Parcel Counts in North Carolina
By County Name By Number of Parcels By Percent of Change
County 2003 Parcels 1996 Parcels % Change County 2003 Parcels 1996 Parcels % Change County 2003 Parcels 1996 Parcels % Change
Alamance 60,912 58,673 3.68 Tyrrell 3,811 3,628 4.80 McDowell 23,206 26,000 -12.04
Alexander 21,000 18,000 14.29 Camden 5,843 6,000 -2.69 Madison 16,000 17,000 -6.25
Alleghany 15,800 14,000 11.39 Gates 6,650 6,055 8.95 Beaufort 41,000 42,621 -3.95
Anson 17,500 16,575 5.29 Hyde 8,132 7,446 8.44 Camden 5,843 6,000 -2.69
Ashe 33,704 28,750 14.70 Jones 8,500 7,375 13.24 Dare 37,688 38,017 -0.87
Avery 22,768 20,542 9.78 Swain 8,539 8,000 6.31 Polk 12,850 12,850 0.00
Beaufort 41,000 42,621 -3.95 Graham 8,592 8,100 5.73 Granville 27,003 26,998 0.02
Bertie 17,125 16,159 5.64 Washington 10,000 8,500 15.00 Martin 14,500 14,200 2.07
Bladen 28,738 25,739 10.44 Green 11,772 9,683 17.75 Halifax 37,219 36,000 3.28
Brunswick 110,000 92,555 15.86 Clay 11,800 10,000 15.25 Yadkin 26,000 25,094 3.48
Buncombe 104,565 94,000 10.10 Chowan 12,100 10,800 10.74 Alamance 60,912 58,673 3.68
Burke 54,603 48,000 12.09 Polk 12,850 12,850 0.00 Pamlico 13,500 13,000 3.70
Cabarrus 64,976 60,000 7.66 Pamlico 13,500 13,000 3.70 Montgomery 29,100 27,967 3.89
Caldwell 47,150 40,000 15.16 Perquimans 13,500 11,980 11.26 Tyrrell 3,811 3,628 4.80
Camden 5,843 6,000 -2.69 Cashwell 14,500 12,331 14.96 Anson 17,500 16,575 5.29
Carteret 52,339 47,652 8.96 Martin 14,500 14,200 2.07 Moore 63,000 59,660 5.30
Cashwell 14,500 12,331 14.96 Hertford 14,645 13,850 5.43 Hertford 14,645 13,850 5.43
Catawba 80,900 71,960 11.05 Yancey 15,407 12,994 15.66 Rockingham 49,183 46,468 5.52
Chatham 33,318 27,000 18.96 Alleghany 15,800 14,000 11.39 Stanly 36,000 34,000 5.56
Cherokee 26,500 22,601 14.71 Madison 16,000 17,000 -6.25 Bertie 17,125 16,159 5.64
Chowan 12,100 10,800 10.74 Mitchell 16,999 12,800 24.70 Graham 8,592 8,100 5.73
Clay 11,800 10,000 15.25 Bertie 17,125 16,159 5.64 Swain 8,539 8,000 6.31
Cleveland 51,000 47,500 6.86 Anson 17,500 16,575 5.29 Henderson 58,000 54,314 6.36
Columbus 39,000 35,000 10.26 Pasquotank 18,056 16,842 6.72 Lincoln 39,000 36,500 6.41
Craven 49,263 43,937 10.81 Northampton 19,100 17,870 6.44 Northampton 19,100 17,870 6.44
Cumberland 122,000 111,484 8.62 Hoke 19,254 15,309 20.49 Pasquotank 18,056 16,842 6.72
Currituck 21,352 19,400 9.14 Warren 20,400 18,500 9.31 Rowan 73,000 68,000 6.85
Dare 37,688 38,017 -0.87 Davie 20,921 17,555 16.09 Cleveland 51,000 47,500 6.86
Davidson 81,000 74,000 8.64 Alexander 21,000 18,000 14.29 Lenoir 33,000 30,500 7.58
Davie 20,921 17,555 16.09 Scotland 21,000 18,300 12.86 Cabarrus 64,976 60,000 7.66
Duplin 34,400 29,587 13.99 Currituck 21,352 19,400 9.14 Macon 39,000 36,000 7.69
Durham 89,671 81,783 8.80 Avery 22,768 20,542 9.78 Lee 29,432 27,000 8.26
Edgecombe 29,438 27,000 8.28 McDowell 23,206 26,000 -12.04 Edgecombe 29,438 27,000 8.28
