Total Population in Buncombe County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Buncombe County Compares
National Distribution
Where Buncombe County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.
■ Buncombe County: 274,360
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #259 | Kitsap County, WA | 277,881 |
| #260 | Atlantic County, NJ | 276,270 |
| #261 | Washington County, MN | 276,238 |
| #262 | Buncombe County, NC | 274,360 |
| #263 | St. Joseph County, IN | 273,040 |
| #264 | St. Tammany Parish, LA | 272,421 |
| #265 | Brown County, WI | 270,892 |
Total Population in Buncombe County, North Carolina
Buncombe County, North Carolina has a total population of 274,360, which ranks #262 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.9% below the national value of 330M.
Within North Carolina, Buncombe County ranks #7 of 100 out of 100 counties. This places it in the 92th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.