New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern population, 2020 to 2024

New Bern added 2,880 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.2%. In the latest year it moved by +429. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so New Bern is 2.3 times that size.

New Bern covers 28.69 square miles of land and 1.48 of water, for 1,193 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so New Bern is close to the typical town.

What county New Bern is in

All of New Bern's residents live in Craven County, which had 104,167 residents in 2024. New Bern holds 32.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Bern

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Bern by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28560, 28562. 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 New Bern is

The Census internal point of New Bern is at 35.096700, -77.072600. Raleigh, the capital, is 100.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jacksonville, NC (70,840 people), 31.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 76.8 miles away.

Daylight in New Bern

At 35.10° N, New Bern gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Bern

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Trent Woods, 1.5 miles away, with 4,047 people.