North Carolina · Census place 3766520

Tabor City, North Carolina

Tabor City is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,831 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 185th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,831
#185 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-38 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
1,140 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Tabor City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Tabor City population, 2020 to 2024

Tabor City lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

3,86920203,62920213,74020223,82620233,8312024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,794. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tabor City covers 3.36 square miles of land, for 1,140 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Tabor City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tabor City is in

All of Tabor City's residents live in Columbus County, which had 50,054 residents in 2024. Tabor City holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tabor City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tabor City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28463. 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 Tabor City is

The Census internal point of Tabor City is at 34.154500, -78.873200. Raleigh, the capital, is 113.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whiteville, NC (4,688 people), 15.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 56.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.154500, -78.873200
DMS
34°09'16.20"N 78°52'23.52"W
UTM
17N 696065.9E 3781330.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
8763543G+RP

Daylight in Tabor City

At 34.15° N, Tabor City gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tabor City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Chadbourn, 12.1 miles away, with 1,528 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tabor City, NC?

3,831 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (1.0%) from 3,869 in July 2020.

What county is Tabor City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tabor City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28463.

How far is Tabor City from Raleigh?

113.1 miles (182.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Tabor City.

What is the nearest larger city to Tabor City?

Whiteville, NC, with 4,688 residents, 15.6 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.