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It looks like the Census Data has been released and NC stands at just over 9.5M. I have to say I'm a little disappointed we didn't break 10M. The Charlotte Observer Story can be found here. LINK

It also looks like we will keep 13 Reps in the House while SC, and Ga gain 1 while Fl will gain 2 (Texas gains 4). Edit: It does appear that NC moves back into the top 10 most populated states (passing NJ, but trailing Ga) at the tenth spot after being the 6th fastest growing state over the past 10 years.

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^^^ Yeah I was hoping we'd break the 10m mark too.

The Top Ten

California - 37,253,956

Texas - 25,145,561

New York - 19,378,102

Florida - 18, 801,310

Illinois - 12,830,632

Pennsylvania - 12,702,379

Ohio - 11,536,504

Michigan - 9,883,640

Georgia - 9,687,653

North Carolina - 9,535,483

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^^^ Yeah I was hoping we'd break the 10m mark too.

The Top Ten

California - 37,253,956

Texas - 25,145,561

New York - 19,378,102

Florida - 18, 801,310

Illinois - 12,830,632

Pennsylvania - 12,702,379

Ohio - 11,536,504

Michigan - 9,883,640

Georgia - 9,687,653

North Carolina - 9,535,483

I'd say that officially we'll pass Michigan by the 2020 census...unofficially much sooner...perhaps 2-3 years?

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^^^ I agree about Michigan and I personally believe that we will pass Georgia as well within 5 years.

On an interesting note. I read the competing DNC 2012 city papers for their take on census data and came across the below in the Star Tribune. Not certain of the veracity of the correlation they draw btwn NC and MN but I'm astonished at how close we were to another seat gain

Minnesota received the final seat in the reapportionment process of redrawing congressional boundaries, hanging onto its eight seats by less than 9,000 people. Had the state counted 8,739 fewer people -- or if North Carolina had 15,754 more people -- Minnesota would have lost a seat, said Kimball Brace, president of Election Data Services, which analyzes census data.
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I've put together a rough spreadsheet of the Charlotte Region's Population. I used the counties listed in Wikipedia's Charlotte CSA Description for my county list (although the only extra NC county included, compared to the Urban Institutes' Charlotte Region Definition, was Alexander). Please make suggestions or suggest corrections as needed. I have to say the total came in a little lower than expected (although some of that might be due to having to use estimated data for SC populations at this point). LINK

Edit: corrected spelling of Wikipedia

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The Urban Area number is from the 2000 census, during which Charlotte was only 540,828. So Charlotte city was 71% of the Urban Area.

The US Census has redfined their definition for UA. Under this new definition Charlotte, Gastonia, Concord, and Rock Hill UAs will be rejoined. The estimates using the 3 year ACS stats puts the population at just over 1.2 million. I will add the link later.

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The census ranks consolidated cities based on their balance population. That is the county's overall population minus the population incorporated towns in that county. The census bureau does not include the suburban towns as part of their statistical analysis, Therefore, even though the Louisville-Jefferson County metro government has 741K people about 200K of that will not be included into "Louisville's" population because those 200K are in suburban towns.

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Area............................	Pop.....	Date....	Rank
City of Charlotte...............	  775,202	7/1/2012	17
County of Mecklenburg...........	  969,031	7/1/2012	45
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA	2,296,569	7/1/2012	23
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA....	2,454,619	7/1/2012	--
Primary Census Statistical Area.	2,454,619	7/1/2012	25
Charlotte Region................	2,709,928	  5/2013	--
Charlotte Urban Area............	1,249,442	    2010	38


Region is this: http://charlotteusa.com/business-info/charlotte-usa-overview/

 

All the others are census definitions.

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