Charlotte area population statistics

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/\ What has that got to do with Charlotte? 

[QCxpat]

Just for comparison's sake (NYC the largest city vis-a-vis Charlotte 17th largest).  

We already know the 07/01/2015 Census Bureau's pop. est. for Mecklenburg County which was 1,034,070.  Mecklenburg County's 5-year growth rate was the 62nd fastest out of 3,143 counties / parishes / boroughs across the U.S.  In May, we'll get the 07/01/2015 estimates for Charlotte proper.  

As  ah59396 previously observed, there is the real possibility that Charlotte could leap ahead of Fort Worth to become the nation's 16th largest city.  As of 07/01/2014 Charlotte was the nation's 17th largest city, but just 2,280 residents smaller than Fort Worth.  Because Charlotte's 5-year growth rate of 9.6% is higher than Fort Worth's 5-year growth rate of 8.9%, the Queen City may move up one place in the rankings when the estimates are released in May.  We'll see.  

Edited April 4, 2016 by QCxpat
Comma instead of period, typo

[QCxpat]

From Newgeography: "Population Growth in the Largest Counties: Texas, Florida and the South"

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005204-population-growth-largest-counties-texas-florida-and-south

Highlights:  

Out of 135 counties with over 500,000 people in the USA, Mecklenburg County was the 14th fastest growing county nationwide. (See Figure 1 and end table)

Of the 135 counties with more than 500,000 people in the USA, Mecklenburg County had the 17th largest increase due to domestic migration. (See Figure 2)

Mecklenburg's County's 07/01/2015 population of 1,034,000 was larger than Wake County (Raleigh's) population of 1,024,000, and also larger than Fulton County (Atlanta's) population of 1,011,000.  (See end table).

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On 3/29/2016 at 11:00 AM, tozmervo said:

Are you referencing the World City index? As of the last index in 2012, Charlotte is ranked Gamma+ ahead of Columbus (Gamma-) Indianapolis (High sufficiency) Jacksonville (Sufficiency). I'm having trouble finding FW but it may be wrapped up in Dallas (Beta+)

Toz's observation is very sophisticated and astute.  The Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network has ranked Charlotte as a Gamma + world city.  (Note that Phoenix, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Tampa are also ranked as Gamma + world cities.)

See link to The World According to GaWC at:

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2012t.html    

EXCERPTS:

"GaWC assesses cities in terms of their advanced producer services using an interlocking network model, a measure of a city's network connectivity (i.e., a city's integration into the world city network).  The connectivity measures are used to classify cities into levels of world city  These levels are interpreted as follows:"

"alpha+ cities.  Other highly integrated cities that complement London and New York, largely filling in advanced service needs for the Pacific Asia." "alpha & alpha- cities.  Very important world cities that link major economic regions and states into the world economy." "All beta level cities.  These are important world cities that are instrumental in linking their region or state into the world economy". "All gamma level cities.  These can be world cities linking smaller regions or states into the world economy, or important world cities whose major global capacity is not in advanced producer services." "Cities with sufficiency of services.  These are cities that are not world cities as defined here but they have sufficient services so as not to be overtly dependent on world cities.  Two specialized categories of city are common at this level of integration: smaller capital cities, and traditional centres of manufacturing regions."

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In addition, two GaWC research bulletins are relevant and interesting:

(1) GaWC Research Bulletin 23 "Specification of the World City Network" at  http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb23.html

(2) GaWC Research Bulletin 300 "Measuring the World City Network: New Results and Developments" at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb300.html

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by QCxpat

[QCxpat]

From Demographia World Urban Areas, 12th Annual Edition: April, 2016 --  http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf

"Demographia World Urban Areas applies a generally consistent definition to built-up urban areas.  Built-Up urban areas are the city in its physical form, as opposed to metropolitan areas, which are the city in its economic or functional form."  See Newgeography "Largest Cities in the World: 2016" by Wendell Cox at  http://www.newgeography.com/content/005219-largest-cities-world-2016.

