Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County and Wake County. With a population of 283,506 in the 2020 census, Durham is the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 71st-most populous city in the United States. The city is located in the east-central part of the Piedmont region along the Eno River. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 608,879 in 2023. The Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the Research Triangle, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023. A railway depot was established in 1849 on land donated by Bartlett S. Durham, the namesake of the city.

Country: United States
State: North Carolina
Counties: Durham, Wake, Orange
Incorporated: April 10, 1869
Named for: Bartlett S. Durham
• Type: Council–manager
• Body: Durham City Council
• Mayor: Leonardo Williams (D)
• City Manager: Wanda Page
• Water: 0.71%
• Total: 283,506
• Estimate (2022): 291,928
• Rank: 71st in the United States, 4th in North Carolina
• Urban: 396,118 (US: 106th)
• Metro: 608,879 (US: 94th)
Demonym(s): Durhamite
Time zone: EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST): EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP codes: 27701, 27702, 27703, 27704, 27705, 27706, 27707, 27708, 27709, 27710, 27711, 27712, 27713, 27715, 27717, 27722
Area code(s): 919, 984
FIPS code: 37-19000
GNIS feature ID: 2403521
Primary Airport: Raleigh–Durham International Airport
Public transportation: GoDurham
Website: [durhamnc.gov]
Twitter profile: CityofDurhamNC
Wikidata description: county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata id: Q49229
Wikidata label: Durham
Wikidata aliases: Array
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