North Carolina · Census place 3739360

Louisburg, North Carolina

Louisburg is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,423 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 201st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,423
#201 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+9.4%
+294 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
1,101 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Louisburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Louisburg population, 2020 to 2024

Louisburg added 294 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.4%. In the latest year it moved by +83.

3,12920203,16620213,25820223,34020233,4232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,117. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Louisburg covers 3.11 square miles of land, for 1,101 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Louisburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Louisburg is in

All of Louisburg's residents live in Franklin County, which had 79,771 residents in 2024. Louisburg holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Louisburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Louisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27549. 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 Louisburg is

The Census internal point of Louisburg is at 36.098300, -78.300100. Raleigh, the capital, is 29.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wake Forest, NC (56,764 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 26.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.098300, -78.300100
DMS
36°05'53.88"N 78°18'0.36"W
UTM
17N 743061.0E 3998227.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87833MXX+8X

Daylight in Louisburg

At 36.10° N, Louisburg gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Louisburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklinton, 8.5 miles away, with 2,825 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Louisburg, NC?

3,423 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 294 (9.4%) from 3,129 in July 2020.

What county is Louisburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Louisburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27549.

How far is Louisburg from Raleigh?

29.0 miles (46.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Louisburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Louisburg?

Wake Forest, NC, with 56,764 residents, 15.1 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.