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Wake County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Margaret Wake
- Seat
- Raleigh
- Largest community
- Raleigh
- Total
- 857.02 sq mi (2,219.7 km )
- Land
- 834.59 sq mi (2,161.6 km )
- Water
- 22.43 sq mi (58.1 km ) 2.62%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,257,235
- Density
- 1,353.3/sq mi (522.49/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 4th , 13th
- Website
- www .wake .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1129410
- Area
- 857
- Elevation
- 103
- Official website
- www.wake.gov
- Image
- Wake County Courthouse - Raleigh, NC - DSC05816.JPG
- Households
- 410552
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- Commons category
- Wake County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1771-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 2.6
- native label
- Wake County
- social media followers
- 5060
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C109669
- per capita income
- 42721
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Wake County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, making it North Carolina's most populous county. From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th-fastest growing county in the United States, with Cary and Raleigh being the 8th- and 15th-fastest growing communities, respectively.
Its county seat is Raleigh, which is also the state capital. Eleven other municipalities are in Wake County, the largest of which is the town of Cary, the third-most populous city of the Research Triangle region and the seventh-most populous municipality in North Carolina.