North Carolina · Census place 3727280
Graham, North Carolina
Graham is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina with an estimated 19,311 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 19,311
- #54 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +12.5%
- +2,151 people
- Land area
- 11.1 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,748 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Graham population, 2020 to 2024
Graham added 2,151 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.5%. In the latest year it moved by +880. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Graham is 1.3 times that size.
Graham covers 11.05 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,748 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Graham is denser than the typical town.
What county Graham is in
All of Graham's residents live in Alamance County, which had 183,040 residents in 2024. Graham holds 10.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Graham
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Graham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27253, 27258. 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 Graham is
The Census internal point of Graham is at 36.056400, -79.389400. Raleigh, the capital, is 46.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burlington, NC (61,365 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 24.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.056400, -79.389400
- DMS
- 36°03'23.04"N 79°23'21.84"W
- UTM
- 17N 645062.0E 3991404.3N
- Geohash
- dnrt17y7u
- Plus code
- 87823J46+H6
Daylight in Graham
At 36.06° N, Graham gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Graham
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Swepsonville, 2.7 miles away, with 2,582 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Graham, NC?
19,311 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,151 (12.5%) from 17,160 in July 2020.
What county is Graham in?
Alamance County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Graham?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27253, 27258.
How far is Graham from Raleigh?
46.1 miles (74.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Graham.
What is the nearest larger city to Graham?
Burlington, NC, with 61,365 residents, 4.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.