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Blank Map of North Carolina (Counties)

Printable map of North Carolina with all 100 counties, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Blank map of North Carolina

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

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North Carolina at a glance

Counties on the map100
Land area (sum of the shapes)125,937 km² · 48,625 mi²
Largest county by land areaRobeson County — 2,453 km²
Smallest county by land areaChowan County — 447 km²
Population (ACS 2019–2023)10,584,340
Most populous countyWake County — 1,151,009
Places on the with-cities versionCharlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Cary, Wilmington, High Point, Concord

Land areas are the Census Bureau's ALAND figures. Population and income are American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which carry margins of error. Cities are the largest Census places by ACS population; a crowded label is left off rather than overlapped.

All 100 counties of North Carolina

CountyLand area, km²Land area, mi²PopulationMedian household income
Alamance County1,097424174,286$64,445
Alexander County67326036,440$65,268
Alleghany County60823511,075$44,272
Anson County1,37653121,903$44,245
Ashe County1,10442626,831$50,827
Avery County64124717,643$57,657
Beaufort County2,15783344,597$57,997
Bertie County1,81169917,482$45,931
Bladen County2,26687529,591$44,528
Brunswick County2,202850145,889$74,034
Buncombe County1,700656271,790$70,578
Burke County1,31150687,863$55,684
Cabarrus County936361231,262$86,084
Caldwell County1,22247280,618$55,401
Camden County62224010,743$87,781
Carteret County1,31550868,652$70,235
Caswell County1,10242522,689$59,407
Catawba County1,040402162,051$64,544
Chatham County1,76568178,319$88,534
Cherokee County1,18045629,197$51,496
Chowan County44717313,814$56,982
Clay County55721511,391$53,645
Cleveland County1,202464100,170$55,769
Columbus County2,43093850,453$48,184
Craven County1,830707101,074$64,635
Cumberland County1,690653336,749$58,780
Currituck County67826229,612$91,548
Dare County99338337,534$81,214
Davidson County1,432553171,063$62,426
Davie County68326443,526$73,234
Duplin County2,11081549,053$51,880
Durham County745288329,405$79,501
Edgecombe County1,30950548,777$48,480
Forsyth County1,057408386,740$65,541
Franklin County1,27449271,962$71,386
Gaston County921356231,485$65,472
Gates County88234110,437$61,612
Graham County7562928,041$49,038
Granville County1,37853261,439$70,975
Greene County69126720,421$50,904
Guilford County1,673646542,987$66,027
Halifax County1,87472448,219$45,071
Harnett County1,541595136,503$69,012
Haywood County1,43455462,432$61,001
Henderson County966373117,387$67,623
Hertford County91535320,492$47,472
Hoke County1,01039053,102$60,095
Hyde County1,5866124,625$47,338
Iredell County1,488575191,800$78,678
Jackson County1,27249143,089$53,479
Johnston County2,051792226,623$79,838
Jones County1,2214719,245$55,659
Lee County66125564,565$63,060
Lenoir County1,03439954,917$44,795
Lincoln County76629690,359$78,490
Macon County1,33551537,533$53,298
Madison County1,16444921,640$58,628
Martin County1,18245621,773$46,793
McDowell County1,13944044,679$55,527
Mecklenburg County1,3565241,130,906$83,765
Mitchell County57322114,973$58,089
Montgomery County1,27349225,874$55,849
Moore County1,807698102,840$82,837
Nash County1,40054195,451$60,704
New Hanover County498192231,214$72,892
Northampton County1,39053717,212$47,935
Onslow County1,974762208,537$64,568
Orange County1,030398147,292$88,553
Pamlico County87233712,315$61,624
Pasquotank County58822740,830$63,912
Pender County2,25787163,475$76,838
Perquimans County64024713,146$61,224
Person County1,01639239,275$64,927
Pitt County1,690653172,279$58,851
Polk County61623819,689$61,005
Randolph County2,026782145,322$59,047
Richmond County1,22747442,818$43,626
Robeson County2,453947116,858$40,318
Rockingham County1,46556691,585$55,796
Rowan County1,325512148,487$63,196
Rutherford County1,46456564,850$49,771
Sampson County2,45094659,245$53,159
Scotland County82731934,353$43,500
Stanly County1,02339563,557$61,631
Stokes County1,16444944,889$60,039
Surry County1,38053371,407$56,095
Swain County1,36752814,065$55,429
Transylvania County98037833,243$64,523
Tyrrell County1,0123913,376$43,952
Union County1,639633244,975$99,243
Vance County65425342,361$46,943
Wake County2,1628351,151,009$101,763
Warren County1,11242918,751$45,279
Washington County89734610,905$41,750
Watauga County80931254,607$51,367
Wayne County1,435554117,606$58,082
Wilkes County1,95275465,983$50,438
Wilson County95236878,648$51,381
Yadkin County86733537,419$60,321
Yancey County81031318,676$54,961

Printing and using the map

  1. Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each county.
  2. For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
  3. Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
  4. For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
  5. To colour counties by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each county is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The county shapes are the US Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file — boundaries as of January 1, 2024, clipped to the shoreline for mapping.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so counties keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 2400 × 941 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching counties share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small counties may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many counties are on this map of North Carolina?

100. every one of them is listed in the table on this page.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (US Census Bureau) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each county. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from the Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file, generalised for mapping, then simplified to suit a 2400 × 941 pixel drawing. They are right for printing and teaching but are not survey-grade lines and must not be used to settle a boundary question.

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