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| Full name | Durham, North Carolina | | Official name | Durham, North Carolina | | Settlement type | City | | Country | United States | | State | North Carolina | | Counties | Durham, Wake | | Incorporated | April 10, 1869 | | Named for | Dr. Bartlett Leonidas Snipes Durham, M.D. | | Mayor | Bill Bell | | Total Area | 94.9 sq mi (245.8 km2) | | Land Area | 94.6 sq mi (245 km2) | | Water Area | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) | | Elevation | 404 ft (123.1 m) | | Pop. Estimate | 223284( 2008) | | 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 | 919 | | FIPS code | 37-19000 | | GNIS feature ID | 1020059 |
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Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake county. It is the fifth largest city in the state by population, with 223,284 residents as of July 1, 2008.
In 2003, the previous Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was re-defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, resulting in the formation of the Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA and the Durham, NC MSA.
Durham is the core of the four-county Durham MSA, which has a population of 501,228 as of July 1, 2009. The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 1,742,816 as of July 1, 2009.
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