Kannapolis, North Carolina

Kannapolis population, 2020 to 2024

Kannapolis added 5,152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1,004. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Kannapolis is 4.2 times that size.

Kannapolis covers 34.94 square miles of land and 0.79 of water, for 1,732 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Kannapolis is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Kannapolis spans

Kannapolis crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 60,521 residents as follows; Cabarrus County holds 81.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kannapolis

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kannapolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28027, 28081, 28083. 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 Kannapolis is

The Census internal point of Kannapolis is at 35.479300, -80.638000. Raleigh, the capital, is 114.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Concord, NC (112,395 people), 6.0 miles away.

Daylight in Kannapolis

At 35.48° N, Kannapolis gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kannapolis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Landis, 5.1 miles away, with 3,838 people.