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Wayne County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Seat
- Goldsboro
- Largest community
- Goldsboro
- Total
- 557.72 sq mi (1,444.5 km )
- Land
- 553.92 sq mi (1,434.6 km )
- Water
- 3.80 sq mi (9.8 km ) 0.68%
- Estimate 2025
- 122,278
- Density
- 211.74/sq mi (81.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .waynegov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Anthony Wayne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Goldsboro
- Capital
- Goldsboro
- Population
- 117333
- Area
- 557
- Shares border with
- Duplin County
- Official website
- www.waynegov.com
- Image
- Wayne County Courthouse 1948.jpg
- Households
- 48198
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- Commons category
- Wayne County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Wayne County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1779-01-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Wayne County, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wayne County, North Carolina
- different from
- Wayne County
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Wayne County
- social media followers
- 1361
- per capita income
- 26362
- number of viewers/listeners
- 276206
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Encyclopedic overview
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,333. Its county seat is Goldsboro, and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Wayne County comprises the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayne County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.