City profile · Small City
Hickory, North Carolina
Verified Oct 12, 2026Who leads Hickory, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Hank Guess
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 37,222
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 12, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 12, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcehickorync.gov/city-council ↗
- Official leadership pagehickorync.gov/city-council ↗
- City websitehickorync.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Hank Guess CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 12, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 37,222
- Median household income
- $58,251
- Median age
- 37.9
- Land area
- 32.29 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,152.7 per sq mi
- County
- Catawba County
- Metro area
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
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