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Wilson County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Col. Louis D. Wilson
- Seat
- Wilson
- Largest community
- Wilson
- Total
- 373.10 sq mi (966.3 km )
- Land
- 367.57 sq mi (952.0 km )
- Water
- 5.53 sq mi (14.3 km ) 1.48%
- Estimate 2025
- 81,150
- Density
- 214.34/sq mi (82.756/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 27542, 27557, 27803, 27807, 27813, 27822, 27829, 27830, 27851, 27852, 27873, 27878, 27880, 27883, 27888, 27893, 27895, 27896
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .wilsoncountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Wilson
- Capital
- Wilson
- Population
- 78784
- Area
- 374
- Shares border with
- Johnston County
- Official website
- www.wilson-co.com
- Image
- Wilson County NC courthouse from SSW 1.JPG
- Households
- 31968
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- Commons category
- Wilson County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Wilson County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1855-02-13
- different from
- Wilson County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wilson County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Wilson County
- per capita income
- 24656
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,784. The county seat is Wilson. The county comprises the Wilson, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included within the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.