The 2016 edition of Demographia World Urban Areas ranks 1,022 large urban areas with more than 500,000 population.

Charlotte was ranked the 316th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,600,000 covering 741 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

Atlanta was ranked the 79th largest urban area globally with a population of 5,120,000 covering 2,645 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

Austin was ranked the 298th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,675,000 covering 523 square miles at a density of 2,600 per square mile.

Baltimore was ranked the 215th largest urban area globally with a population of 2,275,000 covering 717 square miles at a density of 3,100 per square mile.

Birmingham was ranked the 619th largest urban area globally with a population of 800,000 covering 530 square miles at a density of 1,400 per square mile.

Charleston was ranked the 805th largest urban area globally with a population of 625,000 covering 293 square miles at a density of 1,900 per square mile.

Columbia was ranked the 794th largest urban area globally with a population of 630,000 covering 380 square miles at a density of 1,400 per square mile.

Jacksonville was ranked the 422nd largest urban area globally with a population of 1,170,000 covering 530 square miles at a density of 2,000 per square mile.

Knoxville was ranked the 780th largest urban area globally with a population of 645,000 covering 438 square miles at a density of 1,300 per square mile.

Louisville was ranked the 482nd largest urban area globally with a population of 1,035,000 covering 477 square miles at a density of 2,000 per square mile.

Miami was ranked the 67th largest urban area globally with a population of 5,820,000 covering 1,239 square miles at a density of 4,400 per square mile. 

Memphis was ranked the 453rd largest urban area globally with a population of 1,110,000 covering 497 square miles at a density of 2,100 per square mile.

Nashville was ranked the 455th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,105,000 covering 563 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

New Orleans was ranked the 542nd largest urban area globally with a population of 925,000 covering 251 square miles at a density of 3,600 per square mile. 

New York was ranked the 9th largest urban area globally with a population of 20,685,000 covering 4,495 square miles at a density of 4,500 per square mile.

Orlando was ranked the 233rd largest urban area globally with a population of 2,125,000 covering 790 square miles at a density of 2,400 per square mile.

Raleigh was ranked the 444th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,130,000 covering 518 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

Richmond was ranked the 485th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,030,000 covering 492 square miles at a density of 1,900 per square mile.

Tampa-St. Petersburg was ranked the 178th largest urban area globally with a population of 2,660,000 covering 957 square miles at a density of 2,600 per square mile.

Virginia Beach-Norfolk was ranked the 344th largest urban area with a population of 1,465,000 covering 515 square miles at a density of 2,800 per square mile; and

Tokyo-Yokohama was ranked the largest (1st) urban area globally with a population of 37,750,000 covering 3,300 square miles at a density of 11,400 per square mile.

Edited May 4, 2016 by QCxpat

[tusculan]

1 hour ago, QCxpat said:

From Demographia World Urban Areas, 12th Annual Edition: April, 2016 --  http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf

"Demographia World Urban Areas applies a generally consistent definition to built-up urban areas.  Built-Up urban areas are the city in its physical form, as opposed to metropolitan areas, which are the city in its economic or functional form."  See Newgeography "Largest Cities in the World: 2016" by Wendell Cox at  http://www.newgeography.com/content/005219-largest-cities-world-2016.

The 2016 edition of Demographia World Urban Areas ranks 1,022 large urban areas with more than 500,000 population.

Charlotte was ranked the 316th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,600,000 covering 741 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

Atlanta was ranked the 79th largest urban area globally with a population of 5,120,000 covering 2,645 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

Austin was ranked the 298th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,675,000 covering 523 square miles at a density of 2,600 per square mile.

Baltimore was ranked the 215th largest urban area globally with a population of 2,275,000 covering 717 square miles at a density of 3,100 per square mile.

Birmingham was ranked the 619th largest urban area globally with a population of 800,000 covering 530 square miles at a density of 1,400 per square mile.