Forsyth 188,943 128,686 31.89 Person 23,500 21,500 8.51 Hyde 8,132 7,446 8.44
Franklin 35,732 29,200 18.28 Vance 24,000 21,820 9.08 Person 23,500 21,500 8.51
Gaston 93,500 84,600 9.52 Yadkin 26,000 25,094 3.48 Wayne 57,516 52,585 8.57
Gates 6,650 6,055 8.95 Cherokee 26,500 22,601 14.71 Cumberland 122,000 111,484 8.62
Graham 8,592 8,100 5.73 Granville 27,003 26,998 0.02 Davidson 81,000 74,000 8.64
Granville 27,003 26,998 0.02 Transylvania 28,000 25,336 9.51 Durham 89,671 81,783 8.80
Green 11,772 9,683 17.75 Bladen 28,738 25,739 10.44 Gates 6,650 6,055 8.95
Guilford 186,000 163,177 12.27 Montgomery 29,100 27,967 3.89 Carteret 52,339 47,652 8.96
Halifax 37,219 36,000 3.28 Lee 29,432 27,000 8.26 Vance 24,000 21,820 9.08
Harnett 53,941 42,602 21.02 Edgecombe 29,438 27,000 8.28 Currituck 21,352 19,400 9.14
Haywood 46,201 41,052 11.14 Stokes 30,070 24,844 17.38 Warren 20,400 18,500 9.31
Henderson 58,000 54,314 6.36 Richmond 30,521 27,650 9.41 Surry 39,300 35,609 9.39
Hertford 14,645 13,850 5.43 Jackson 31,899 28,000 12.22 Richmond 30,521 27,650 9.41
Hoke 19,254 15,309 20.49 Lenoir 33,000 30,500 7.58 Transylvania 28,000 25,336 9.51
Hyde 8,132 7,446 8.44 Chatham 33,318 27,000 18.96 Gaston 93,500 84,600 9.52
Iredell 79,356 63,952 19.41 Ashe 33,704 28,750 14.70 Avery 22,768 20,542 9.78
Jackson 31,899 28,000 12.22 Duplin 34,400 29,587 13.99 Randolph 74,533 67,048 10.04
Johnston 72,000 55,420 23.03 Wilson 35,643 30,100 15.55 Buncombe 104,565 94,000 10.10
Jones 8,500 7,375 13.24 Franklin 35,732 29,200 18.28 Columbus 39,000 35,000 10.26
Lee 29,432 27,000 8.26 Stanly 36,000 34,000 5.56 Bladen 28,738 25,739 10.44
Lenoir 33,000 30,500 7.58 Halifax 37,219 36,000 3.28 Chowan 12,100 10,800 10.74
Lincoln 39,000 36,500 6.41 Dare 37,688 38,017 -0.87 Craven 49,263 43,937 10.81
Macon 39,000 36,000 7.69 Columbus 39,000 35,000 10.26 Catawba 80,900 71,960 11.05
Madison 16,000 17,000 -6.25 Lincoln 39,000 36,500 6.41 Haywood 46,201 41,052 11.14
Martin 14,500 14,200 2.07 Macon 39,000 36,000 7.69 Wilkes 45,593 40,501 11.17
McDowell 23,206 26,000 -12.04 Pender 39,177 33,758 13.83 Onslow 58,565 51,999 11.21
Mecklenburg 300,000 226,219 24.59 Surry 39,300 35,609 9.39 Perquimans 13,500 11,980 11.26
Mitchell 16,999 12,800 24.70 Beaufort 41,000 42,621 -3.95 Alleghany 15,800 14,000 11.39
Montgomery 29,100 27,967 3.89 Watauga 43,000 37,958 11.73 Watauga 43,000 37,958 11.73
Moore 63,000 59,660 5.30 Sampson 43,300 36,777 15.06 Pitt 64,000 56,265 12.09
Nash 45,000 39,416 12.41 Nash 45,000 39,416 12.41 Burke 54,603 48,000 12.09
New Hanover 89,308 75,406 15.57 Wilkes 45,593 40,501 11.17 Rutherford 48,500 42,600 12.16
Northampton 19,100 17,870 6.44 Haywood 46,201 41,052 11.14 Jackson 31,899 28,000 12.22
Onslow 58,565 51,999 11.21 Caldwell 47,150 40,000 15.16 Guilford 186,000 163,177 12.27
