Charlotte area population statistics

[Scribe]

18 hours ago, tozmervo said:

I can't wait until that thing is at the end of it's life and it's demolished. 

Unfortunately, that will not happen in this century.

I've stayed at the property for a retreat. The foundation work is over-engineered to allow for the building to stand with simple upkeep.

The only way I see it coming down, is if someone buys it out and takes it down, but because of the condo side, with many owner, I do not see that as an easy task either!

[C85]

1	Charlotte †	889,019	731,424	+21.55%	City	Mecklenburg
2	Raleigh ††	485,679	403,892	+20.25%	City	Wake (seat), Durham
3	Greensboro †	292,265	269,666	+8.38%	City	Guilford
4	Durham †	279,501	228,330	+22.41%	City	Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
5	Winston-Salem †	247,222	229,618	+7.67%	City	Forsyth
6	Fayetteville †	208,254	200,564	+3.83%	City	Cumberland
7	Cary	170,330	135,234	+25.95%	Town	Wake, Chatham
8	Wilmington †	123,432	106,476	+15.92%	City	New Hanover
9	High Point	113,791	104,371	+9.03%	City	Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
10	Concord †	96,635	79,066	+22.22%	City	Cabarrus
11	Greenville †	93,184	84,554	+10.21%	City	Pitt
12	Asheville †	91,587	85,712	+6.85%	City	Buncombe
13	Gastonia †	76,593	71,741	+6.76%	City	Gaston
14	Jacksonville †	66,479	70,145	−5.23%	City	Onslow
15	Chapel Hill	59,862	57,233	+4.59%	Town	Orange, Durham
16	Huntersville	56,212	46,773	+20.18%	Town	Mecklenburg
17	Rocky Mount	54,523	57,477	−5.14%	City	Edgecombe, Nash
18	Burlington	53,077	49,963	+6.23%	City	Alamance
19	Apex	50,451	37,476	+34.62%	Town	Wake
20	Wilson †	49,348	49,167	+0.37%	City	Wilson
21	Kannapolis	48,806	42,625	+14.50%	City	Cabarrus, Rowan
22	Wake Forest	42,269	30,117	+40.35%	Town	Wake

Link-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#

2019 population estimates.

Edited February 5, 2019 by C85

[tozmervo]

3 minutes ago, C85 said:

 

 †  County seat
 ††  State capital and county seat

[DeleteMe]

2 hours ago, C85 said:

1	Charlotte †	889,019	731,424	+21.55%	City	Mecklenburg
2	Raleigh ††	485,679	403,892	+20.25%	City	Wake (seat), Durham
3	Greensboro †	292,265	269,666	+8.38%	City	Guilford
4	Durham †	279,501	228,330	+22.41%	City	Durham (seat), Wake, Orange
5	Winston-Salem †	247,222	229,618	+7.67%	City	Forsyth
6	Fayetteville †	208,254	200,564	+3.83%	City	Cumberland
7	Cary	170,330	135,234	+25.95%	Town	Wake, Chatham
8	Wilmington †	123,432	106,476	+15.92%	City	New Hanover
9	High Point	113,791	104,371	+9.03%	City	Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth
10	Concord †	96,635	79,066	+22.22%	City	Cabarrus
11	Greenville †	93,184	84,554	+10.21%	City	Pitt
12	Asheville †	91,587	85,712	+6.85%	City	Buncombe
13	Gastonia †	76,593	71,741	+6.76%	City	Gaston
14	Jacksonville †	66,479	70,145	−5.23%	City	Onslow
15	Chapel Hill	59,862	57,233	+4.59%	Town	Orange, Durham
16	Huntersville	56,212	46,773	+20.18%	Town	Mecklenburg
17	Rocky Mount	54,523	57,477	−5.14%	City	Edgecombe, Nash
18	Burlington	53,077	49,963	+6.23%	City	Alamance
19	Apex	50,451	37,476	+34.62%	Town	Wake
20	Wilson †	49,348	49,167	+0.37%	City	Wilson
21	Kannapolis	48,806	42,625	+14.50%	City	Cabarrus, Rowan
22	Wake Forest	42,269	30,117	+40.35%	Town	Wake

Link-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#

2019 population estimates.

At this pace, Charlotte cracks 1 million in 6 years.  We surpass Jacksonville in 5.

 

 

Edited February 6, 2019 by MACyr

[KJHburg]

wow all the fastest growing towns and cities are around Charlotte or Raleigh Durham no surprises there but it is interesting to see.  Glad to see Kannapolis finally starting to grow quicker too.  

