North Carolina · Census place 3706240

Bladenboro, North Carolina

Bladenboro is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,642 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 277th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,642
#277 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-4 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
740 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Bladenboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Bladenboro population, 2020 to 2024

Bladenboro lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,647. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bladenboro covers 2.22 square miles of land, for 740 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Bladenboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bladenboro is in

All of Bladenboro's residents live in Bladen County, which had 29,777 residents in 2024. Bladenboro holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bladenboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bladenboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28320. 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 Bladenboro is

The Census internal point of Bladenboro is at 34.540900, -78.794700. Raleigh, the capital, is 86.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elizabethtown, NC (3,290 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 38.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.540900, -78.794700
DMS
34°32'27.24"N 78°47'40.92"W
UTM
17N 702372.8E 3824341.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
8763G6R4+94

Daylight in Bladenboro

At 34.54° N, Bladenboro gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bladenboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Elizabethtown, 12.1 miles away, with 3,290 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bladenboro, NC?

1,642 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.2%) from 1,646 in July 2020.

What county is Bladenboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bladenboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28320.

How far is Bladenboro from Raleigh?

86.1 miles (138.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Bladenboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Bladenboro?

Elizabethtown, NC, with 3,290 residents, 12.1 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.