Largest cities.

• Position: BY THE NUMBERS

CHANGE INTERNAL 2006 2000 SINCE GAIN SINCE CITY POPULATION POPULATION 2000 2000 1 Charlotte 651,562 540,167 20.6% 55,052 2 Raleigh 352,919 276,094 27.8 31,987 3 Greensboro 241,753 223,891 8.0 8,593 4 Durham 214,492 187,035 14.7 17,614 5 Winston-Salem 201,955 185,776 8.7 13,277 6 Fayetteville 173,898 121,015 43.7 (2,794) 7 Cary 122,139 94,536 29.2 22,167 8 Wilmington 98,529 75,838 29.9 7,553 9 High Point 95,630 85,839 11.4 6,558 10 Asheville 75,948 68,889 10.2 1,400 11 Jacksonville 74,433 66,715 11.6 5,953 12 Greenville 72,227 61,209 18.0 3,180 13 Gastonia 71,349 66,355 7.5 1,770 14 Concord 66,107 55,977 18.1 9,764 15 Rocky Mount 56,364 55,977 0.7 301 16 Chapel Hill 53,416 46,019 16.1 3,014 17 Wilson 48,316 44,405 8.8 2,175 18 Burlington 47,692 44,917 6.2 2,102 19 Kannapolis 41,273 36,910 11.8 3,929 20 Hickory 40,212 37,222 8.0 1,546 21 Goldsboro 37,396 39,147 (4.5) (2,153) 22 Huntersville 34,365 24,960 37.7 6,840 23 Monroe 33,908 26,228 29.3 6,386 24 Salisbury 29,461 26,462 11.3 139 25 Apex 28,830 20,212 42.6 7,067 26 Mooresville 26,670 18,823 41.7 2,950 27 Sanford 26,622 23,220 14.7 2,792 28 Matthews 26,554 22,125 20.0 3,633 29 Thomasville 26,326 19,788 33.0 1,360 30 Statesville 26,074 23,320 11.8 2,660 31 New Bern 25,456 23,111 10.1 1,282 32 Indian Trail 23,680 11,749 101.5 3,850 33 Asheboro 23,556 21,672 8.7 1,694 34 Garner 23,507 17,787 32.2 3,546 35 Kinston 22,962 23,688 (3.1) (970) 36 Lumberton 22,800 20,795 9.6 382 37 Havelock 22,772 22,442 1.5 (59) 38 Wake Forest 22,628 12,588 79.8 3,535 39 Kernersville 21,661 17,126 26.5 2,028 40 Cornelius 21,256 11,969 77.6 3,124 41 Lexington 20,927 19,953 4.9 681 42 Shelby 20,863 19,477 7.1 1 43 Elizabeth City 19,449 17,243 12.8 1,757 44 Mint Hill 19,202 15,609 23.0 1,542 45 Carrboro 18,611 16,782 10.9 594 46 Lenoir 18,588 16,774 10.8 115 47 Clemmons 17,648 13,827 27.6 996 48 Holly Springs 17,165 9,192 86.7 3,949 49 Morganton 17,066 17,310 (1.4) (291) 50 Roanoke Rapids 16,609 16,957 (2.1) (348) ANNEXATION 2006 ANNEXED FISCAL 2006-07 GAIN SINCE...