Edited February 6, 2019 by KJHburg

[CLT704]

^By the looks of it, we've overtaken Indianapolis so are the 16th largest city in the country.

 

 

EDIT: where is the data from? I couldn't find a source for the wiki page or another site I corroborated the numbers with. 

Edited February 6, 2019 by CLT704

[tozmervo]

kinda off-topic, but does the charlotte wiki  show the current city flag? I was thinking that it was officially changed to the green flag with white crown, but maybe not.

[C85]

17 hours ago, CLT704 said:

^By the looks of it, we've overtaken Indianapolis so are the 16th largest city in the country.

 

 

EDIT: where is the data from? I couldn't find a source for the wiki page or another site I corroborated the numbers with. 

Wiki page- type list of municipalities in North Carolina

Other websites- I don't know.

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by C85

[QCxpat]

On 2/6/2019 at 2:23 AM, CLT704 said:

^By the looks of it, we've overtaken Indianapolis so are the 16th largest city in the country.

 

 

EDIT: where is the data from? I couldn't find a source for the wiki page or another site I corroborated the numbers with. 

It appears that the pop. projections / estimates were made by World Population Review (WPR).   As for the reliability of the data, this is what WPR's website says: 

"About World Population Review - Most demographic data is hidden in spreadsheets, behind complex APIs, or inside cumbersome tools. World Population Review's goal is to make this data more accessible through graphs, charts, analysis and visualizations. We also strive to present the most recent information available, and develop our own projections based on recent growth.  If you require any more information or have any questions about the website, please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected]."

Note that the wikipedia pop. estimates set forth in the 2 posts by @C85 and @MACyr  are identical to the pop. estimates by World Population Review.

The 2019 WPR pop. estimates indicate that Charlotte has passed Indianapolis and that Charlotte is now the 16th largest US city. 

Charlotte's est. 2019 pop.  -  889,019

Indianapolis est. 2019 pop. - 863,771

The 2019 WPR pop. estimates also show that Charlotte is almost as large as 15th ranked Columbus, OH, whose 2019 est. pop. is 890,228 - a mere 1,209 residents more than Charlotte.  Since Charlotte's rate of pop. increase since 2010 is roughly  .65% higher than that of Columbus, it's quite likely that Charlotte will overtake Columbus prior to the 2020 Decennial Census.

Note that the U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release City and town pop. estimates in May, 2019.  The 05/2019 census data will reflect the Census Bureau's estimates effective as of July 1, 2018.

Link to World Pop. Review;   http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/

[QCxpat]

On 2/6/2019 at 9:01 AM, tozmervo said:

kinda off-topic, but does the charlotte wiki  show the current city flag? I was thinking that it was officially changed to the green flag with white crown, but maybe not.

Toz - you're correct.  Charlotte has 2 official flags, the Green Flag with Crown and a Blue Saltire Flag.  

Charlotte's Green Flag - a white crown on a green field - was adopted in 1985 and is the one flown outside Government Center on 4th Street.  The crown symbolizes unity.  This design is painted on the white cars and trucks owned by the City.  Official writing paper used by city agencies has a gold crown at the top.

The Blue Saltire Flag  is a white on blue saltire, with the county seal in the center.  The seal bears a branch in front of the radiating sun, and on it a hornets nest and a Liberty cap.  The date 1775 is inscribed at the bottom of the seal and the words CITY OF CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COUNTY and NORTH CAROLINA are inscribed around it.  The Blue Saltire Flag was adopted by the City Council on May 6, 1929.  The hornets nest has long been a symbol for Charlotte, because in the American Revolution, her citizens fought so fiercely that  British Army General Lord Cornwallis compared being in Charlotte to being in a hornets nest.  A Liberty cap, such as the kind worn by patriots from the area during the Revolution, hangs from the right tree branch.  The hands signify friendship, and the year, 1775, is when the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was signed (May 20, 1775). The Blue Saltire Flag is kept in the room where the City Council meets.

