Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh population, 2020 to 2024

Raleigh added 33,964 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.3%. In the latest year it moved by +8,747. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Raleigh is 34.3 times that size.

Raleigh covers 150.94 square miles of land and 1.08 of water, for 3,311 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Raleigh is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Raleigh spans

Raleigh crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 499,825 residents as follows; Wake County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Raleigh

17 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Raleigh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27601, 27603, 27604, 27605, 27606, 27607, 27608, 27609, 27610, 27612, 27613, 27614, 27615, 27616, 27617, 27695, 27697. 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 Raleigh is

The Census internal point of Raleigh is at 35.831900, -78.641000. Raleigh, the capital, is 3.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlotte, NC (943,476 people), 130.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cary, NC, 10.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 99 m (325 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Raleigh

At 35.83° N, Raleigh 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Raleigh daylight page.

Places near Raleigh

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Knightdale, 8.6 miles away, with 21,829 people.