North Carolina · Census place 3746060
Navassa, North Carolina
Navassa is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,776 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 266th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,776
- #266 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +28.5%
- +394 people
- Land area
- 13.3 sq mi
- + 0.46 sq mi water
- Density
- 133 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Navassa population, 2020 to 2024
Navassa added 394 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +28.5%. In the latest year it moved by +50.
Navassa covers 13.33 square miles of land and 0.46 of water, for 133 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Navassa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Navassa is in
All of Navassa's residents live in Brunswick County, which had 167,112 residents in 2024. Navassa holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Navassa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Navassa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28451. 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 Navassa is
The Census internal point of Navassa is at 34.283400, -78.038700. Raleigh, the capital, is 108.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Leland, NC (34,451 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 10.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.283400, -78.038700
- DMS
- 34°17'0.24"N 78°02'19.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 772602.8E 3797549.8N
- Geohash
- dq0e01jgq
- Plus code
- 87637XM6+9G
Daylight in Navassa
At 34.28° N, Navassa gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Navassa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Leland, 4.8 miles away, with 34,451 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Navassa, NC?
1,776 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 394 (28.5%) from 1,382 in July 2020.
What county is Navassa in?
Brunswick County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Navassa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28451.
How far is Navassa from Raleigh?
108.8 miles (175.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Navassa.
What is the nearest larger city to Navassa?
Leland, NC, with 34,451 residents, 4.8 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.