Hamlet, North Carolina

Hamlet population, 2020 to 2024

Hamlet lost 132 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 141st; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Hamlet is 40% of it.

Hamlet covers 5.27 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,117 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Hamlet is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hamlet is in

All of Hamlet's residents live in Richmond County, which had 41,990 residents in 2024. Hamlet holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hamlet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hamlet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28345. 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 Hamlet is

The Census internal point of Hamlet is at 34.889200, -79.710600. Raleigh, the capital, is 86.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockingham, NC (8,802 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 43.8 miles away.

Daylight in Hamlet

At 34.89° N, Hamlet gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hamlet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockingham, 4.4 miles away, with 8,802 people.