Census Data for Portsmouth

As far as we can tell, Portsmouth has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Portsmouth, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Ocracoke
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocracoke
  • Ocracoke is located in Hyde County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocracoke <1>

Carteret County ...

Portsmouth is located in Carteret County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Carteret County.

Miscellaneous Information for Portsmouth ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Carteret County or the community of Portsmouth:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Portsmouth:
  • GNIS ID for Portsmouth: 1022050
  • GNIS ID for Carteret County: 1026337
  • GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 37 (North Carolina)
  • County Code: 031 (Carteret County)
  • Place Code: 53500 (Portsmouth)
  • State & County Code: 37/031 (North Carolina / Carteret County)
  • State & Place Code: 37/53500 (North Carolina / Portsmouth)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Portsmouth is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Portsmouth.