 

Link:  http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/us-nc-mb.html

[QCxpat]

Estimated 2019 Pop. and Density of 10 Largest N.C. / S.C.  Cities

1. Charlotte                   889,019          429.34/sq. mile            1,121/sq.km

2. Raleigh                        485,679          499.23/sq. mile            1,293/sq.km

3. Greensboro              292,265           338.99/sq. mile               878/sq.km

4. Durham                       279,501           377.61/sq. mile               978/sq.km

5. Winston-Salem      247,222           277.99/sq. mile               720/sq.km

6. Fayetteville              208,254            210.04/sq. mile               544/sq.km

7. Cary                              170,330            449.42/sq. mile          1,164/sq.km

8. Charleston                140,178            191.51/sq. mile              496/sq.km    

9. Columbia                   135,299            149.42/sq. mile               387/sq.km

10. Wilmington           123,432            448.65/sq. mile           1,162/sq.km         

Link:  http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/

[KJHburg]

^^^ I have always felt Raleigh was a lot more dense in population they have a lot of apartments and many more townhome projects than we have had.   Cary being an expensive suburb continues that.  Wilmington where I am today has a lot more patio homes and homes on small lots due to the lack of available non wetland land in the city.  

[tozmervo]

15 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

^^^ I have always felt Raleigh was a lot more dense in population they have a lot of apartments and many more townhome projects than we have had.   Cary being an expensive suburb continues that.  Wilmington where I am today has a lot more patio homes and homes on small lots due to the lack of available non wetland land in the city.  

Raleigh is a tricky apples-to-apples comparison because of city boundaries. Wake County vs Meck County would probably yield almost identical density. (...too lazy to do the math)

[Missmylab4]

I agree with Tozmervo. 

[KJHburg]

No if you did the population density of Wake County it would be a lot lower than Mecklenburg.  Wake is almost 2x as big as Mecklenburg and that is why when it passes Meck in population there will  be no looking back for Wake County.  Our populations today are very close Meck just edging Wake out for now.    But Wake is just huge and has plenty of land to grown.  But inside Raleigh city limits they have a lot of apartments and many more townhomes than Charlotte always had partly because of NC State but they just built  more townhomes than Charlotte did over the years. 

[C85]

Charlottes core is more dense than raleigh if Charlotte had around 150 sq miles of land it would have more people than raleigh. I would say the core of Charlotte is 3750 ppsm - 4500 ppsm.

Wake Density - 1200 ppsm

Meck Density - 1950 ppsm 

People think that Raleigh is more dense than Charlotte but in reality its not. Think about all that undeveloped land all around the western part of I-485. I think it would be close to impossible to plop down that huge amazon distribution center in the 150 sq mile core.

[QCxpat]

3 hours ago, tozmervo said:

Raleigh is a tricky apples-to-apples comparison because of city boundaries. Wake County vs Meck County would probably yield almost identical density. (...too lazy to do the math)

 

2 hours ago, C85 said:

Charlottes core is more dense than raleigh if Charlotte had around 150 sq miles of land it would have more people than raleigh. I would say the core of Charlotte is 3750 ppsm - 4500 ppsm.

Wake Density - 1200 ppsm

Meck Density - 1950 ppsm 

People think that Raleigh is more dense than Charlotte but in reality its not. Think about all that undeveloped land all around the western part of I-485. I think it would be close to impossible to plop down that huge amazon distribution center in the 150 sq mile core.

Comparison of Wake & Mecklenburg Counties  -  Population,  Area,  and Density (as of 07/01/2017)

Wake                     Pop.:  1,072,203       Area:  857 sq.mi.       Density:  1,253/sq.mi.  (484 sq.km)

Mecklenburg    Pop.:  1,076,837       Area:  546 sq. mi.      Density:   2,013/sq.mi.  (777.2 sq.km)  

U.S. Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2017

Link:  https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk 

[tozmervo]

welp, I didn't realize Wake was THAT much bigger than Meck.

[Eightane]

While I understand and empathize with the desire to keep development in the NC mountains low, let's not forget that the great majority of our highland provinces (I'd say 95% or more) remain *extraordinarily* rural in character. Just go up the Parkway through Avery County or west of Asheville into the Great Balsam Mountains and one will see that there is no shortage of pristine areas in our coldest biomes.  There is not that much danger of eradicating any of  those, and there is comparitively less area where the high country strikes that balance of "resort" and "wilderness".
I'm not trying to be an apologist for reckless development in the mountains but I *will* say that there's a certain beauty in areas that are built up to be a responsible swirl of ridgelines and rock-rich  planned homes and businesses, and if anyone thinks our state's mountains are imperiled by  urban renewal I distinctly recall the worse conditions of Manitou Springs in CO when I went on a roadtrip a few summers ago. We could be doing SO much worse at preserving our vertical forests... Many western oases of development are essentially Gatlinburg with more snow.

