Growth spurts.

• Position: Statewide - Statistical table

NORTH CAROLINA Population: 9,535,483 Change: 18.5% 2000 2010 White 72.1% 68.5% Black 21.6% 21.5% Other * 6.3% 10.0% Note: Table made from pie chart. * includes people of mixed-race ancestry COUNTIES LARGEST POPULATION CHANGE Mecklenburg 919,628 32.2% Wake 900,993 43.5 Guilford 488,406 16.0 Forsyth 350,670 14.6 Cumberland 319,431 5.4 SMALLEST POPULATION CHANGE Tyrrell 4,407 6.2% Hyde 5,810 (0.3) Graham 8,861 10.9 Camden 9,980 45.0 Jones 10,153 (2.2) GAINERS POPULATION CHANGE Union 201,292 62.8% Brunswick 107,431 46.9 Camden 9,980 45.0 Wake 900,993 43.5 Hoke 46,952 39.5 LOSERS POPULATION CHANGE Halifax 54,691 (4.7)% Martin 24,505 (4.3) Washington 13,228 (3.6) Jones 10,153 (2.2) Mitchell 15,579 (0.7) One of the biggest surprises of the 2010 Census for North Carolina was that Mecklenburg remained its largest county. State demographers estimated last year that it had fallen behind faster-growing Wake. But despite the recent recession's effect on Charlotte's financial industry, Mecklenburg's population not only increased an impressive 32.2% but spilled over the county line, fueling booming bedroom communities in neighboring counties. Union grew...