North Carolina · Census place 3739700
Lumberton, North Carolina
Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina with an estimated 18,882 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 18,882
- #56 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +0 people
- Land area
- 18.2 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,037 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Lumberton population, 2020 to 2024
Lumberton added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 130th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Lumberton is 1.3 times that size.
Lumberton covers 18.21 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,037 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Lumberton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lumberton is in
All of Lumberton's residents live in Robeson County, which had 118,624 residents in 2024. Lumberton holds 15.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lumberton
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lumberton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28358, 28359, 28360. 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 Lumberton is
The Census internal point of Lumberton is at 34.630600, -79.018600. Raleigh, the capital, is 82.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fayetteville, NC (209,496 people), 31.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.630600, -79.018600
- DMS
- 34°37'50.16"N 79°01'6.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 681627.7E 3833864.4N
- Geohash
- dnpv1bk3v
- Plus code
- 8762JXJJ+6H
Daylight in Lumberton
At 34.63° N, Lumberton gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lumberton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pembroke, 10.4 miles away, with 2,864 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lumberton, NC?
18,882 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 18,882 in July 2020.
What county is Lumberton in?
Robeson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lumberton?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28358, 28359, 28360.
How far is Lumberton from Raleigh?
82.3 miles (132.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Lumberton.
What is the nearest larger city to Lumberton?
Fayetteville, NC, with 209,496 residents, 31.4 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.