Charleston was ranked the 805th largest urban area globally with a population of 625,000 covering 293 square miles at a density of 1,900 per square mile.

Columbia was ranked the 794th largest urban area globally with a population of 630,000 covering 380 square miles at a density of 1,400 per square mile.

Jacksonville was ranked the 422nd largest urban area globally with a population of 1,170,000 covering 530 square miles at a density of 2,000 per square mile.

Knoxville was ranked the 780th largest urban area globally with a population of 645,000 covering 438 square miles at a density of 1,300 per square mile.

Louisville was ranked the 482nd largest urban area globally with a population of 1,035,000 covering 477 square miles at a density of 2,000 per square mile.

Miami was ranked the 67th largest urban area globally with a population of 5,820,000 covering 1,239 square miles at a density of 4,400 per square mile. 

Memphis was ranked the 453rd largest urban area globally with a population of 1,110,000 covering 497 square miles at a density of 2,100 per square mile.

Nashville was ranked the 455th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,105,000 covering 563 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

New Orleans was ranked the 542nd largest urban area globally with a population of 925,000 covering 251 square miles at a density of 3,600 per square mile. 

New York was ranked the 9th largest urban area globally with a population of 20,685,000 covering 4,495 square miles at a density of 4,500 per square mile.

Orlando was ranked the 233rd largest urban area globally with a population of 2,125,000 covering 790 square miles at a density of 2,400 per square mile.

Raleigh was ranked the 444th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,130,000 covering 518 square miles at a density of 1,700 per square mile.

Richmond was ranked the 485th largest urban area globally with a population of 1,030,000 covering 492 square miles at a density of 1,900 per square mile.

Tampa-St. Petersburg was ranked the 178th largest urban area globally with a population of 2,660,000 covering 957 square miles at a density of 2,600 per square mile.

Virginia Beach-Norfolk was ranked the 344th largest urban area with a population of 1,465,000 covering 515 square miles at a density of 2,800 per square mile; and

Tokyo-Yokohama was ranked the largest (1st) urban area globally with a population of 37,750,000 covering 3,300 square miles at a density of 11,400 per square mile.

Tokyo is 2.5x as densely populated as New York....NO THANK YOU! yikes

[tozmervo]

Weirdly NYC feels much more frenetic than Tokyo... just stay off the Yamanote line during rush hour.

[Nick2]

Manhattans density is 66k. brooklyn's is 37k. and queens's is 20k. It's mostly because new york's metro extends so far.

I'm curious where their numbers came from. CLT's population is a number I haven't seen before. Smaller than metro but larger than urban by others' definitions. It appears they use MSA for some of these and not others. I'm guessing they have to be determining the population using their own standards somehow. 

[grodney]

Cincinnatti.  Ouch.

[asthasr]

Tokyo is similar to Los Angeles in some ways, a large urban area with a very homogenous density profile. Tokyo does have centers, of course, but it's very much an agglomeration.

Other cities in China and southeast Asia are much more dense at the street level... although it's worth noting that even the "low density" residential areas of a city like Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Hanoi, or Singapore would instantly become the densest neighborhood in a city like Charlotte if you could cut out an acre of it and plop it down in one of our parking lots.

Edited May 5, 2016 by asthasr

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/05/19/census-shows-big-us-cities-continue-grow/84552378/ 

According to USA Today, we had the 10th largest population growth of major cities. Pretty impressive! Now drop the N.C. after Charlotte!

[QCxpat]

The U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates program estimates that Charlotte's population as of July 1, 2015 was 827,097.  Charlotte's growth rate for the 07/01/14 - 07/01/15 period was 2.2%.  Charlotte's growth rate for the 04/01/10 - 07/01/15 period was 12.4%.  Charlotte retains her rank as the nation's 17th largest city.  The city's area is 303.4 sq. mi., and the density is 2726 / sq. mi.   The city’s 2.19% annual growth rate between 2014 and 2015 makes it the 6^th fastest growing among the nation’s 50 largest cities and the 4^th fastest growing among the nation’s 20 largest cities. 

