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[Urbanity]

Thought it might be a good idea for statewide census data.
U.S. Census released yesterday 2010 state population counts versus previous state population estimates.  North Carolina was impressive.  

Estimates for 2010 were at 9,432,921.  Actual was at 9,535,483.  This represents 102,562 more people in the actual population  versus estimates.


http://www.census.go...al-est2010.html

[DCMetroRaleigh]

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Edited by DCMetroRaleigh, 06 February 2011 - 10:10 AM.

[cowboy_wilhelm]

According to the Census website, North Carolina's data will be released "next." I'm assuming this week. For anyone not keeping track, state data is being released on a rolling basis.

2010 Census Redistricting Data  Release by State

[Urbanity]

cowboy_wilhelm, on 27 February 2011 - 10:57 AM, said:

According to the Census website, North Carolina's data will be released "next." I'm assuming this week.

Yes - you are right.  The press release(dated 2/24/11)  confirms that it would be this week.   I'm excited as the data they have been releasing for other states is pretty interesting and includes city growth numbers as well.

[Shawn&Zae]

Census data for NC comes out tomorrow...I'm eager to see all of NC's metro population stats.

[tozmervo]

Watch for the raw data to land about 2pm today: http://www.census.go.../cb11-cn60.html

It'll be available via the "Fact Finder" tomorrow.

[Shawn&Zae]

Top 20 NC Cities
Charlotte city………………………………………….. 731 424
Raleigh city………………………………… 403 892
Greensboro city…………………………….. 269 666
Winston-Salem city………………………… 229 617
Durham city………………………………… 228 330
Fayetteville city……………………………… 200 564
Cary town…………………………………. 135 234
Wilmington city……………………………… 106 476
High Point city………………………………. 104 371
Greenville city……………………………….. 84 554
Asheville city……………………………….. 83 393
Concord city………………………………… 79 066
Gastonia city…………………………….. 71 741
Jacksonville city………………………… 70 145
Rocky Mount city………………………….. 57 477
Chapel Hill town………………………….. 57 233
Burlington city………………………………. 49 963
Wilson city……………………………….. 49 167
Huntersville town……………………………. 46 773
Kannapolis city……………………………… 42 625

Top 20 NC Counties
Mecklenburg County………………………. 919 628
Wake County……………………………. 900 993
Guilford County…………………………… 488 406
Forsyth County…………………………… 350 670
Cumberland County……………………….. 319 431
Durham County…………………………….. 267 587
Buncombe County………………………….. 238 318
Gaston County……………………………… 206 086
New Hanover County……………………… 202 667
Union County…………………………………….. 201 292
Cabarrus County……………………………. 178 011
Onslow County…………………………….. 177 772
Johnston County……………………………. 168 878
Pitt County……………………………………. 168 148
Davidson County…………………………….. 162 878
Iredell County………………………………. 159 437
Catawba County…………………………… 154 358
Alamance County…………………………. 151 131
Randolph County…………………………………….. 141 752
Rowan County………………………………….. 138 428

Edited by Shawn&Zae, 02 March 2011 - 01:20 PM.

[tozmervo]

out of curiosity:
Mecklenburg: 919,628 / 526 sqmi = 1,748.3 persons per square mile.
Wake: 900,993 / 832 sqmi = 1,082.9
Guilford: 488,406 / 649 sqmi = 752.6
Forsyth: 350,670 / 413 sqmi = 849.1
Cumberland: 319,431 / 658 sqmi = 485.5

[Shawn&Zae]

Mecklenburg County basically doesn't have any vast amount of undeveloped areas left. Charlotte's growth is also flowing over into Union County's western towns, Union County once again has the highest growth rate in the state with 62%!

Related note: This high growth is being maintained with no freeway into Charlotte, US 74 is a traffic nightmare and the US 74 Bypass hasn't even started construction yet.

[tozmervo]

Unfortunately it doesn't look like Charlotte will get a chance to leap into the 17th spot for American city size. Fort Worth kept pace and is staying just ahead at 741,206. Unless Columbus took a beating, it looks like we'll stay #18 for a while longer.

[Shawn&Zae]

It looks like Charlotte didn't meet the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce estimate for 2010, we missed by 20,000 or so. Did the recession really affected Charlotte by that much? And was the Chamber was a little too optimistic about growth regarding the effects of the recession? Anyone know the exact 2010 Charlotte's land area?

[NCMike1981]

tozmervo, on 02 March 2011 - 01:42 PM, said:

out of curiosity:
Mecklenburg: 919,628 / 526 sqmi = 1,748.3 persons per square mile.
Wake: 900,993 / 832 sqmi = 1,082.9
Guilford: 488,406 / 649 sqmi = 752.6
Forsyth: 350,670 / 413 sqmi = 849.1
Cumberland: 319,431 / 658 sqmi = 485.5

I've always heard that Durham County was considered a dense county (at least compared to some) any ideas on the # of ppl per sq mile for Durham County? It's such a narrow county although the top 1/2 of it is overwhelmingly rural and undeveloped which prolly brings down the #s a bit....also how about New Hanover County? Another small county in land mass with a decent population.... thanks for feeding my curiousity haha :-)

Edited by NCMike1981, 02 March 2011 - 07:34 PM.

[krazeeboi]

I'm betting that the Chamber was too optimistic in its projection. I think Charlotte is recovering well from the recession given the beating it took.

[tozmervo]

NCMike1981, on 02 March 2011 - 07:31 PM, said:

I've always heard that Durham County was considered a dense county (at least compared to some) any ideas on the # of ppl per sq mile for Durham County? It's such a narrow county although the top 1/2 of it is overwhelmingly rural and undeveloped which prolly brings down the #s a bit

267,587 / 290sqmi = 922.7 people per square mile


(btw, i'm using the "land" square mileage, so it's the county minus water)

[dbull75]

krazeeboi, on 02 March 2011 - 07:33 PM, said:

I'm betting that the Chamber was too optimistic in its projection. I think Charlotte is recovering well from the recession given the beating it took.

The Charlotte Chamber over optimistic about something??? Get out of town!

[Shawn&Zae]

Charlotte is 299 square miles as of the last annexations in 2009 compared with 242 square miles during the 2000 census.


Charlotte 2010: 731,424 / 299 sqmi = 2446.23 people per square mile.

Charlotte 2000: 540,828 / 242 sqmi = 2234.83 people per square mile.

Charlotte increased its density by 211.4 people per square mile while adding 57 square miles. So the annexation isn't the sole factor for the population increase.

Edited by Shawn&Zae, 03 March 2011 - 01:46 PM.

[Rufus]

When will we know about MSA data concerning the restructuring or rejoining of MSAs that were separated?  The News and Observer today had an article on the new 2010 data and consistently said that the Triangle region was 1.6 million, leading me to think they were referring to the CSA.  But if that is the case, maybe the new MSA numbers will be larger in both size and population.

[tozmervo]

I assume that, at a minimum, Charlotte's MSA would have to wait for the released of South Carolina's data.

[Shawn&Zae]

If I remember correctly, the Census Bureau didn't adjust and started changing MSA, and defining CSA until 2003 for the 2000 Census. So when Charlotte's MSA/CSA are calculated for 2010, we won't know until a couple more years if Charlotte has added any more counties.

[Urbanity]

I think it's pretty great that the main urban areas of NC have grown.  Not just Charlotte, but Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Durham. The crescent arc of the state is truly an urbanized area of distinct and growing cities.