Caswell County, North Carolina
County seat: Yanceyville · Population 22,563 (2025) · 426 sq mi
Caswell County is the 75th most populous of North Carolina's 100 counties, with 22,563 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Yanceyville. It is part of the Piedmont-Triad (Central) Region region, one of the 8 Prosperity Zones of North Carolina. The map shows its 2 cities and towns and the 7 neighboring counties.
Caswell County facts
- County seat
- Yanceyville
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 22,563 −0.8% since 2020
- Land area
- 426 sq mi 58th largest of 100
- Water area
- 3 sq mi
- Population density
- 53 per sq mi
- Established
- 1777
- Named after
- Richard Caswell 1st and 5th governor of North Carolina 1729-1789
- Largest city
- Yanceyville 1,850
- Median household income
- $59,755
- Cities and towns
- 2
- ZIP codes
- 16
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 37033
Cities and towns in Caswell County
Caswell County has 2 incorporated cities, towns and villages. Populations count the people living inside Caswell County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanceyville (county seat) | Town | 1,850 | |
| Milton | Town | 176 |
ZIP codes in Caswell County
16 ZIP codes reach into Caswell County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 27212
- 27217 also Alamance County
- 27231 also Orange and Person counties
- 27244 also Alamance and Guilford counties
- 27249 also Guilford, Alamance and Rockingham counties
- 27291 also Person County
- 27302 also Alamance and Orange counties
- 27305 also Person County
- 27311 also Rockingham County
- 27314
- 27315
- 27320 also Rockingham and Guilford counties
- 27326 also Rockingham County
- 27343 also Person County
- 27379
- 27541 also Person and Orange counties
Population of Caswell County, 2020–2025
Caswell County shrank by 181 people (−0.8%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 756 more deaths than births and a net gain of 621 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 22,476 |
| 2021 | 22,505 |
| 2022 | 22,218 |
| 2023 | 22,477 |
| 2024 | 22,461 |
| 2025 | 22,563 |
Neighboring counties
- Person County east · 40,636 people
- Rockingham County west · 94,195 people
- Alamance County south · 186,177 people
- Pittsylvania County, Virginia north · 59,490 people
- Danville city, Virginia north · 41,647 people
- Orange County southeast · 152,498 people
- Halifax County, Virginia northeast · 33,447 people
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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