North Carolina · Census place 3753040
Plymouth, North Carolina
Plymouth is a town in Washington County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,190 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 209th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,190
- #209 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -3.6%
- -120 people
- Land area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Density
- 792 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Plymouth population, 2020 to 2024
Plymouth lost 120 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -29.
Plymouth covers 4.03 square miles of land, for 792 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Plymouth is less dense than the typical town.
What county Plymouth is in
All of Plymouth's residents live in Washington County, which had 10,654 residents in 2024. Plymouth holds 29.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Plymouth
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plymouth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27962. 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 Plymouth is
The Census internal point of Plymouth is at 35.858500, -76.748200. Raleigh, the capital, is 106.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Windsor, NC (3,268 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 58.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.858500, -76.748200
- DMS
- 35°51'30.60"N 76°44'53.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 342150.2E 3969665.1N
- Geohash
- dq37vxcdv
- Plus code
- 8775V752+9P
Daylight in Plymouth
At 35.86° N, Plymouth gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Plymouth
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 14.2 miles away, with 3,268 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Plymouth, NC?
3,190 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 120 (3.6%) from 3,310 in July 2020.
What county is Plymouth in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Plymouth?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27962.
How far is Plymouth from Raleigh?
106.1 miles (170.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Plymouth.
What is the nearest larger city to Plymouth?
Windsor, NC, with 3,268 residents, 14.2 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.