List of Cities in North Carolina

This is a plain text List of Cities in North Carolina without the state name at the end. The list below is sorted by the city with the top 100 cities with the largest population. In the subsequent section, we will include the corresponding population numbers  of each North Carolina city in tabular form. To make it easy for our users, the list is nice and clean which makes it particularly nice for pasting into an excel, or whichever program you wish to use.

Feel free to use either of the two lists below for personal or commercial purposes. You do not need to ask us (but feel free to cite us)!

List of Biggest Cities In North Carolina

Alas, below is a list of the top 100 cities in North Carolina based on the population as of January, 2020. This list begins with Charlotte (North Carolina’s largest city) and ending with Weddington (North Carolina’s 100th biggest city at the time this page was created). Beneath this section we will have the same list but include population numbers.

Charlotte
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Durham
Greensboro
Fayetteville
Asheville
Concord
Wilmington
Hickory
Gastonia
High Point
Cary
Greenville
Burlington
Jacksonville
Rocky Mount
Chapel Hill
Goldsboro
Huntersville
New Bern
Apex
Wilson
Kannapolis
Morehead City
Pinehurst
Wake Forest
Asheboro
Indian Trail
Mooresville
Holly Springs
Monroe
Sanford
Salisbury
Matthews
Smithfield
Cornelius
Lumberton
Garner
Fuquay-Varina
Kinston
Shelby
Mint Hill
Statesville
Thomasville
Morrisville
Boone
Forest City
Kernersville
Rockingham
Lincolnton
Roanoke Rapids
Elizabeth City
Carrboro
Clayton
Havelock
Clemmons
Kill Devil Hills
Henderson
Laurinburg
Leland
Swansboro
Mount Airy
Lexington
North Wilkesboro
Lenoir
Butner
Albemarle
Eden
Morganton
Wendell
Washington
Hope Mills
Knightdale
Harrisburg
Stallings
Mount Holly
Dunn
Archer Lodge
Waxhaw
Murraysville
Mebane
Graham
Southern Pines
Hendersonville
Lewisville
Brevard
Piney Green
Reidsville
Newton
Marion
Tarboro
Oak Island
Davidson
Spring Lake
Belmont
Archdale
Summerfield
Kings Mountain
Weddington

Largest Cities In North Carolina in Tabular Form

Below is a clean text list in Tabular form of the largest cities in North Carolina with the population numbers the last year the numbers were available (2020). Please make sure you double check the accuracy of the numbers before using this for academic or research purposes.