North Carolina · Census place 3746860

Newport, North Carolina

Newport is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,501 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 168th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,501; #168 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +3.7%; +160 people
Land area: 7.9 sq mi; + 0.06 sq mi water
Density: 573 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Newport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Newport population, 2020 to 2024

Newport added 160 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,357. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newport covers 7.86 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 573 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Newport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newport is in

All of Newport's residents live in Carteret County, which had 70,259 residents in 2024. Newport holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28570. 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 Newport is

The Census internal point of Newport is at 34.770700, -76.879100. Raleigh, the capital, is 121.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morehead City, NC (9,963 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 69.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.770700, -76.879100
DMS: 34°46'14.52"N 76°52'44.76"W
UTM: 18N 328041.2E 3849223.5N
Geohash: dq1mf9f65
Plus code: 8765Q4CC+79

Daylight in Newport

At 34.77° N, Newport gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pine Knoll Shores, 5.7 miles away, with 1,435 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newport, NC?

4,501 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 160 (3.7%) from 4,341 in July 2020.

What county is Newport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28570.

How far is Newport from Raleigh?

121.3 miles (195.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Newport.

What is the nearest larger city to Newport?

Morehead City, NC, with 9,963 residents, 8.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.