| 1 | Archer Lodge town (south-southeast) | 12,148 |
| 2 | Wilson's Mills town (north-northwest) | 12,117 |
| 3 | Wilson's Mills town (east-northeast) | 9,584 |
| 4 | Archer Lodge town (northeast) | 7,202 |
| 5 | Archer Lodge town (northwest) | 6,701 |
| 6 | Four Oaks town (northwest 1) | 6,060 |
| 7 | Micro town (north-northwest) | 5,830 |
| 8 | Wilson's Mills town (west-southwest 2) | 5,769 |
| 9 | Archer Lodge town (east-southeast) | 5,767 |
| 10 | Smithfield town (east-northeast) | 5,565 |
| 11 | Four Oaks town (northwest 2) | 5,541 |
| 12 | Benson town (northwest 1) | 5,249 |
| 13 | Benson town (south-southeast) | 5,243 |
| 14 | Princeton town (east) | 5,009 |
| 15 | Smithfield town (west) | 4,996 |
| 16 | Pine Level town | 4,815 |
| 17 | Selma town (northeast) | 4,709 |
| 18 | Four Oaks town (south) | 4,567 |
| 19 | Wilson's Mills town (east-southeast) | 4,535 |
| 20 | Smithfield town (west-northwest) | 4,286 |
| 21 | Four Oaks town (west-northwest 1) | 4,262 |
| 22 | Micro town (south) | 4,186 |
| 23 | Princeton town (west-northwest) | 4,087 |
| 24 | Selma town (southwest) | 4,011 |
| 25 | Clayton town (east) | 3,993 |
| 26 | Smithfield town (east-southeast) | 3,980 |
| 27 | Benson town (northwest 3) | 3,854 |
| 28 | Four Oaks town (east) | 3,796 |
| 29 | Benson town (southeast 1) | 3,792 |
| 30 | Smithfield town (east) | 3,764 |
| 31 | Clayton town (north-northeast) | 3,725 |
| 32 | Wilson's Mills town (west) | 3,719 |
| 33 | Clayton town (south-southwest) | 3,676 |
| 34 | Clayton town (southwest) | 3,656 |
| 35 | Benson town (northwest 2) | 3,307 |
| 36 | Wilson's Mills town (east) | 3,221 |
| 37 | Benson town (north-northwest) | 3,060 |
| 38 | Four Oaks town (southeast) | 3,041 |
| 39 | Kenly town (north) | 2,961 |
| 40 | Benson town (southeast 2) | 2,895 |
| 41 | Benson town (west-northwest) | 2,617 |
| 42 | Wilson's Mills town (west-southwest 3) | 2,569 |
| 43 | Four Oaks town (east-southeast) | 2,505 |
| 44 | Kenly town (south) | 2,377 |
| 45 | Micro town (southeast) | 2,298 |
| 46 | Clayton town (northeast) | 2,258 |
| 47 | Princeton town (northeast) | 2,237 |
| 48 | Four Oaks town (west-northwest 2) | 2,082 |
| 49 | Wilson's Mills town (west-southwest 1) | 2,041 |
| 50 | Archer Lodge town (west-southwest) | 1,855 |
| 51 | Princeton town (south-southwest) | 1,762 |
| 52 | Benson town (southwest) | 1,728 |
| 53 | Benson town (east-southeast) | 1,615 |