NC and the US Census (Charlotte, Raleigh: living in, shop, activity)

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Can anyone find a list of cities?

[HP91]

Metropolitan Statistical Area rankings in NC...

1) Charlotte (#23 nationally-2.66 mill)
2) Raleigh (#42 nationally-1.41 mill)
3) Greensboro (#76 nationally-776k)
4) Winston-Salem (#88 nationally-675k)
5) Durham (#92 nationally-650k)
6) Fayetteville (#108 nationally-520K)
7) Asheville (#120 nationally-469k)
8) Hickory (#149 nationally-365k)
9) Wilmington (#173 nationally-286K)
10) Jacksonville (#221 nationally-204K)
11) Burlington (#251 nationally-171K)
12) Greenville (#254 nationally-170k)

If Brunswick Co is added to Wilmington, it would move up to about #130 nationally at about 422K. Myrtle Beach would drop from #114 nationally to #151.

[ozmoe571]

Originally Posted by Timonium

Can anyone find a list of cities?

Here are the census results for the top 50 N.C. cities followed by 2020 population amount and % change from 2010-2020.


1. Charlotte: 874,579 (19.6%)
2. Raleigh: 467,665 (15.8%)
3. Greensboro: 299,035 (10.9%)
4. Durham: 283,506 (24.2%)
5. Winston-Salem: 249,545 (8.7%)
6. Fayetteville: 208,501 (4.0%)
7. Cary: 174,721 (29.2%)
8. Wilmington: 115,451 (8.4%)
9. High Point: 114,059 (9.3%)
10. Concord: 105,240 (33.1%)
11. Asheville: 94,589 (13.4%)
12. Greenville: 87,521 (3.5%)
13. Gastonia: 80,411 (12.1%)
14. Jacksonville: 72,723 (3.7%)
15. Chapel Hill: 61,960 (8.3%)
16. Huntersville: 61,376 (31.2%)
17. Apex: 58,780 (56.8%)
18. Burlington: 57,303 (14.7%)
19. Rocky Mount: 54,341 (−5.5%)
20. Kannapolis : 53,114 (24.6%)
21. Mooresville: 50,193 (53.4%)
22. Wilson: 47,851 (−2.7% )
23: Wake Forest: 47,601 (58.1%)
24. Hickory: 43,490 (8.7%)
25. Holly Springs: 41,239 (67.2%)
26. Indian Trail : 39,997 (19.3%)
27. Salisbury: 35,540 (5.6%)
28. Monroe: 34,562 (5.4%)
29. Fuquay-Varina: 34,152 (90.4%)
30. Goldsboro: 33,657 (−7.6%)
31. Cornelius: 31,412 (26.3%)
32. New Bern: 31,291 (6.0%)
33. Garner: 31,159 (21.0%)
34. Sanford: 30,261 (7.7%)
35. Morrisville: 29,630 (59.5%)
36. Matthews: 29,435 (8.2%)
37. Statesville: 28,419 (15.8%)
38 Thomasville: 27,183 (1.6%)
39. Asheboro 27,156 (8.6%)
40. Mint Hill: 26,450 (16.4%)
41. Kernersville 26,449 (14.4%)
42. Clayton: 26,307 (63.2%)
43. Leland: 22,908 (69.4%)
44. Shelby: 21,918 (7.8%)
45. Carrboro: 21,295 (8.7%)
46. Clemmons: 21,163 (13.6%)
47. Waxhaw: 20,534 (108.3%)
48. Kinston: 19,900 (−8.2%)
49. Lexington: 19,632 (3.7%)
50. Knightdale: 19,435 (70.5%)

Honorable mention at 51: Boone: 19,092 (11.5%)
Only other city above 19,000 was Lumberton at 52, with 19,025 (-11.7%)

Some notes:
- Man, look at the growth rates of Durham, Cary, Concord, Huntersville, Cornelius, Garner and especially Apex, Mooresville, Wake Forest, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Leland, Waxhaw and Knightdale!
- Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro and Kinston were the biggest losers.

[HP91]

Originally Posted by ozmoe571

Here are the census results for the top 50 N.C. cities followed by 2020 population amount and % change from 2010-2020.


