AREA AND POPULATION OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES.
| County | Map Index. |
County Seat. | Area in square miles. |
Population. | |
| 1890. | 1900. | ||||
| Alamance | C 1 | Graham | 494 | 18,271 | 25,665 |
| Alexander | A 2 | Taylorsville | 297 | 9,430 | 10,960 |
| Alleghany | A 1 | Sparta | 223 | 6,523 | 7,759 |
| Anson | B 3 | Wadesboro | 551 | 20,027 | 21,870 |
| Ashe | A 1 | Jefferson | 399 | 15,628 | 19,581 |
| Beaufort | F 2 | Washington | 819 | 21,072 | 26,404 |
| Bertie | E 1 | Windsor | 712 | 19,176 | 20,588 |
| Bladen | D 3 | Elizabethtown | 1,013 | 16,763 | 17,677 |
| Brunswick | D 3 | Southport | 812 | 10,900 | 12,657 |
| Buncombe | B 4 | Asheville | 624 | 35,266 | 44,288 |
| Burke | C 4 | Morganton | 534 | 14,939 | 17,699 |
| Cabarrus | B 2 | Concord | 387 | 18,142 | 22,456 |
| Caldwell | C 1 | Lenoir | 507 | 12,298 | 15,694 |
| Camden | F 1 | Camden | 218 | 5,667 | 5,474 |
| Carteret | F 3 | Beaufort | 538 | 10,825 | 11,811 |
| Caswell | C 1 | Yanceyville | 396 | 16,028 | 15,028 |
| Catawba | A 2 | Newton | 408 | 18,689 | 22,133 |
| Chatham | C 2 | Pittsboro | 785 | 25,413 | 23,912 |
| Cherokee | A 4 | Murphy | 451 | 9,976 | 11,860 |
| Chowan | F 1 | Edenton | 161 | 9,167 | 10,258 |
| Clay | A 4 | Hayesville | 185 | 4,197 | 4,532 |
| Cleveland | A 2 | Shelby | 485 | 20,394 | 25,078 |
| Columbus | D 3 | Whiteville | 937 | 17,856 | 21,274 |
| Craven | E 2 | Newbern | 685 | 20,533 | 24,160 |
| Cumberland | C 2 | Fayetteville | 1,008 | 27,321 | 29,249 |
| Currituck | F 1 | Currituck | 273 | 6,747 | 6,529 |
| Dare | G 2 | Manteo | 405 | 3,768 | 4,757 |
| Davidson | B 2 | Lexington | 563 | 21,702 | 23,403 |
| Davie | B 2 | Mocksville | 264 | 11,621 | 12,115 |
| Duplin | E 3 | Kenansville | 830 | 18,690 | 22,405 |
| Durham | D 1 | Durham | 284 | 18,041 | 26,233 |
| Edgecombe | E 2 | Tarboro | 515 | 24,113 | 26,491 |
| Forsyth | B 1 | Winston-Salem | 369 | 28,434 | 35,261 |
| Franklin | D 1 | Louisburg | 471 | 21,090 | 25,116 |
| Gaston | A 2 | Dallas | 359 | 17,764 | 27,903 |
| Gates | F 1 | Gatesville | 356 | 10,252 | 10,413 |
| Graham | A 4 | Robbinsville | 302 | 3,313 | 4,343 |
| Granville | D 1 | Oxford | 504 | 24,484 | 23,263 |
| Greene | E 2 | Snowhill | 258 | 10,039 | 12,038 |
| Guilford | C 1 | Greensboro | 674 | 28,052 | 39,074 |
| Halifax | E 1 | Halifax | 681 | 28,908 | 30,793 |
| Harnett | D 2 | Lillington | 596 | 13,700 | 15,988 |
| Haywood | A 4 | Waynesville | 541 | 13,346 | 16,222 |
| Henderson | B 4 | Hendersonville | 362 | 12,589 | 14,104 |
| Hertford | E 1 | Winton | 339 | 13,851 | 14,294 |
| Hyde | F 2 | Swanquarter | 596 | 8,903 | 9,278 |
| Iredell | B 2 | Statesville | 592 | 25,462 | 29,064 |
| Jackson | A 4 | Webster | 494 | 9,512 | 11,853 |
| Johnston | D 2 | Smithfield | 688 | 27,239 | 32,250 |
| Jones | E 3 | Trenton | 403 | 7,403 | 8,226 |
