North Carolina · Census place 3700160

Aberdeen, North Carolina

Aberdeen is a town in Moore County, North Carolina with an estimated 9,573 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 96th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,573
#96 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+11.0%
+948 people
Land area
10.8 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
884 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Aberdeen. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Aberdeen population, 2020 to 2024

Aberdeen added 948 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.0%. In the latest year it moved by +58. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Aberdeen is 66% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,519. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Aberdeen covers 10.83 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 884 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Aberdeen is less dense than the typical town.

What county Aberdeen is in

All of Aberdeen's residents live in Moore County, which had 108,417 residents in 2024. Aberdeen holds 8.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Aberdeen

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aberdeen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28315. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Aberdeen is

The Census internal point of Aberdeen is at 35.134600, -79.435500. Raleigh, the capital, is 63.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pinehurst, NC (18,502 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 26.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.134600, -79.435500
DMS
35°08'4.56"N 79°26'7.80"W
UTM
17N 642535.1E 3889089.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87724HM7+RR

Daylight in Aberdeen

At 35.13° N, Aberdeen gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Aberdeen

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pinebluff, 2.7 miles away, with 1,540 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Aberdeen, NC?

9,573 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 948 (11.0%) from 8,625 in July 2020.

What county is Aberdeen in?

Moore County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Aberdeen?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28315.

How far is Aberdeen from Raleigh?

63.2 miles (101.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Aberdeen.

What is the nearest larger city to Aberdeen?

Pinehurst, NC, with 18,502 residents, 4.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.