See link here:  http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/index.html

Highlights from the Census Bureau's report:

"Last December, the Census Bureau released state population estimates that showed North Carolina crossed the 10 million population threshold for the first time. Contributing to the state reaching this milestone were Charlotte, which added nearly 18,000 people to make it the 10th largest numerical gainer in the country, and Raleigh added roughly 11,000 people to rank 18th. These two cities accounted for almost 28 percent of the state’s population growth."

See link here:  http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2016/cb16-81.html

Table 2. The 15 Cities With the Largest Numeric Increase Between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, With Populations of 50,000 or more on July 1, 2014
Rank	Area Name	State Name	Numeric Increase	2015 Total Population
1	New York city	New York	55,211	8,550,405
2	Houston city	Texas	40,032	2,296,224
3	Los Angeles city	California	34,943	3,971,883
4	San Antonio city	Texas	29,536	1,469,845
5	Phoenix city	Arizona	24,614	1,563,025
6	Fort Worth city	Texas	19,894	833,319
7	Dallas city	Texas	19,642	1,300,092
8	Austin city	Texas	19,117	931,830
9	Denver city	Colorado	18,582	682,545
10	Charlotte city	North Carolina	17,695	827,097
11	Seattle city	Washington	15,339	684,451
12	Jacksonville city	Florida	13,069	868,031
13	San Diego city	California	12,677	1,394,928
14	Washington city	District of Columbia	12,392	672,228
15	San Francisco city	California	12,279	864,816

By way of comparison, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that as of 07/01/2015:

Atlanta's population was 463,878 (39th largest city)

Augusta's population was 197,182 (121st largest citiy)

Charleston's population was 132,609 (199th largest city)

Chattanooga's population was 176,588 (137th largest city)

Columbia's population was 133,803 (195th largest city)

Durham's population was 257,636 (79th largest city)

Greensboro's population was 285,342 (68th largest city)

Knoxville's population was 185,291 (129th largest city) 

Nashville's population was 654,610 (25th largest city)

Norfolks's population was 246,393 (86th largest city)

Raleigh's population was 451,066 (42nd largest city)

Richmond's population was 220,289 (98th largest city)

Savannah's population was 145,674 (180th largest city)

Virginia Beach's population was 452,745 (41st largest city)

Wilmington's population was 115,933 (238th largest city)

Winston-Salem's population was 241,218 (88th largest city)

In addition to Charlotte, there are 4 other cities with 50,000 or more residents in the Charlotte metropolitan area.  Their populations and ranks as of July 1, 2015, follow:

Concord -  87,696 (368th largest city)

Gastonia - 74,543 (461st largest city)

Rock Hill  - 71,548 (488th largest city)

Huntersville - 52,704 (711th largest city)

The Census Bureau estimates that there are 754 U.S. cities with a population of 50,000 or more as of July 1, 2015.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metropolitan statistical area had a population of 2,426,363 as of 07/01/2015.  The Charlotte MSA was the 22nd largest MSA in the country.  See link at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

Additional links of interest: 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article78623577.html

http://charlottechamber.com/news/2016/05/19/chamber-news/u.s.-census-bureau-charlotte-keeps-growing/

http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2016/05/19/charlotte-attracts-new-residents-in-droves-ranking.html

 

 

Edited May 23, 2016 by QCxpat

[ah59396]

Does anyone have a good way of determining Charlotte's population, if it only had it's old city boundaries in say, 1970?  I can't really find a great way to do it outside of doing a weird hodge podge combination of looking at old census tracts and combining them with very old maps from Charmeck.  My very poor estimate puts our current city population at 375,000 people at 1970 boundaries, when we had an area 76 sq miles.  Which means within that interior, we've grown by about 135,000 since 1970.  But again, that's utilizing some pretty crude methods.

