Going by the numbers.

• Position: Cities and towns - Statistical table

POPULATION 2008 (000s) Avg. annual Density per Change from change square mile migration 1998-2008 2008 2000-08 NORTH CAROLINA 9,240.3 1.7% 186.9 9.6% Alamance 145.1 1.4 335.6 8.2 Alexander 37.0 1.3 144.9 7.1 Alleghany 11.2 0.7 47.0 6.8 Anson 25.2 (0.1) 49.2 (0.8) Ashe 26.3 0.9 61.4 8.9 Avery 18.4 1.2 74.4 8.0 Beaufort 46.3 0.4 56.4 2.5 Bertie 19.8 (0.1) 27.8 1.8 Bladen 32.5 0.2 38.2 (2.0) Brunswick 104.1 4.3 114.9 39.1 Buncombe 229.4 1.3 342.2 8.8 Burke 88.5 0.1 176.9 (1.5) Cabarrus 170.5 3.3 444.2 22.5 Caldwell 79.7 0.5 168.5 1.3 Camden 9.8 3.8 41.2 38.0 Carteret 63.8 0.8 124.7 7.8 Caswell 23.5 0.2 57.0 (0.1) Catawba 155.5 1.3 386.5 5.2 Chatham 60.5 2.5 87.1 20.0 Cherokee 27.5 1.6 60.0 13.5 Chowan 14.8 0.2 84.7 3.8 Clay 10.6 2.2 48.4 22.3 Cleveland 97.1 0.3 211.6 0.2 Columbus 54.3 0.0 58.9 (1.8) Craven 97.3 0.8 132.7 0.4 Cumberland 314.5 0.5 473.6 (4.7) Currituck 24.4 3.4 96.7 27.7 Dare 34.5 1.9 96.4 9.0 Davidson 157.7 0.9 288.2 4.9 Davie 41.3 2.2 156.0 15.3 Duplin 53.7 1.2 66.3 3.9 Durham 259.4 1.9 868.3 8.0 Edgecombe 51.3 (0.9) 102.8 (9.3) Forsyth 344.3 1.3 829.7 7.0 Franklin 57.7 2.5 117.4 18.3 Gaston 204.2 0.9 555.1 4.7 Gates 12.1 1.5 34.0 12.8 Graham 8.2 0.4 28.3 1.0 Granville 56.4 2.0 105.2 13.4 Greene 21.2 1.3 79.3 8.7 Guilford 468.9 1.4 710.0 6.4 Halifax 55.0 (0.5) 77.2 (4.8) Harnett 108.8 2.3 182.2 13.9 Haywood 57.3 0.8 104.9 7.1 Henderson 104.3 1.9 275.8 16.8 Hertford 23.7 0.5 68.3 3.1 Hoke 44.5 3.5 115.6 20.1 Hyde 5.4 (0.9) 9.1 (4.1) Iredell 155.2 3.0 260.1 20.9 Jackson 37.3 1.6 75.2 10.1 Johnston 162.6 3.8 202.9 24.9 Jones 10.4 0.1 21.9 0.6 Lee 57.5 1.8 220.0 10.4 Lenoir 57.5 (0.4) 145.2 (4.9) Lincoln 74.4 1.9 245.9 13.3 Macon 34.2 1.8 66.5 16.5 Madison 20.6 0.7 46.4 6.6 Martin 23.7 (0.8) 52.7 (6.1) McDowell 44.4 0.8 100.3 4.1 Mecklenburg 892.6 3.1 1,640.3 16.0 Mitchell 15.9 0.4 72.2 4.2 Montgomery 27.7 0.7 57.0 (0.8) Moore 85.5 1.7 121.9 13.9 Nash 93.8 0.8 174.7 4.5 New Hanover 194.6 2.2 973.1 16.0 Northampton 21.2 (0.4) 40.4 (2.6) Onslow 171.3 1.3 207.8 3.1 Orange 129.1 1.2 318.1 7.4 Pamlico 13.0 0.5 39.4 2.1 Pasquotank 41.8 1.8 180.7 14.7 Pender 52.1 2.8 57.7 23.9 Perquimans 13.0 1.6 51.0 15.6 Person 37.9 0.9 97.5 3.6 Pitt 155.2 1.7 229.8 10.0 Polk 19.0 0.7 82.7 8.9 Randolph 140.5 1.1 181.6 4.0 Richmond 46.9 0.1 99.2 (1.6) Robeson 130.4 0.8 138.9 (0.5) Rockingham 91.6 0.0 163.0 (0.8) Rowan 137.6 0.8 267.9 3.9 Rutherford 62.9 0.2 113.7 1.0 Sampson 65.2 1.2 70.7 4.6 Scotland 36.9 0.4 117.4 (0.2) Stanly 59.3 0.4 151.7 0.8 Stokes 46.4 0.6 105.5 3.3 Surry 73.5 0.5 140.3 1.7 Swain 14.1 1.1 26.6 7.1 Transylvania 31.1 0.8 80.8...