North Carolina · Census place 3701400

Angier, North Carolina

Angier is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 8,284 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,284
#106 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+45.3%
+2,582 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,801 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Angier. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Angier population, 2020 to 2024

Angier added 2,582 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +45.3%. In the latest year it moved by +991. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Angier is 57% of it.

5,70220206,12820216,55920227,29320238,2842024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,346. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Angier covers 4.60 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,801 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Angier is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Angier spans

Angier crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 8,284 residents as follows; Harnett County holds 84.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Harnett County6,963
  2. 02Wake County1,321
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Angier

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Angier by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27501, 27526. 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 Angier is

The Census internal point of Angier is at 35.511900, -78.739900. Raleigh, the capital, is 19.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fuquay-Varina, NC (46,317 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cary, NC, 19.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.511900, -78.739900
DMS
35°30'42.84"N 78°44'23.64"W
UTM
17N 704962.7E 3932162.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
8773G766+Q2

Daylight in Angier

At 35.51° N, Angier gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Angier

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Fuquay-Varina, 6.1 miles away, with 46,317 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Angier, NC?

8,284 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,582 (45.3%) from 5,702 in July 2020.

What county is Angier in?

It spans 2 counties: Harnett County (6,963 residents), Wake County (1,321 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Angier?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27501, 27526.

How far is Angier from Raleigh?

19.4 miles (31.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Angier.

What is the nearest larger city to Angier?

Fuquay-Varina, NC, with 46,317 residents, 6.1 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.