[QCxpat]

1 hour ago, ah59396 said:

Does anyone have a good way of determining Charlotte's population, if it only had it's old city boundaries in say, 1970?  I can't really find a great way to do it outside of doing a weird hodge podge combination of looking at old census tracts and combining them with very old maps from Charmeck.  My very poor estimate puts our current city population at 375,000 people at 1970 boundaries, when we had an area 76 sq miles.  Which means within that interior, we've grown by about 135,000 since 1970.  But again, that's utilizing some pretty crude methods.

Great Question.  The article below doesn't answer your question but might help a little bit.  

THE EVOLVING URBAN FORM: CHARLOTTE

by Wendell Cox 01/08/2014

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004130-the-evolving-urban-form-charlotte

City of Charlotte (Municipality)
Population & Land Area: 1940-2010
Census	Population	Area: Square Miles	Area: Square KM	Density (Sq. Mile)	Density (KM)
1940	100,899	19.3	50.0	5,228	2,019
1950	134,042	40.0	103.6	3,351	1,294
1960	201,564	64.8	167.8	3,111	1,201
1970	241,178	76.0	196.8	3,173	1,225
1980	314,447	139.7	361.8	2,251	869
1990	395,934	174.3	451.4	2,272	877
2000	567,943	242.3	627.6	2,344	905
2010	731,424	297.8	771.3	2,456	948
Change	625%	1443%	1443%	-53.0%	-53.0%

 

 

[ah59396]

1 hour ago, QCxpat said:

Great Question.  The article below doesn't answer your question but might help a little bit.  

THE EVOLVING URBAN FORM: CHARLOTTE

by Wendell Cox 01/08/2014

http://www.newgeography.com/content/004130-the-evolving-urban-form-charlotte

City of Charlotte (Municipality)
Population & Land Area: 1940-2010
Census	Population	Area: Square Miles	Area: Square KM	Density (Sq. Mile)	Density (KM)
1940	100,899	19.3	50.0	5,228	2,019
1950	134,042	40.0	103.6	3,351	1,294
1960	201,564	64.8	167.8	3,111	1,201
1970	241,178	76.0	196.8	3,173	1,225
1980	314,447	139.7	361.8	2,251	869
1990	395,934	174.3	451.4	2,272	877
2000	567,943	242.3	627.6	2,344	905
2010	731,424	297.8	771.3	2,456	948
Change	625%	1443%	1443%	-53.0%	-53.0%

 

 

Thanks.  I was looking at these earlier too!  Based on my super crapty estimate, we would be hovering around 5,000 people/sq mile right now.  We'd actually be the 52nd largest city in the country, behind Cleveland and ahead of Bakersfield and Tampa.

Actually 1970 boundaries Charlotte with 2016 population would be virtually the exact same as current Cleveland.  Cleveland city has 388k in 77 square miles.

[QCxpat]

37 minutes ago, ah59396 said:

Thanks.  I was looking at these earlier too!  Based on my super crapty estimate, we would be hovering around 5,000 people/sq mile right now.  We'd actually be the 52nd largest city in the country, behind Cleveland and ahead of Bakersfield and Tampa.

Actually 1970 boundaries Charlotte with 2016 population would be virtually the exact same as current Cleveland.  Cleveland city has 388k in 77 square miles.

Charlotte 07/01/2015 est. pop.  827,097 - Rank 17

Cleveland 07/01/2015 est. pop. 388,072 - Rank 51

Charlotte 07/01/2015 est. MSA 2,426,363 - Rank 22

Cleveland 07/01/2015 est. MSA 2,060,810 - Rank 31

Charlotte 07/01/2015 est. CSA 2,583,956 - Rank 21

Cleveland 07/01/2015 est. CSA 3,493,596 - Rank 15

Cleveland Historical Population

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1820	606		—
1830	1,075		77.4%
1840	6,071		464.7%
1850	17,034		180.6%
1860	43,417		154.9%
1870	92,829		113.8%
1880	160,146		72.5%
1890	261,353		63.2%
1900	381,768		46.1%
1910	560,663		46.9%
1920	796,841		42.1%
1930	900,429		13.0%
1940	878,336		−2.5%
1950	914,808		4.2%
1960	876,050		−4.2%
1970	750,903		−14.3%
1980	573,822		−23.6%
1990	505,616		−11.9%
2000	478,403		−5.4%
2010	396,815		−17.1%
Est. 2015	388,072	[62]	−2.2%
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Charlotte Historical Population

