Washington, North Carolina

Washington population, 2020 to 2024

Washington lost 148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +41. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 139th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Washington is 67% of it.

Washington covers 8.19 square miles of land and 0.84 of water, for 1,189 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Washington is close to the typical town.

What county Washington is in

All of Washington's residents live in Beaufort County, which had 44,576 residents in 2024. Washington holds 21.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Washington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Washington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27889. 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 Washington is

The Census internal point of Washington is at 35.558000, -77.054200. Raleigh, the capital, is 90.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenville, NC (95,138 people), 18.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 82.1 miles away.

Daylight in Washington

At 35.56° N, Washington gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Washington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenville, 18.2 miles away, with 95,138 people.