| 1 | Ogden CDP (north) | 9,871 |
| 2 | Porters Neck CDP | 8,369 |
| 3 | Sea Breeze CDP (north-northwest) | 7,138 |
| 4 | Murraysville CDP | 6,981 |
| 5 | Silver Lake CDP (east-northeast) | 6,709 |
| 6 | Kings Grant CDP (west-southwest 2) | 6,592 |
| 7 | Wilmington city (east-southeast) | 6,505 |
| 8 | Wilmington city (south 2) | 6,480 |
| 9 | Bayshore CDP (northeast) | 6,238 |
| 10 | Blue Clay Farms CDP (north-northeast) | 5,938 |
| 11 | Silver Lake CDP (southwest) | 5,844 |
| 12 | Skippers Corner CDP (east) | 5,789 |
| 13 | Bayshore CDP (southwest) | 5,680 |
| 14 | Kings Grant CDP (south-southeast) | 5,610 |
| 15 | Kings Grant CDP (east-northeast) | 5,325 |
| 16 | Kings Grant CDP (northwest) | 5,198 |
| 17 | Wilmington city (southeast) | 5,060 |
| 18 | Myrtle Grove CDP (north) | 4,913 |
| 19 | Wilmington city (east) | 4,866 |
| 20 | Myrtle Grove CDP (south) | 4,788 |
| 21 | Ogden CDP (south) | 4,767 |
| 22 | Skippers Corner CDP (north) | 4,726 |
| 23 | Silver Lake CDP (southeast) | 4,713 |
| 24 | Northchase CDP | 4,699 |
| 25 | Kings Grant CDP (north) | 4,664 |
| 26 | Sea Breeze CDP (south-southeast) | 4,440 |
| 27 | Skippers Corner CDP (northwest) | 4,375 |
| 28 | Wilmington city (west-northwest 1) | 4,337 |
| 29 | Wilmington city (south 1) | 3,975 |
| 30 | Kings Grant CDP (west-southwest 1) | 3,965 |
| 31 | Skippers Corner CDP (south-southeast) | 3,931 |
| 32 | Wilmington city (west-southwest) | 3,876 |
| 33 | Wrightsville Beach town (north-northwest) | 3,855 |
| 34 | Kure Beach town (north) | 3,796 |
| 35 | Wrightsville Beach town (south-southwest) | 3,571 |
| 36 | Wilmington city (northeast) | 3,075 |
| 37 | Wilmington city (north-northwest) | 2,990 |
| 38 | Carolina Beach town | 2,932 |
| 39 | Kings Grant CDP (east-southeast) | 2,908 |
| 40 | Silver Lake CDP (northwest) | 2,900 |
| 41 | Wrightsville Beach town (north-northeast) | 2,727 |
| 42 | Wilmington city (west-northwest 3) | 2,693 |
| 43 | Kings Grant CDP (south-southwest) | 2,684 |
| 44 | Skippers Corner CDP (south 3) | 2,355 |
| 45 | Kure Beach town (south) | 2,323 |
| 46 | Skippers Corner CDP (south 1) | 2,160 |
| 47 | Wrightsville Beach town (north) | 2,157 |
| 48 | Wilmington city (north) | 2,105 |
| 49 | Wilmington city (east-northeast) | 2,090 |
| 50 | Wilmington city (west-northwest 2) | 2,070 |
| 51 | Wilmington city (west) | 1,859 |
| 52 | Skippers Corner CDP (south-southwest) | 1,826 |
| 53 | Skippers Corner CDP (south 2) | 1,776 |