North Carolina · Census place 3753840
Princeville, North Carolina
Princeville is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,286 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 310th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,286
- #310 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +16 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 852 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Princeville population, 2020 to 2024
Princeville added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9.
Princeville covers 1.51 square miles of land, for 852 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Princeville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Princeville is in
All of Princeville's residents live in Edgecombe County, which had 49,124 residents in 2024. Princeville holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Princeville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Princeville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27886. 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 Princeville is
The Census internal point of Princeville is at 35.887600, -77.529000. Raleigh, the capital, is 62.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tarboro, NC (10,954 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 62.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.887600, -77.529000
- DMS
- 35°53'15.36"N 77°31'44.40"W
- UTM
- 18N 271720.9E 3974436.2N
- Geohash
- dq2u5v1h7
- Plus code
- 8774VFQC+2C
Daylight in Princeville
At 35.89° N, Princeville gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 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 Princeville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Tarboro, 2.0 miles away, with 10,954 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Princeville, NC?
1,286 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.3%) from 1,270 in July 2020.
What county is Princeville in?
Edgecombe County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Princeville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27886.
How far is Princeville from Raleigh?
62.6 miles (100.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Princeville.
What is the nearest larger city to Princeville?
Tarboro, NC, with 10,954 residents, 2.0 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.