Wilmington is the principal city of the wilmington metropolitan statistical area, a metropolitan area that includes new hanover and pender counties in southeastern north carolina, which has a population of 263,429 as of the 2012 census estimate.
IWilmington idolobha eliyinhloko leWilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, indawo yedolobha elibandakanya izifunda zeNew Hanover nePender eningizimu-mpumalanga yeNorth Carolina, enabantu abangama-263,429 kusukela ku-Census Estimate ka-2012.