Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Elizabeth City population, 2020 to 2024

Elizabeth City added 384 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +54. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 111th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Elizabeth City is 1.3 times that size.

Elizabeth City covers 11.79 square miles of land, for 1,614 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Elizabeth City is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Elizabeth City spans

Elizabeth City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 19,028 residents as follows; Pasquotank County holds 99.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elizabeth City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elizabeth City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27909. 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 Elizabeth City is

The Census internal point of Elizabeth City is at 36.294200, -76.238200. Raleigh, the capital, is 138.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chesapeake, VA (254,997 people), 26.8 miles away.

Daylight in Elizabeth City

At 36.29° N, Elizabeth City 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 Elizabeth City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hertford, 15.1 miles away, with 1,992 people.