[videtur quam contuor]

A major issue with development in the Triangle is the water supply system. Durham and Wake are quite close to the head of the watershed. See here and compare to Charlotte. Far greater resources in Western NC

http://www.carolana.com/NC/Transportation/nc_watersheds.html

Piping from outlying counties may help but is always fraught.

[Seaboard Fellow]

On 2/11/2019 at 6:02 PM, tozmervo said:

Raleigh is a tricky apples-to-apples comparison because of city boundaries. Wake County vs Meck County would probably yield almost identical density. (...too lazy to do the math)

Tozmervo,  you were probably thinking in terms of urbanized area in which case I would agree with you. 

Edited February 13, 2019 by Seaboard Fellow

[southslider]

Latest research points to insect populations dropping off to next to none in under a century. Human populations won't really grow anymore after that.

[Trickbot]

On 2/11/2019 at 4:01 PM, QCxpat said:

Estimated 2019 Pop. and Density of 10 Largest N.C. / S.C.  Cities

1. Charlotte                   889,019          429.34/sq. mile            1,121/sq.km

2. Raleigh                        485,679          499.23/sq. mile            1,293/sq.km

3. Greensboro              292,265           338.99/sq. mile               878/sq.km

4. Durham                       279,501           377.61/sq. mile               978/sq.km

5. Winston-Salem      247,222           277.99/sq. mile               720/sq.km

6. Fayetteville              208,254            210.04/sq. mile               544/sq.km

7. Cary                              170,330            449.42/sq. mile          1,164/sq.km

8. Charleston                140,178            191.51/sq. mile              496/sq.km    

9. Columbia                   135,299            149.42/sq. mile               387/sq.km

10. Wilmington           123,432            448.65/sq. mile           1,162/sq.km         

Link:  http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/

Wait these population densities don't make sense even according to the data given. Cary with a larger area and a smaller pop than Greensboro should not also have higher density than it, ditto on a few of the other cities

[QCxpat]

56 minutes ago, Trickbot said:

Wait these population densities don't make sense even according to the data given. Cary with a larger area and a smaller pop than Greensboro should not also have higher density than it, ditto on a few of the other cities

Cary is smaller in land area than Greensboro.   Cary's land area = 58.33 sq. miles.   Greensboro's land area = 126.5 sq. miles.  The figures in the chart above show total pop. in the 1st column,  pop. density per square mile in the 2nd column, and pop. density per square kilometer in the 3rd column.  Here are the land areas for the 10 largest cities in NC and SC, in both square miles and square kilometers

Charlotte                  305.4 sq.mi. / 790.98 sq.km.

Raleigh                       142.8 sq.mi.  / 369.85 sq.km.

Greensboro             126.5 sq.mi.  / 327,63 sq. km.

Durham                     107.4 sq.mi. /  278.16 sq.km.

Winston-Salem     132.4 sq.mi. / 342.91 sq.km.

Fayetteville             145.9 sq.mi. / 377.88 sq.km.

Cary                                 58.33 sq.mi. / 151,97 sq.km.

Charleston               109 sq.mi. / 282.31 sq.km.

Columbia                  132.2 sq.mi. / 342.39 sq.km.

Wilmington                 41 sq.mi. / 106.19 sq.km.

Hope this helps 

Edited February 19, 2019 by QCxpat
Land area per sq. mile and per square kilometer

[Trickbot]

43 minutes ago, QCxpat said:

Cary is smaller in land area than Greensboro.   Cary's land area = 58.33 sq. miles.   Greensboro's land area = 126.5 sq. miles.  The figures in the chart above show total pop. in the 1st column,  pop. density per square mile in the 2nd column, and pop. density per square kilometer in the 3rd column.  Here are the land areas for the 10 largest cities in NC and SC, in both square miles and square kilometers

Charlotte                  305.4 sq.mi. / 790.98 sq.km.

Raleigh                       142.8 sq.mi.  / 369.85 sq.km.

Greensboro             126.5 sq.mi.  / 327,63 sq. km.

Durham                     107.4 sq.mi. /  278.16 sq.km.

Winston-Salem     132.4 sq.mi. / 342.91 sq.km.

Fayetteville             145.9 sq.mi. / 377.88 sq.km.

Cary                                 58.33 sq.mi. / 151,97 sq.km.

Charleston               109 sq.mi. / 282.31 sq.km.

Columbia                  132.2 sq.mi. / 342.39 sq.km.

Wilmington                 41 sq.mi. / 106.19 sq.km.

Hope this helps 

Today was the day I forgot how to read a chart, sorry I see now. I was reading it as pop, then area, then density. Thanks for the clarification though