North Carolina · Census place 3763400
Southport, North Carolina
Southport is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,341 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,341
- #174 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +8.6%
- +342 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,069 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Southport population, 2020 to 2024
Southport added 342 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by -12.
Southport covers 4.06 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,069 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Southport is less dense than the typical town.
What county Southport is in
All of Southport's residents live in Brunswick County, which had 167,112 residents in 2024. Southport 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 Southport
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Southport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28461. 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 Southport is
The Census internal point of Southport is at 33.933300, -78.008500. Raleigh, the capital, is 132.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. James, NC (7,315 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 20.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.933300, -78.008500
- DMS
- 33°55'59.88"N 78°00'30.60"W
- UTM
- 17N 776522.0E 3758792.4N
- Geohash
- dq090c7gy
- Plus code
- 8753WXMR+8H
Daylight in Southport
At 33.93° N, Southport gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Southport
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is St. James, 5.3 miles away, with 7,315 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Southport, NC?
4,341 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 342 (8.6%) from 3,999 in July 2020.
What county is Southport in?
Brunswick County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Southport?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28461.
How far is Southport from Raleigh?
132.5 miles (213.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Southport.
What is the nearest larger city to Southport?
St. James, NC, with 7,315 residents, 5.3 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.