North Carolina
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North Carolina

State

Territory

  • officials recorded 19
  • partly recorded 1
  • nothing recorded 80
GEOID
37
OCD-ID
ocd-division/country:us/state:nc
POP
11,197,968 (2025)
CENTER
35.526, -79.1309
SOURCE
census tiger

Government of North Carolina

Bodies, seats, agencies and services that belong to North Carolina itself. Jurisdictions inside it are listed separately below.

Within North Carolina

Each of these governs itself. Counts are that jurisdiction's own records.

jurisdictions
100
agencies
603
bodies
73
officials
275
Name Agencies Bodies Officials
Wake 37 2 7
Mecklenburg 20 1 1
Guilford 20 1 0
Forsyth 23 1 7
Durham 32 1 5
Cumberland 28 1 7
Buncombe 40 5 7
Union 33 1 5
Johnston 33 3 7
Cabarrus 48 5 5
Gaston 25 2 12
New Hanover 31 3 5
Onslow 28 3 7
Iredell 34 8 32
Alamance 31 9 66
Pitt 28 4 28
Davidson 31 17 42
Brunswick 35 4 22
Catawba 20 1 5
Rowan 26 1 5
Orange 0 0 0
Harnett 0 0 0
Randolph 0 0 0
Henderson 0 0 0
Wayne 0 0 0
Robeson 0 0 0
Moore 0 0 0
Craven 0 0 0
Cleveland 0 0 0
Nash 0 0 0
Lincoln 0 0 0
Rockingham 0 0 0
Burke 0 0 0
Chatham 0 0 0
Franklin 0 0 0
Wilson 0 0 0
Caldwell 0 0 0
Surry 0 0 0
Pender 0 0 0
Carteret 0 0 0
Lee 0 0 0
Stanly 0 0 0
Wilkes 0 0 0
Rutherford 0 0 0
Haywood 0 0 0
Sampson 0 0 0
Granville 0 0 0
Hoke 0 0 0
Lenoir 0 0 0
Watauga 0 0 0

Showing the 50 largest of 100. Totals include all of them.