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North Carolina property owners by county

3,605,694 records across 85 covered counties.

Records
3,605,694
owner data on 93.4%
Absentee owners
33.0%
1,111,479 properties
Out-of-state owners
6.3%
213,339 properties
LLC or company owned
9.9%
334,824 properties
Trust owned
4.4%
146,776 properties
Vacant land
4.6%
155,825 parcels
Pre-probate
764
flagged in source data
Pre-foreclosure
2,440
incl. auction and bank owned
Typical hold
5 to 14 years
30.6% held 15+ years

Counties

CountyRecordsAbsenteeOut of stateLLC
Wake County422,34923%6%9%
Mecklenburg County366,79525%9%14%
Guilford County193,13533%5%13%
Forsyth County145,23328%6%12%
Cumberland County115,49630%6%10%
Durham County103,99528%6%10%
Buncombe County102,49036%8%9%
New Hanover County92,38434%6%12%
Gaston County88,82131%7%12%
Union County79,14829%7%12%
Onslow County78,47737%10%8%
Iredell County77,87930%7%12%
Cabarrus County77,68330%8%13%
Catawba County66,11233%3%9%
Alamance County61,41528%3%8%
Johnston County57,58832%5%12%
Davidson County56,78033%3%8%
Moore County50,07537%6%8%
Rowan County49,91532%3%8%
Pitt County49,07029%3%11%
Henderson County48,98532%8%6%
Craven County42,09633%6%9%
Randolph County41,93429%2%6%
Cleveland County41,35441%4%10%
Wayne County41,04739%4%10%
Granville County38,49428%5%9%
Lincoln County37,10427%3%7%
Robeson County36,83046%4%7%
Harnett County36,82738%4%11%
Rockingham County34,91432%3%8%
Nash County33,53538%3%14%
Burke County32,91547%3%8%
Haywood County32,03644%17%5%
Carteret County31,04748%7%9%
Rutherford County29,96548%9%7%
Stanly County29,66842%3%7%
Surry County27,99031%3%6%
Wilson County27,94738%3%11%
Franklin County27,66930%3%8%
Pender County26,99733%5%7%
Wilkes County24,28837%3%4%
Lenoir County22,80443%4%10%
Watauga County21,67162%13%9%
Halifax County21,36351%11%7%
Cherokee County20,96653%28%7%
Beaufort County20,46941%5%6%
Chatham County19,84835%2%6%
Sampson County19,84640%3%6%
Columbus County19,22053%7%7%
Currituck County19,14548%30%9%
Edgecombe County17,74549%5%13%
Hoke County17,58725%6%9%
Davie County17,45926%2%6%
McDowell County16,82744%6%7%
Stokes County16,71030%2%5%
Vance County16,61248%5%15%
Richmond County15,78146%5%9%
Duplin County15,75145%4%6%
Pasquotank County15,45434%7%10%
Yadkin County14,20735%2%6%
Alexander County13,68533%2%4%
Bertie County12,29476%14%11%
Scotland County11,84843%5%9%
Montgomery County11,24761%3%6%
Polk County10,66058%18%9%
Bladen County10,18953%5%8%
Person County10,15736%3%8%
Anson County10,15558%5%8%
Madison County10,13847%12%7%
Yancey County10,13750%14%6%
Martin County9,56549%6%9%
Northampton County8,76154%14%6%
Mitchell County7,49247%11%6%
Hertford County7,34651%10%9%
Chowan County7,34648%13%7%
Warren County7,22962%11%9%
Alleghany County6,87158%11%10%
Caswell County6,09042%7%6%
Jones County5,00846%6%5%
Washington County4,86850%8%6%
Graham County4,61371%23%8%
Greene County4,26437%3%7%
Gates County3,65534%8%4%
Hyde County2,26069%11%9%
Tyrrell County1,86957%12%6%

Figures computed from county assessor and recorder data on Sep 16, 2026. Percentages are of records with owner data. Verify before acting.