1. Charlotte: 874,579 (19.6%)
2. Raleigh: 467,665 (15.8%)
3. Greensboro: 299,035 (10.9%)
4. Durham: 283,506 (24.2%)
5. Winston-Salem: 249,545 (8.7%)
6. Fayetteville: 208,501 (4.0%)
7. Cary: 174,721 (29.2%)
8. Wilmington: 115,451 (8.4%)
9. High Point: 114,059 (9.3%)
10. Concord: 105,240 (33.1%)
11. Asheville: 94,589 (13.4%)
12. Greenville: 87,521 (3.5%)
13. Gastonia: 80,411 (12.1%)
14. Jacksonville: 72,723 (3.7%)
15. Chapel Hill: 61,960 (8.3%)
16. Huntersville: 61,376 (31.2%)
17. Apex: 58,780 (56.8%)
18. Burlington: 57,303 (14.7%)
19. Rocky Mount: 54,341 (−5.5%)
20. Kannapolis : 53,114 (24.6%)
21. Mooresville: 50,193 (53.4%)
22. Wilson: 47,851 (−2.7% )
23: Wake Forest: 47,601 (58.1%)
24. Hickory: 43,490 (8.7%)
25. Holly Springs: 41,239 (67.2%)
26. Indian Trail : 39,997 (19.3%)
27. Salisbury: 35,540 (5.6%)
28. Monroe: 34,562 (5.4%)
29. Fuquay-Varina: 34,152 (90.4%)
30. Goldsboro: 33,657 (−7.6%)
31. Cornelius: 31,412 (26.3%)
32. New Bern: 31,291 (6.0%)
33. Garner: 31,159 (21.0%)
34. Sanford: 30,261 (7.7%)
35. Morrisville: 29,630 (59.5%)
36. Matthews: 29,435 (8.2%)
37. Statesville: 28,419 (15.8%)
38 Thomasville: 27,183 (1.6%)
39. Asheboro 27,156 (8.6%)
40. Mint Hill: 26,450 (16.4%)
41. Kernersville 26,449 (14.4%)
42. Clayton: 26,307 (63.2%)
43. Leland: 22,908 (69.4%)
44. Shelby: 21,918 (7.8%)
45. Carrboro: 21,295 (8.7%)
46. Clemmons: 21,163 (13.6%)
47. Waxhaw: 20,534 (108.3%)
48. Kinston: 19,900 (−8.2%)
49. Lexington: 19,632 (3.7%)
50. Knightdale: 19,435 (70.5%)

Honorable mention at 51: Boone: 19,092 (11.5%)
Only other city above 19,000 was Lumberton at 52, with 19,025 (-11.7%)

Some notes:
- Man, look at the growth rates of Durham, Cary, Concord, Huntersville, Cornelius, Garner and especially Apex, Mooresville, Wake Forest, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Fuquay-Varina, Clayton, Leland, Waxhaw and Knightdale!
- Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro and Kinston were the biggest losers.

Interesting...Greenville is about 7k under estimates, Wilmington is about 8k under estimates...

Does that have to do with this?...(before you answer consider Chapel Hill was about 4K below estimates).

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...-college-towns

[architect77]

That list definitely underscores how NC is a state of small towns mostly with a few notable exceptions.

[ozmoe571]

Originally Posted by HP91

Interesting...Greenville is about 7k under estimates, Wilmington is about 8k under estimates...

Does that have to do with this?...(before you answer consider Chapel Hill was about 4K below estimates).

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...-college-towns

That very well could've been a factor.

What really stands out to me from this census is just how badly Eastern North Carolina is hurting. From I-95 until you get to the coastal counties, the only counties posting positive growth are Camden, which is near the Outer Banks, and Pitt, which is home to Greenville and East Carolina University. And even the growth for both (3.8% and 1.2% respectively) isn't impressive. Concord and Asheville grew so much faster that Greenville got knocked out of the top 10 cities even though it grew 3.5%. Beside Greenville, the only other eastern NC municipality in the top 50 was New Bern, with an impressive 6% growth to 31,291.

Maybe I should amend this to include the northern stretch of I-95 as well as a loser. Northampton, Halifax, Nash and Wilson also shrank considerably these last 10 years.

[Timonium]

What site did you find that list

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Greenville only 87,000 surprises me.

Projections had it at 95,000

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Nash barely lost anything.

I thought Nash would gain a bit.

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Lol Kinston doesn't even make the top 50