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Wilmington, North Carolina

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

Wilmington is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Wilmington lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Wilmington can be found in:

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Wilmington had a population of 75,838 people<2> (or 47.16% of the total population of New Hanover County). The population of Wilmington represented 0.94% of the total of North Carolina, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Wilmington had a population of 100,192 people. This is an increase of 32.11% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Wilmington.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
2008100,192+32.11%+0.75% since 2007
200799,444+31.13%+1.11% since 2006
200698,357+29.69%+1.6% since 2005
200596,810+27.65% 
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200075,838The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Belville   W6 mi [9.66 km]1,263343.16% increase
 Boiling Spring Lakes   SW16 mi [25.75 km]4,68657.67% increase
 Bolivia   SW17 mi [27.36 km]18827.03% increase
 Carolina Beach   S11 mi [17.7 km]5,86424.74% increase
 Kure Beach   S14 mi [22.53 km]2,51967.15% increase
 Leland   W7 mi [11.27 km]5,094162.85% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Wilmington.

Websites for Wilmington

Official Website:   www.ci.wilmington.nc.us/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.wilmingtonchamber.org/
Junior League:   www.jlwnc.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Wilmington or New Hanover County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Wilmington:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Wilmington? Please visit the Map Page for Wilmington.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wilmington - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Wilmington.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Wilmington and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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