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	1,065		—
1860	2,265		112.7%
1870	4,473		97.5%
1880	7,094		58.6%
1890	11,557		62.9%
1900	18,091		56.5%
1910	34,014		88.0%
1920	46,338		36.2%
1930	82,675		78.4%
1940	100,899		22.0%
1950	134,042		32.8%
1960	201,564		50.4%
1970	241,420		19.8%
1980	315,474		30.7%
1990	395,934		25.5%
2000	540,828		36.6%
2010	731,424		35.2%
Est. 2015	827,097	[38]	13.1%
[39]

Sources include Wikipedia articles, and U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder Results for Charlotte and Cleveland.

Edited October 23, 2016 by QCxpat
Original entry incomplete

[teeg]

This might get you the answer you're looking for if you can hand-draw the 1970 boundary (draw freehand shape).  

https://www.populationexplorer.com/

[ah59396]

2 hours ago, teeg said:

This might get you the answer you're looking for if you can hand-draw the 1970 boundary (draw freehand shape).  

https://www.populationexplorer.com/

This might get you the answer you're looking for if you can hand-draw the 1970 boundary (draw freehand shape).  

https://www.populationexplorer.com/

Wow yes, this is awesome.

 

I freehanded the 1970 boundaries and, based off the 2014 census data it has, we have 299,000 people in the 1970 city of Charlotte.  As you can see above, we had 241,000 in 1970.  So we've really only gained 60,000 people within what I would consider our "original" city boundaries.  The reason I use 1970 is because it kind of composes the core of what I consider the city.  Bounded by 85 on the north, Arrowood/Sharon/Fairview/Sardis to the south, Billy Graham Pkwy/Old Pineville to the West and to the East, bound by Sharon Amity, Rama and Sugar Creek Rd.

So within our 1970 core, we have a population density of 3934/sq mile.

I used Cleveland earlier, but I think the population figures were a bit off.  Basically the city of Charlotte within its 1970 boundaries is almost an exact carbon copy of Cincinnati (strangely enough, the two Queen Cities!)

 

66

Cincinnati

Ohio

298,550

296,943

+0.54%

77.9 sq mi 201.9 km2

3,810 per sq mi 1,471 km−2

[QCxpat]

9 minutes ago, ah59396 said:

Wow yes, this is awesome.

 

I freehanded the 1970 boundaries and, based off the 2014 census data it has, we have 299,000 people in the 1970 city of Charlotte.  As you can see above, we had 241,000 in 1970.  So we've really only gained 60,000 people within what I would consider our "original" city boundaries.  The reason I use 1970 is because it kind of composes the core of what I consider the city.  Bounded by 85 on the north, Arrowood/Sharon/Fairview/Sardis to the south, Billy Graham Pkwy/Old Pineville to the West and to the East, bound by Sharon Amity, Rama and Sugar Creek Rd.

So within our 1970 core, we have a population density of 3934/sq mile.

I used Cleveland earlier, but I think the population figures were a bit off.  Basically the city of Charlotte within its 1970 boundaries is almost an exact carbon copy of Cincinnati (strangely enough, the two Queen Cities!)

 

66

Cincinnati

Ohio

298,550

296,943

+0.54%

77.9 sq mi 201.9 km2

3,810 per sq mi 1,471 km−2

Excellent delineation of Charlotte's core, and tremendously insightful comparison of the 2 Queen Cities! 

