North Carolina · Census place 3770380
Wadesboro, North Carolina
Wadesboro is a town in Anson County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,965 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 149th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,965
- #149 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -53 people
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- Density
- 752 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Wadesboro population, 2020 to 2024
Wadesboro lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.
Wadesboro covers 6.60 square miles of land, for 752 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Wadesboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wadesboro is in
All of Wadesboro's residents live in Anson County, which had 22,432 residents in 2024. Wadesboro holds 22.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wadesboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wadesboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28170. 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 Wadesboro is
The Census internal point of Wadesboro is at 34.963800, -80.074700. Raleigh, the capital, is 98.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockingham, NC (8,802 people), 17.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 43.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.963800, -80.074700
- DMS
- 34°57'49.68"N 80°04'28.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 584473.6E 3869419.5N
- Geohash
- dnpncugqu
- Plus code
- 866XXW7G+G4
Daylight in Wadesboro
At 34.96° N, Wadesboro 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 Wadesboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Polkton, 7.4 miles away, with 2,698 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wadesboro, NC?
4,965 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (1.1%) from 5,018 in July 2020.
What county is Wadesboro in?
Anson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wadesboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28170.
How far is Wadesboro from Raleigh?
98.6 miles (158.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Wadesboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Wadesboro?
Rockingham, NC, with 8,802 residents, 17.9 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.