North Carolina · Census place 3751080

Pembroke, North Carolina

Pembroke is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,864 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,864
#221 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+51 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
901 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Pembroke. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Pembroke population, 2020 to 2024

Pembroke added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,816. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pembroke covers 3.18 square miles of land, for 901 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Pembroke is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pembroke is in

All of Pembroke's residents live in Robeson County, which had 118,624 residents in 2024. Pembroke holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pembroke

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pembroke by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28372. 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 Pembroke is

The Census internal point of Pembroke is at 34.676600, -79.193400. Raleigh, the capital, is 82.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Red Springs, NC (3,181 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 30.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.676600, -79.193400
DMS
34°40'35.76"N 79°11'36.24"W
UTM
17N 665511.0E 3838665.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
8762MRG4+JJ

Daylight in Pembroke

At 34.68° N, Pembroke 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 Pembroke

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Red Springs, 9.0 miles away, with 3,181 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pembroke, NC?

2,864 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 51 (1.8%) from 2,813 in July 2020.

What county is Pembroke in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pembroke?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28372.

How far is Pembroke from Raleigh?

82.4 miles (132.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Pembroke.

What is the nearest larger city to Pembroke?

Red Springs, NC, with 3,181 residents, 8.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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