The county seat is Greensboro, the largest city in the county with roughly three hundred and ten thousand people. High Point, the second-largest city, has about one hundred and twenty thousand residents and shares a joint county courthouse with Greensboro. Other key communities include Summerfield with around eleven thousand people, Oak Ridge with about eight thousand, Stokesdale with six thousand, Pleasant Garden with five thousand, and Jamestown with around four thousand. Smaller towns like Gibsonville, Archdale, and Kernersville also have portions in the county.

The total population of Guilford County is around five hundred and sixty thousand, making it the third most populous county in North Carolina. It’s a mix of two major cities surrounded by growing suburban and small-town communities.