Clinton, North Carolina

Clinton population, 2020 to 2024

Clinton lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +57. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Clinton is 57% of it.

Clinton covers 7.69 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,082 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Clinton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clinton is in

All of Clinton's residents live in Sampson County, which had 60,404 residents in 2024. Clinton holds 13.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28328. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clinton is

The Census internal point of Clinton is at 35.000400, -78.331500. Raleigh, the capital, is 56.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dunn, NC (8,754 people), 26.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 36.8 miles away.

Daylight in Clinton

At 35.00° N, Clinton gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Roseboro, 10.8 miles away, with 1,170 people.