Orange 49,500 41,500 16.16 Rutherford 48,500 42,600 12.16 Nash 45,000 39,416 12.41
Pamlico 13,500 13,000 3.70 Rockingham 49,183 46,468 5.52 Scotland 21,000 18,300 12.86
Pasquotank 18,056 16,842 6.72 Craven 49,263 43,937 10.81 Jones 8,500 7,375 13.24
Pender 39,177 33,758 13.83 Orange 49,500 41,500 16.16 Robeson 70,885 61,500 13.24
Perquimans 13,500 11,980 11.26 Cleveland 51,000 47,500 6.86 Pender 39,177 33,758 13.83
Person 23,500 21,500 8.51 Carteret 52,339 47,652 8.96 Duplin 34,400 29,587 13.99
Pitt 64,000 56,265 12.09 Harnett 53,941 42,602 21.02 Alexander 21,000 18,000 14.29
Polk 12,850 12,850 0.00 Burke 54,603 48,000 12.09 Ashe 33,704 28,750 14.70
Randolph 74,533 67,048 10.04 Wayne 57,516 52,585 8.57 Cherokee 26,500 22,601 14.71
Richmond 30,521 27,650 9.41 Henderson 58,000 54,314 6.36 Cashwell 14,500 12,331 14.96
Robeson 70,885 61,500 13.24 Onslow 58,565 51,999 11.21 Washington 10,000 8,500 15.00
Rockingham 49,183 46,468 5.52 Alamance 60,912 58,673 3.68 Sampson 43,300 36,777 15.06
Rowan 73,000 68,000 6.85 Moore 63,000 59,660 5.30 Caldwell 47,150 40,000 15.16
Rutherford 48,500 42,600 12.16 Pitt 64,000 56,265 12.09 Clay 11,800 10,000 15.25
Sampson 43,300 36,777 15.06 Cabarrus 64,976 60,000 7.66 Wilson 35,643 30,100 15.55
Scotland 21,000 18,300 12.86 Robeson 70,885 61,500 13.24 New Hanover 89,308 75,406 15.57
Stanly 36,000 34,000 5.56 Union 71,662 51,000 28.83 Yancey 15,407 12,994 15.66
Stokes 30,070 24,844 17.38 Johnston 72,000 55,420 23.03 Brunswick 110,000 92,555 15.86
Surry 39,300 35,609 9.39 Rowan 73,000 68,000 6.85 Davie 20,921 17,555 16.09
Swain 8,539 8,000 6.31 Randolph 74,533 67,048 10.04 Orange 49,500 41,500 16.16
Transylvania 28,000 25,336 9.51 Iredell 79,356 63,952 19.41 Stokes 30,070 24,844 17.38
Tyrrell 3,811 3,628 4.80 Catawba 80,900 71,960 11.05 Green 11,772 9,683 17.75
Union 71,662 51,000 28.83 Davidson 81,000 74,000 8.64 Franklin 35,732 29,200 18.28
Vance 24,000 21,820 9.08 New Hanover 89,308 75,406 15.57 Chatham 33,318 27,000 18.96
Wake 270,000 205,000 24.07 Durham 89,671 81,783 8.80 Iredell 79,356 63,952 19.41
Warren 20,400 18,500 9.31 Gaston 93,500 84,600 9.52 Hoke 19,254 15,309 20.49
Washington 10,000 8,500 15.00 Buncombe 104,565 94,000 10.10 Harnett 53,941 42,602 21.02
Watauga 43,000 37,958 11.73 Brunswick 110,000 92,555 15.86 Johnston 72,000 55,420 23.03
Wayne 57,516 52,585 8.57 Cumberland 122,000 111,484 8.62 Wake 270,000 205,000 24.07
Wilkes 45,593 40,501 11.17 Guilford 186,000 163,177 12.27 Mecklenburg 300,000 226,219 24.59
Wilson 35,643 30,100 15.55 Forsyth 188,943 128,686 31.89 Mitchell 16,999 12,800 24.70
Yadkin 26,000 25,094 3.48 Wake 270,000 205,000 24.07 Union 71,662 51,000 28.83
Yancey 15,407 12,994 15.66 Mecklenburg 300,000 226,219 24.59 Forsyth 188,943 128,686 31.89
Data Obtained Directly from County
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1996 Parcel Data

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