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Warren County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 83 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37185

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

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Population
18,898
+292 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
429.4
square miles. A further 3.4% of the total area is water
Population density
44.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Warrenton
Seat of county government.
Established
1779
246 years ago
Largest city
Norlina town
Population 924.

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 Warren 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 Warren 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 799 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 Warren 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
Population18,89883rd of 1001,886th of 3,144
Land area429.4 sq mi56th of 1002,369th of 3,144
Population density44.0 per sq mi88th of 1001,586th of 3,144
Median household income$50,63883rd of 1002,737th of 3,143

Full data for Warren County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,898Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,606Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,641Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area429.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area444.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?44.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,638American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,147American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,723American 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
-148
165 births, 313 deaths
Net migration
-8
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 7 areas bordering Warren 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
Franklin CountyNorth Carolina27 mi82,037
Halifax CountyNorth Carolina22 mi46,534
Vance CountyNorth Carolina20 mi42,638
Mecklenburg CountyVirginia15 mi30,747
Brunswick CountyVirginia8.2 mi15,727
Northampton CountyNorth Carolina2.8 mi16,491
Nash CountyNorth Carolinaa single point99,365

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.