North Carolina · Census place 3745140
Mount Pleasant, North Carolina
Mount Pleasant is a town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,776 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 265th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,776
- #265 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +6.5%
- +108 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Density
- 489 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Mount Pleasant population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Pleasant added 108 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +28.
Mount Pleasant covers 3.63 square miles of land, for 489 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Mount Pleasant is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mount Pleasant is in
All of Mount Pleasant's residents live in Cabarrus County, which had 244,925 residents in 2024. Mount Pleasant holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mount Pleasant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28025, 28124. 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 Mount Pleasant is
The Census internal point of Mount Pleasant is at 35.394300, -80.431800. Raleigh, the capital, is 104.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Locust, NC (5,992 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 11.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.394300, -80.431800
- DMS
- 35°23'39.48"N 80°25'54.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 551599.5E 3916919.1N
- Geohash
- dnqc3er6e
- Plus code
- 867X9HV9+P7
Daylight in Mount Pleasant
At 35.39° N, Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Locust, 8.7 miles away, with 5,992 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Pleasant, NC?
1,776 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 108 (6.5%) from 1,668 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Pleasant in?
Cabarrus County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mount Pleasant?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28025, 28124.
How far is Mount Pleasant from Raleigh?
104.2 miles (167.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Mount Pleasant.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Pleasant?
Locust, NC, with 5,992 residents, 8.7 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.