North Carolina · Census place 3700500

Ahoskie, North Carolina

Ahoskie is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,665 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,665
#161 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-4.3%
-209 people
Land area
4.4 sq mi
Density
1,060 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Ahoskie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Ahoskie population, 2020 to 2024

Ahoskie lost 209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

4,87420204,77920214,72220224,68520234,6652024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,893. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ahoskie covers 4.40 square miles of land, for 1,060 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Ahoskie is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ahoskie is in

All of Ahoskie's residents live in Hertford County, which had 19,169 residents in 2024. Ahoskie holds 24.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ahoskie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ahoskie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27910. 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 Ahoskie is

The Census internal point of Ahoskie is at 36.284100, -76.990100. Raleigh, the capital, is 98.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklin, VA (8,373 people), 27.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 34.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.284100, -76.990100
DMS
36°17'2.76"N 76°59'24.36"W
UTM
18N 321271.7E 4017297.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
878572M5+JX

Daylight in Ahoskie

At 36.28° N, Ahoskie gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ahoskie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Murfreesboro, 12.4 miles away, with 2,277 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ahoskie, NC?

4,665 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 209 (4.3%) from 4,874 in July 2020.

What county is Ahoskie in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ahoskie?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27910.

How far is Ahoskie from Raleigh?

98.5 miles (158.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Ahoskie.

What is the nearest larger city to Ahoskie?

Franklin, VA, with 8,373 residents, 27.8 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.