[QCxpat]

On 3/29/2016 at 10:16 AM, ah59396 said:

4000 is pretty much my dream for Charlotte.  But we will need about 1.2m people to get there.  So we'd need another 18 years of the same growth (roughly 20k people a year).  2033 can't get here soon enough!

As per ah59396's computation above, "within our 1970 core, we have a population density of 3934/sq mile."  So it looks like the QC is just about to reach the sweet spot of 4,000/sq mile in its core.  Dreams come true.  Hip hip hooray!

Edited October 24, 2016 by QCxpat
clarity

[ah59396]

1 hour ago, QCxpat said:

As per ah59396's computation above, "within our 1970 core, we have a population density of 3934/sq mile."  So it looks like the QC is just about to reach the sweet spot of 4,000/sq mile in its core.  Dreams come true.  Hip hip hooray!

No offense, but you do realize you're quoting me to explain to me...right?

[QCxpat]

9 hours ago, ah59396 said:

No offense, but you do realize you're quoting me to explain to me...right?

Just thought it was great that you had the insight to see that Charlotte had reached the sweet spot of 4,000/sq mile density in its core.  Like red hot Denver with 4,338/sq mile, Charlotte's rapidly transforming to a denser, more urban and urbane cityscape.  You had the vision to foresee and predict a critical inflection point in Charlotte's evolution as a global city.  Smart!       

Edited October 24, 2016 by QCxpat

[ah59396]

2 hours ago, QCxpat said:

Just thought it was great that you had the insight to see that Charlotte had reached the sweet spot of 4,000/sq mile density in its core.  Like red hot Denver with 4,338/sq mile, Charlotte's rapidly transforming to a denser, more urban and urbane cityscape.  You had the vision to foresee and predict a critical inflection point in Charlotte's evolution as a global city.  Smart!       

Ah okay, that makes sense.  I appreciate the kind words!

[cjd5050]

Interesting read up on the CBJ - Charlotte has become a magnet for millennials, population trends show

Some interesting excerpts:

“Charlotte is an employment destination,” Tippett said. “Charlotte has net in-migration at all age groups, but it’s concentrated at 18 to 34. Most people are coming after college with degrees, and the presence of jobs pulls people here.”

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The Charlotte metro area experienced an in-migration of about 123,000 and out-migration of 89,000, for a net migration of about 34,000, in 2015. Many of those leaving the area are also young — a bulk of them being high school graduates going to other parts of North Carolina or out of state for college.

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But, Tippett said, the majority of Charlotte’s MSA migration is within the region — about 268,000 individuals moved within the region last year. More than 80% move within their own county, but there is a noticeable trend of individuals moving out of Mecklenburg into surrounding counties for better home values or schools.

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A significant portion of the discussion revolved around regionalism and how investments in transportation, including passenger rail and roadways, can better plan for the future and make the entire MSA more connected.

“The beauty of downtown is that there’s a tax base that can support (residential development) — how can these communities that don’t have the commercial core support that growth?” Mumford said. “If people are moving out to surrounding counties, what does our transportation system look like in 25 to 30 years?

“The out-migration from a residential perspective means we’re exacerbating our heavily-taxed road network — an investment in mass transit in the moment is a tough sell because people are saying they don’t want to spend money today,” he continued. “Investment in the future is important to understand now. If we can think about that regionally, we’ll be better off.”

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[Third Strike]

North Carolina has grown to 10,146,788 in population count. This makes North Carolina the 12th fastest growing state in the nation. We also added a few more people than Georgia this time around.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article121954063.html

[KJHburg]

Charlotte metro population will reach 2,500,000 in April of this year according to these projections. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2017/01/11/population-milestones-loom-for-san-antonio-and.html?ana=e_ae_set1&s=article_du&ed=2017-01-11&u=oAaDx%2B74FoP4qOJ%2By4AU6dhJPpc&t=1484184228&j=77046721#g9

Edited January 12, 2017 by KJHburg