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Catawba County, North Carolina
Catawba County anchors the Hickory metro area in the western Piedmont, built around Hickory, Newton, and Conover along the US 321/I-40 corridor and long known for furniture and hosiery manufacturing. That industrial base is now shifting toward fiber-optic and data-center investment from Corning and Microsoft, and residential growth is pushing southeast toward Lake Norman as US 321's four-lane upgrade ties the county more tightly to Charlotte.
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Catawba County at a glance
- 170,000Population (2025)
- NewtonCounty seat
- 401 sq miLand area
- 424 / sq miDensity
- $68,000Median household income
- $240,000Median home value
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- City Boundaries: 8
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 23
- School Boundaries - Middle: 8
- School Boundaries - High: 7
- Congressional Districts: 1
- Soils: 106
- State House Districts: 7
- State Senate Districts: 5
Cities and towns in Catawba County
Brookford, Catawba, Claremont, Conover, Hickory, Long View, Maiden, Newton.
Neighboring counties
- Lincoln County, NC · map
- Alexander County, NC · map
- Iredell County, NC · map
- Burke County, NC · map
- Caldwell County, NC · map
- Cleveland County, NC · map