North Carolina · Census place 3755040

Ramseur, North Carolina

Ramseur is a town in Randolph County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,790 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 263rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,790
#263 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+15 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.25 sq mi water
Density
895 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Ramseur. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Ramseur population, 2020 to 2024

Ramseur added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

1,77520201,77220211,77920221,78820231,7902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,773. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ramseur covers 2.00 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 895 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Ramseur is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ramseur is in

All of Ramseur's residents live in Randolph County, which had 148,389 residents in 2024. Ramseur holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ramseur

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ramseur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27316. 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 Ramseur is

The Census internal point of Ramseur is at 35.737100, -79.654800. Raleigh, the capital, is 57.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Asheboro, NC (27,928 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is High Point, NC, 25.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.737100, -79.654800
DMS
35°44'13.56"N 79°39'17.28"W
UTM
17N 621644.4E 3955623.8N
Geohash
dnr773tps
Plus code
8772P8PW+R3

Daylight in Ramseur

At 35.74° N, Ramseur gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ramseur

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklinville, 2.1 miles away, with 1,245 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ramseur, NC?

1,790 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (0.8%) from 1,775 in July 2020.

What county is Ramseur in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ramseur?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27316.

How far is Ramseur from Raleigh?

57.0 miles (91.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Ramseur.

What is the nearest larger city to Ramseur?

Asheboro, NC, with 27,928 residents, 9.0 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.

  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.