Warsaw is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,733.
History
The Warsaw Historic District and Joshua James Blanchard House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
Warsaw is located in western Duplin County. U.S. Route 117 passes through the center of town as Pine Street; it leads north to Goldsboro and south to Wallace. North Carolina Highway 50 (Memorial Drive) intersects US 117 at the north end of town and leads east to Kenansville, the Duplin County seat. Interstate 40 passes to the south and west of Warsaw, with access from Exit 369 (US 117, south of the center of town) and Exit 364 (NC 24, west of the town center).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Warsaw racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 652
| 23.86%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 1,497
| 54.77%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 5
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 19
| 0.7%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 60
| 2.2%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 500
| 18.29%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Warsaw had a population of 2,733. The median age was 39.0 years. 25.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 81.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 73.0 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,095 households in Warsaw, and there were 547 families residing in the town. Of those households, 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 28.1% were married-couple households, 17.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 48.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.