Greenville, North Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Greenville had a population of 60,476 people^<1>. This represents 0.75% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 13th 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
10	Asheville	W	290 mi [466.7 km]	74,543	8.21% increase
11	Jacksonville	S	59 mi [95 km]	76,233	14.27% increase
12	Gastonia	W	215 mi [346 km]	72,505	9.4% increase
-13-	Greenville			79,629	31.67% increase
14	Concord	W	183 mi [294.5 km]	66,311	18.46% increase
15	Rocky Mount	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	57,010	2% increase
16	Chapel Hill	W	95 mi [152.9 km]	52,542	7.86% increase

Greenville had 28,145 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Greenville has an area^<4> of 25.58 square miles [66.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Greenville had a 2000 population density of 2,364 people per square mile [912 people/km²], making it the state's 6th most densely populated area.

Pitt County

The city of Greenville is located in Pitt County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 134,141 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 60,476 people, Greenville contained 45.08% of the Pitt County total.

In addition, where the community of Greenville has a population density of 2,364 people per square mile [912 people/km²], Pitt County averages 205.9 people per square mile [79.5 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Greenville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Greenville. 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 Greenville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Greenville, it also contains a comparison between Greenville and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Greenville QuickFact (QF-3728080).

A Census Quickfact is available for Pitt County (QF-37147).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Pitt County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Beaufort	QF-37013	E	46,035	2.36% increase
	Craven	QF-37049	SE	96,892	5.72% increase
	Edgecombe	QF-37065	NW	52,682	4.8% decrease
	Greene	QF-37079	SW	20,677	8.71% increase
	Lenoir	QF-37107	SW	56,826	4.48% decrease
	Martin	QF-37117	NE	23,398	8.23% decrease
	Wilson	QF-37195	W	77,527	4.87% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Greenville 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 Greenville.

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) Greenville. 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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