Greensboro, North Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Greensboro had a population of 223,891 people^<1>. This represents 2.77% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Charlotte	SW	83 mi [133.6 km]	687,456	27.11% increase
2	Raleigh	E	68 mi [109.4 km]	392,552	42.18% increase
-3-	Greensboro			250,642	11.95% increase
4	Durham	E	51 mi [82.1 km]	223,284	19.38% increase
5	Winston-Salem	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	217,600	17.13% increase
6	Fayetteville	SE	86 mi [138.4 km]	174,091	43.86% increase
7	Cary	E	60 mi [96.6 km]	129,545	37.03% increase

Greensboro had 99,305 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Greensboro has a total area of 109.3 square miles [283 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 104.7 square miles [271.2 km²]4.54 square miles [11.77 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Greensboro had a 2000 population density of 2,138 people per square mile [825 people/km²], making it the state's 14th most densely populated area.

Guilford County

The city of Greensboro is located in Guilford County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 422,457 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 223,891 people, Greensboro contained 53% of the Guilford County total.

In addition, where the community of Greensboro has a population density of 2,138 people per square mile [825 people/km²], Guilford County averages 650 people per square mile [251.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Guilford County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Greensboro and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Greensboro. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Greensboro. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Greensboro, it also contains a comparison between Greensboro and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Greensboro QuickFact (QF-3728000).

The following communities are nearby Greensboro and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	High Point	QF-3731400	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	101,835	18.63% increase
	Burlington	QF-3709060	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	50,857	13.22% increase
	Winston-Salem	QF-3775000	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	217,600	17.13% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Greensboro.

A Census Quickfact is available for Guilford County (QF-37081).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Guilford County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alamance	QF-37001	E	148,053	12.59% increase
	Caswell	QF-37033	NE	23,248	1.28% decrease
	Davidson	QF-37057	SW	158,166	7.12% increase
	Forsyth	QF-37067	W	343,028	11.76% increase
	Randolph	QF-37151	S	141,186	7.76% increase
	Rockingham	QF-37157	N	92,282	0.35% increase
	Stokes	QF-37169	NW	46,171	2.98% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Greensboro:

Greensboro is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Greensboro.

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Greensboro. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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