How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 79.7°W, standard parallels 34.3°N and 36.1°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of North Carolina shows all 100 counties of North Carolina, from Alamance to Yancey, with Raleigh, the capital, in Wake County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 100 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Alamance and 100 on Yancey, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
NC county map printable with every county
North Carolina has exactly 100 counties, from Cherokee in the western mountains to Dare on the Outer Banks. Its neighbors, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina, are drawn around it without numbers.
As a North Carolina county map printable for class, print Numbered and give each group the mountains, the Piedmont or the coast.
Questions and answers
How many counties does North Carolina have?
One hundred in the Census Bureau count, from Alamance County to Yancey County in alphabetical order; with so many, the numbered sheet is busy.
What county is Raleigh in?
Raleigh stands in Wake County, which is number 92 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Raleigh beside it.
Which county are the Outer Banks in?
Mostly Dare County, with the northern end in Currituck and the southern islands in Hyde and Carteret.
Which county of North Carolina has the most people?
Wake County, around Raleigh, has more people than any other county in North Carolina, and it holds the capital too.