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Fayetteville, NC Metro Area

The Fayetteville, NC metro area is made up of 2 counties in North Carolina: Cumberland and Hoke. About 395,412 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.2% more than in April 2020.

Cumberland County, centralHoke County, centralFayetteville
2 counties in North Carolina
Population, July 2025
395,412 2.2% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2, both central
Land area
1,043 sq mi (2,701 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
North Carolina
Combined statistical area
Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC
CBSA code
22180
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Counties in the Fayetteville, NC metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Cumberland CountyCentral338,47385.6%
Hoke CountyCentral56,93914.4%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Fayetteville210,815 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Lumberton, NC Micro Area119,941 people
  2. Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area110,619 people
  3. Rockingham, NC Micro Area42,041 people
  4. Laurinburg, NC Micro Area33,322 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Anderson Creek, NC Micro Area13 mi north
  2. Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area29 mi west
  3. Lumberton, NC Micro Area31 mi south
  4. Laurinburg, NC Micro Area36 mi southwest
  5. Rockingham, NC Micro Area46 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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