Largest cities.

LARGEST CITIES CITY 2007 2000 CHANGE INTERNAL ANNEXATION POPULATION POPULATION SINCE GAIN GAIN SINCE 2000 SINCE 2000 2000 1 Charlotte 674,658 540,167 24.9% 66,538 67,953 2 Raleigh 367,098 276,094 33.0 36,766 54,238 3 Greensboro 248,111 223,891 10.8 13,260 10,960 4 Winston- 224,889 185,776 21.1 16,281 22,832 Salem 5 Durham 222,472 187,035 18.9 23,675 11,762 6 Fayetteville 181,453 121,015 49.9 (41) 60,479 7 Cary 132,443 94,536 40.1 28,205 9,702 8 Wilmington 100,746 75,838 32.8 9,440 15,468 9 High Point 98,791 85,839 15.1 8,771 4,181 10 Jacksonville 77,301 66,715 15.9 8,420 2,166 11 Asheville 76,764 68,889 11.4 1,998 5,877 12 Greenville 76,222 61,209 24.5 4,524 10,489 13 Gastonia 72,779 66,355 9.7 2,977 3,447 14 Concord 71,071 55,977 27.0 12,518 2,576 15 Rocky Mount 56,288 55,977 0.6 223 88 16 Chapel Hill 54,904 46,019 19.3 4,434 4,451 17 Wilson 49,947 44,405 12.5 2,024 3,518 18 Burlington 49,343 44,917 9.9 2,993 1,433 19 Kannapolis 42,802 36,910 16.0 5,086 806 20 Hickory 40,520 37,222 8.9 1,845 1,453 21 Huntersville 39,191 24,960 57.0 10,637 3,594 22 Goldsboro 37,341 39,147 (4.6) (2,252) 446 23 Monroe 35,966 26,228 37.1 7,598 2,140 24 Salisbury 31,023 26,462 17.2 358 4,203 25 Apex 29,973 20,212 48.3 7,553 2,208 26 Matthews 28,072 22,125 26.9 4,450 1,497 27 Mooresville 27,628 18,823 46.8 3,106 5,699 28 Sanford 27,271 23,220 17.4 3,255 796 29 Statesville 26,704 23,320 14.5 3,267 117 30 Thomasville 26,563 19,788 34.2 1,511 5,264 31 Indian Trail 26,010 11,749 121.4 3,987 10,274 32 Wake Forest 25,734 12,588 104.4 3,763 9,383 33 New Bern 25,684 23,111 11.1 1,286 1,287 34 Garner 24,832 17,787 39.6 4,374 2,671 35 Asheboro 23,845 21,672 10.0 1,807 366 36 Cornelius 22,946 11,969 91.7 4,270 6,707 37 Lumberton 22,929 20,795 10.3 414 1,720 38 Kinston 22,763 23,688 (3.9) (1,181) 256 39 Havelock 22,604 22,442 0.7 (228) 390 40 Kernersvill 21,961 17,126 28.2 2,200 2,635 41 Lexington 21,149 19,953 6.0 725 471 42 Shelby 20,745 19,477 6.5 (93) 1,361 43 Mint Hill 20,519 15,609 31.5 2,704 2,206 44 Elizabeth 19,837 17,243 15.0 2,142 452...