There are 284 Jails & Prisons in North Carolina, serving a population of 10,052,564 people in an area of 48,605 square miles. There is 1 Jail & Prison per 35,396 people, and 1 Jail & Prison per 171 square miles.
The state of North Carolina is ranked 30th in Jails & Prisons per capita, and 16th in Jails & Prisons per square mile.