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I got the most recent Moody's forecast for the Charlotte metro today (but I wouldn't really call these 'statistics').

Their projection to 2021 is for 1.2%  annual employment growth which would rank us as the 66th fastest growing metro (out of 409).  Its impressive growth, but certainly not in the top rank (according to Moody's). FWIW.

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When this thread started Charlotte had 669,205 people. Thats WILD y'all.

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https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/03/22/new-census-data-shows-another-boost-in-metro.html

Charlotte metro area added nearly 50,000 people this past year! We are now at over a 2.5M! Also, Lancaster County was the fastest growing in the region percentage wise.  In other parts of the country Cook County continues to lose people, as well as Cuyahoga County and St Louis.  

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Wake County is right at Mecklenburg county's heels in population  and once it passes it will not look back.  Straight from US Census bureau.  However Charlotte metro will continue to be the largest but Wake County is just huge in area.    Wake is first column, then Meck then NC as a whole. 

Wake County, North Carolina
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
North Carolina
Population estimates, July 1, 2017, (V2017) 1,072,203 1,076,837 10,273,419
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Population
 
 
 
Population estimates, July 1, 2017, (V2017) 1,072,203 1,076,837 10,273,419
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 1,046,791 1,054,835 10,146,788
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2016) 901,037 919,637 9,535,688
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2017) 901,059 919,650 9,535,721
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2017, (V2017) 19.0% 17.1% 7.7%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2016, (V2016) 16.2% 14.7% 6.4%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 900,993 919,628 9,535,483
Age and Sex
 
 
 
Persons under 5 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 6.3% 6.8% 6.0%
Persons under 5 years, percent, April 1, 2010 7.3% 7.4% 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 24.5% 24.2% 22.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, April 1, 2010 26.0% 25.4% 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 10.7% 10.6% 15.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, April 1, 2010 8.5% 8.8% 12.9%
Female persons, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 51.4% 52.0% 51.4%
Female persons, percent, April 1, 2010 51.3% 51.6% 51.3%
Race and Hispanic Origin
 
 
 
White alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 68.5% 58.2% 71.0%
Black or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 21.2% 32.7% 22.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.8% 0.8% 1.6%
Asian alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 6.9% 5.8% 2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 2.5% 2.3% 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(b) 10.0% 13.0% 9.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 60.5% 47.7% 63.5%
Population Characteristics
 
 
 
Veterans, 2012-2016 52,877 48,088 683,221
Foreign born persons, percent, 2012-2016 13.0% 14.7% 7.7%
Housing
 
 
 
Housing units, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 420,410 435,014 4,540,498
Housing units, April 1, 2010 371,836 398,510 4,327,528
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2012-2016 63.4% 56.9% 64.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2012-2016 $241,600 $192,700 $157,100
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2012-2016 $1,543 $1,416 $1,243
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2012-2016 $480 $466 $376
Median gross rent, 2012-2016 $989 $977 $816
Building permits, 2016 11,050 9,759 60,550
Families & Living Arrangements
 
 
 
Households, 2012-2016 373,245 386,804 3,815,392
Persons per household, 2012-2016 2.61 2.58 2.54
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2012-2016 82.6% 80.7% 84.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2012-2016 16.5% 19.1% 11.3%
Education
 
 
 
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 92.3% 89.6% 86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 50.1% 43.1% 29.0%
Health
 
 
 
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2012-2016 5.8% 6.2% 9.7%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent
9.7%
12.9%
12.2%
Economy
 
 
 
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 70.7% 71.5% 61.5%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 64.8% 65.8% 57.4%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 2,165,178 2,845,124 18,622,258
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 5,110,378 8,163,870 55,227,505
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 13,105,152 11,150,033 202,344,646
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 18,602,580 21,895,908 105,275,586
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 14,359,328 14,756,869 120,691,007
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $15,081 $15,228 $12,376
Transportation
 
 
 
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2012-2016 24.5 25.5 24.1
Income & Poverty
 
 
 
