North Carolina · Census place 3738220
Lillington, North Carolina
Lillington is a town in Harnett County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,848 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,848
- #154 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +37 people
- Land area
- 7.7 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 631 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Lillington population, 2020 to 2024
Lillington added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +84.
Lillington covers 7.68 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 631 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Lillington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lillington is in
All of Lillington's residents live in Harnett County, which had 146,096 residents in 2024. Lillington holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lillington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lillington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27546. 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 Lillington is
The Census internal point of Lillington is at 35.413100, -78.811700. Raleigh, the capital, is 27.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Angier, NC (8,284 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 24.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.413100, -78.811700
- DMS
- 35°24'47.16"N 78°48'42.12"W
- UTM
- 17N 698693.2E 3921055.2N
- Geohash
- dnrcqwg06
- Plus code
- 8773C57Q+68
Daylight in Lillington
At 35.41° N, Lillington gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lillington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Angier, 7.9 miles away, with 8,284 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lillington, NC?
4,848 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (0.8%) from 4,811 in July 2020.
What county is Lillington in?
Harnett County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lillington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27546.
How far is Lillington from Raleigh?
27.1 miles (43.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Lillington.
What is the nearest larger city to Lillington?
Angier, NC, with 8,284 residents, 8.0 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.