North Carolina · Census place 3737680
Leland, North Carolina
Leland is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina with an estimated 34,451 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 34,451
- #32 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +36.9%
- +9,288 people
- Land area
- 28.4 sq mi
- + 0.35 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,213 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Leland population, 2020 to 2024
Leland added 9,288 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +36.9%. In the latest year it moved by +2,956. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Leland is 2.4 times that size.
Leland covers 28.41 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 1,213 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Leland is close to the typical town.
What county Leland is in
All of Leland's residents live in Brunswick County, which had 167,112 residents in 2024. Leland holds 20.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Leland
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Leland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28451, 28479. 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 Leland is
The Census internal point of Leland is at 34.213700, -78.043200. Raleigh, the capital, is 113.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilmington, NC (125,284 people), 9.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.213700, -78.043200
- DMS
- 34°12'49.32"N 78°02'35.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 772413.2E 3789805.4N
- Geohash
- dq0d8h6tj
- Plus code
- 87636X74+FP
Daylight in Leland
At 34.21° N, Leland gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Leland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Belville, 2.5 miles away, with 3,255 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Leland, NC?
34,451 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9,288 (36.9%) from 25,163 in July 2020.
What county is Leland in?
Brunswick County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Leland?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28451, 28479.
How far is Leland from Raleigh?
113.4 miles (182.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Leland.
What is the nearest larger city to Leland?
Wilmington, NC, with 125,284 residents, 9.0 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.
- 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.