Wilmington, North Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Wilmington had a population of 75,838 people^<1>. This represents 0.94% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 9th 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
6	Fayetteville	NW	84 mi [135.2 km]	174,091	43.86% increase
7	Cary	NW	120 mi [193.1 km]	129,545	37.03% increase
8	High Point	NW	170 mi [273.6 km]	101,835	18.63% increase
-9-	Wilmington			100,192	32.11% increase
10	Asheville	W	280 mi [450.6 km]	74,543	8.21% increase
11	Jacksonville	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	76,233	14.27% increase
12	Gastonia	W	200 mi [321.9 km]	72,505	9.4% increase

Wilmington had 38,678 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Wilmington has an area^<4> of 41 square miles [106.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Wilmington had a 2000 population density of 1,849 people per square mile [714 people/km²], making it the state's 33rd most densely populated area.

New Hanover County

The city of Wilmington is located in New Hanover County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 160,818 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 75,838 people, Wilmington contained 47.16% of the New Hanover County total.

In addition, where the community of Wilmington has a population density of 1,849 people per square mile [714 people/km²], New Hanover County averages 808 people per square mile [312.1 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Wilmington QuickFact (QF-3774440).

A Census Quickfact is available for New Hanover County (QF-37129).

Miscellaneous Information

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

Wilmington 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 Wilmington.

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning 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) Wilmington. 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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