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Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. With a population of 115,451 in the 2020 census, it is the eighth-most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the principal city of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the Pender, and Brunswick counties in southeastern North Carolina as well as New Hanover county. Its metropolitan statistical area had an estimated population of 467,337 in 2020.
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
County: New Hanover
Incorporated: February 20, 1739
Elevation: 43 ft (13 m)
Area codes: 910, 472
Named for: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
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