ago
Largest city
Albemarle city
Population 17,769.

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 Stanly 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 Stanly 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 781 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 Stanly 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
Population68,83042nd of 100804th of 3,144
Land area395.1 sq mi64th of 1002,549th of 3,144
Population density174 per sq mi34th of 100617th of 3,144
Median household income$60,70450th of 1002,020th of 3,143

Full data for Stanly County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population68,830Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202062,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?62,494Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area395.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area404.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?174 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,704American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$242,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,240American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,632American 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
-31
770 births, 801 deaths
Net migration
+1,337
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 7 areas bordering Stanly 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
Montgomery CountyNorth Carolina32 mi26,403
Cabarrus CountyNorth Carolina25 mi249,725
Anson CountyNorth Carolina22 mi21,758
Union CountyNorth Carolina18 mi267,674
Rowan CountyNorth Carolina6.4 mi155,096
Davidson CountyNorth Carolina210 ft180,182
Richmond CountyNorth Carolinaa single point42,041

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.