North Carolina · Census place 3734440

Jefferson, North Carolina

Jefferson is a town in Ashe County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,648 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 276th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,648
#276 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+20 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
781 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Jefferson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Jefferson population, 2020 to 2024

Jefferson added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

1,62820201,61120211,63720221,64120231,6482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,628. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jefferson covers 2.11 square miles of land, for 781 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Jefferson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jefferson is in

All of Jefferson's residents live in Ashe County, which had 27,266 residents in 2024. Jefferson holds 6.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jefferson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jefferson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28640. 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 Jefferson is

The Census internal point of Jefferson is at 36.420600, -81.468300. Raleigh, the capital, is 164.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boone, NC (20,080 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 70.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.420600, -81.468300
DMS
36°25'14.16"N 81°28'5.88"W
UTM
17N 458018.4E 4030702.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
868WCGCJ+6M

Daylight in Jefferson

At 36.42° N, Jefferson gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jefferson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is West Jefferson, 2.8 miles away, with 1,341 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jefferson, NC?

1,648 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (1.2%) from 1,628 in July 2020.

What county is Jefferson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jefferson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28640.

How far is Jefferson from Raleigh?

164.0 miles (264.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Jefferson.

What is the nearest larger city to Jefferson?

Boone, NC, with 20,080 residents, 18.0 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.