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Yadkin County, North Carolina

A county in North Carolina, ranked 65 of 100 by population.

CountyFIPS 37197

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

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Population
38,325
+1,075 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
334.9
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
114
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Yadkinville
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Yadkinville town
Population 3,055.

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 Yadkin 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 Yadkin 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 561 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 Yadkin 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
Population38,32565th of 1001,225th of 3,144
Land area334.9 sq mi78th of 1002,727th of 3,144
Population density114 per sq mi52nd of 100827th of 3,144
Median household income$62,93244th of 1001,803rd of 3,143

Full data for Yadkin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population38,325Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,250Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?37,213Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area334.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area337.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?114 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,932American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$181,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,009American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,253American 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
-140
395 births, 535 deaths
Net migration
+239
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 5 areas bordering Yadkin 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
Surry CountyNorth Carolina34 mi72,287
Forsyth CountyNorth Carolina18 mi401,718
Wilkes CountyNorth Carolina12 mi66,233
Davie CountyNorth Carolina11 mi45,855
Iredell CountyNorth Carolina11 mi211,798

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.