Median household income (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $70,620 $59,268 $48,256
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $35,752 $34,091 $26,779
Persons in poverty, percent
9.2%
12.3%
15.4%
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Wake county will pass Meck either in 2018 or 2019.  Charlotte's MSA has numerically outpaced the entire Raleigh-Durham CSA in terms of numerical growth (CLT MSA added over 308K residents since 2010; RDU CSA added 286K+ residents over the same time period). Charlotte will likely be the largest city and have the largest MSA and CSA in the Carolinas well into the future unless there are some major delineation/definitional changes in the future that split the region into smaller CSAs and MSAs

MSA pop- 2.525 million

CSA pop- 2.684 million

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1 hour ago, cltbwimob said:

Wake county will pass Meck either in 2018 or 2019.  Charlotte's MSA has numerically outpaced the entire Raleigh-Durham CSA in terms of numerical growth (CLT MSA added over 308K residents since 2010; RDU CSA added 286K+ residents over the same time period). Charlotte will likely be the largest city and have the largest MSA and CSA in the Carolinas well into the future unless there are some major delineation/definitional changes in the future that split the region into smaller CSAs and MSAs

MSA pop- 2.525 million

CSA pop- 2.684 million

The Charlotte CSA is now the twentieth largest in America, surpassing Pittsburgh.

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10 minutes ago, JBS said:

Almost hard to believe.  Does that mean that we are getting close to being able to support MLB here?

It’ll be 2100 and the Charlotte metro will be at 8 million and the naysayers will still tell you “we’re just not quite there yet, maybe another decade”.  We should have one now.

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Charlotte will have increasing growth well into the future, A very stable economy, job growth in many positions, and a desirable quality of life will all contribute to it. I have said it before and I will say it again, By 2040 Charlotte is supposed to be the fastest growing city in the U.S., So that's some statistical proof that unless there is a major economic downfall than we should be fine. 

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21 hours ago, HighRiseHillbilly said:

I just wanted to go on the record that I think our pop. growth projection is a gross underestimation. 

Something is going to happen, something big will come....something..... and it will set off a somewhat unexpected surge that we won't be prepared for.

Mind if I ask what type of thing you would have in mind? I'm definitely an optimist for future growth in Charlotte, but don't expect anything other than fundamental economics and living preferences to drive it.

I don't see us as the next Silicon Valley (Tech+Port), the next NYC (immigration+harbor+banking/HQs), or the next Houston (Port and petrochemical). I think it would take something unique to make us go beyond 2nd tier in the US population-wise.

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^ I am not picking on HRH ( I kinda agree with him) but I do think you make a good point. I can only think of two major events in the past 30 years than have positively changed the long-term growth trajectory of a major US city: 1)  the rise of the internet which converted the whole West and South Bay into a playground for the rich and 2) the emergence of Amazon as a global phenomena (which made Seattle blow up).  Both of these growth engines were a product of (mostly) local R&D and driven by locally-owned firms. Since Charlotte does relatively little R&D and we are really bad at nurturing startups (despite our rep as a good place to do business) I don't see many prospects for this kind of growth happening here.

Houston does have short term booms driven by commodity price shifts, but we only have negative exposure to those.

Massive Corp HQ growth would certainly but up our growth rate, but I don't see much that distinguishes us from competitors. Even worse, tight supplies of office space, questionable leadership at the state level and a lack of a clear plan for addressing problematic quality of life issues (walkability, transit, intra-city trans, schools, congestion, recreation opportunities) put us in a poor position to compete.

None of this is meant to say that I am pessimistic, but I just don't see any catalysts that would bump us up to the next level.

 

 

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One thing I will admit; NC is fortunate to have several large population centers that drive growth.  Even though at the expense of Charlotte's overall appetitie for resources.  Wonder if that big swath in sw-central VA is due to the Triad/Triangle or Roanoke.  

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^^ I would say both. S Central Va if you look really closely there is people commuting into Lynchburg which is an independent city as they have in VA.  Some do commute south to the Triad as Greensboro and Winston both have some very good paying manufacturing and office jobs.  

Hickory is a local employment hub for the counties surrounding like Alexander, Caldwell, even Lincoln and Burke.  

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