North Carolina · Census place 3757800

Roseboro, North Carolina

Roseboro is a town in Sampson County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,170 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 322nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,170
#322 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+17 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
807 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Roseboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Roseboro population, 2020 to 2024

Roseboro added 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,152. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roseboro covers 1.45 square miles of land, for 807 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Roseboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Roseboro is in

All of Roseboro's residents live in Sampson County, which had 60,404 residents in 2024. Roseboro holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roseboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roseboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28382. 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 Roseboro is

The Census internal point of Roseboro is at 34.955700, -78.514100. Raleigh, the capital, is 57.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clinton, NC (8,317 people), 10.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 27.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.955700, -78.514100
DMS
34°57'20.52"N 78°30'50.76"W
UTM
17N 726989.3E 3870952.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
8763XF4P+79

Daylight in Roseboro

At 34.96° N, Roseboro gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roseboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 10.8 miles away, with 8,317 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roseboro, NC?

1,170 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 17 (1.5%) from 1,153 in July 2020.

What county is Roseboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roseboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28382.

How far is Roseboro from Raleigh?

57.4 miles (92.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Roseboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Roseboro?

Clinton, NC, with 8,317 residents, 10.8 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.