Largest cities.

LARGEST CITIES 2008 2000 CHANGE INTERNAL POPULATION POPULATION SINCE 2000 GAIN SINCE 2000 1 Charlotte 683,541 540,167 26.5% 73,709 2 Raleigh 377,353 276,094 36.7 40,930 3 Greensboro 263,268 223,891 17.6 16,991 4 Durham 228,480 187,035 22.2 27,670 5 Winston-Salem 228,362 185,776 22.9 18,830 6 Fayetteville 181,481 121,015 50.0 (659) 7 Cary 141,167 94,536 49.3 32,700 8 Wilmington 101,526 75,838 33.9 10,096 9 High Point 100,645 85,839 17.2 10,054 10 Jacksonville 81,873 66,715 22.7 11,992 11 Greenville 81,092 61,209 32.5 4,540 12 Concord 79,264 55,977 41.6 14,857 13 Asheville 78,313 68,889 13.7 2,270 14 Gastonia 74,518 66,355 12.3 4,279 15 Rocky Mount 59,228 55,977 5.8 534 16 Chapel Hill 55,616 46,019 20.9 5,105 17 Burlington 50,927 44,917 13.4 3,816 18 Wilson 50,643 44,405 14.0 2,330 19 Kannapolis 44,102 36,910 19.5 6,104 20 Hickory 40,761 37,222 9.5 2,078 21 Huntersville 40,167 24,960 60.9 11,364 22 Goldsboro 37,661 39,147 (3.8) (2,521) 23 Monroe 37,280 26,228 42.1 8,760 24 Salisbury 31,315 26,462 18.3 613 25 Apex 31,250 20,212 54.6 8,425 26 Mooresville 30,324 18,823 61.1 3,437 27 Matthews 28,634 22,125 29.4 4,942 28 Sanford 27,806 23,220 19.8 3,718 29 Wake Forest 27,496 12,588 118.4 4,236 30 Statesville 27,039 23,320 15.9 3,599 31 Thomasville 27,036 19,788 36.6 1,882 32 Indian Trail 26,954 11,749 129.4 4,495 33 New Bern 26,153 23,111 13.2 1,574 34 Garner 26,109 17,787 46.8 5,089 35 Asheboro 24,827 21,672 14.6 1,860 36 Cornelius 23,929 11,969 99.9 4,610 37 Lumberton 23,026 20,795 10.7 506 38 Havelock 22,808 22,442 1.6 (25) 39 Kinston 22,675 23,688 (4.3) (1,267) 40 Kernersville 22,368 17,126 30.6 2,307 41 Lexington 21,378 19,953 7.1 951 42 Shelby 20,808 19,477 6.8 (23) 43 Mint Hill 20,748 15,609 32.9 2,827 44 Holly Springs 20,631 9,192 124.4 5,302 45 Elizabeth City 20,121 17,243 16.7 2,422 46 Carrboro 19,479 16,782 16.1 1,265 47 Lenoir 19,064 16,774 13.7 278 48 Clemmons 18,161 13,827 31.3 1,386 49 Morganton 17,120 17,310 (1.1) (237) 50 Roanoke Rapids 16,552 16,957 (2.4) (405) ANNEXATION 2008 AREA ANNEXED FISCAL GAIN...