NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITIES.

NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITIES CHANGE INTERNAL ANNEX 1998 1990 SINCE GAIN SINCE GAIN SINCE CITY POPULATION POPULATION 1990 1990 1990 1 Charlotte 521,478 395,934 31.7% 56,257 69,287 2 Raleigh 269,211 212,092 26.9 24,156 32,963 3 Greensboro 205,260 183,894 11.6 7,284 14,082 4 Winston-Salem 173,524 143,485 20.9 5,154 24,885 5 Durham 162,273 136,612 18.8 12,051 13,610 6 Fayetteville 121,338 75,850 60.0 2,474 43,014 7 Cary 86,613 44,397 95.1 25,112 17,104 8 High Point 74,213 69,428 6.9 2,910 1,875 9 Jacksonville 74,141 30,398 143.9 301 43,442 10 Asheville 68,294 61,855 10.4 2,158 4,281 11 Wilmington 65,058 55,530 17.2 9,528 0 12 Gastonia 62,077 54,725 13.4 1,783 5,569 13 Rocky Mount 57,837 49,961 15.8 3,331 4,545 14 Greenville 56,853 46,305 22.8 1,315 9,233 15 Goldsboro 47,814 40,709 17.5 2,381 4,724 16 Concord 46,253 27,347 69.1 3,578 15,328 17 Chapel Hill 44,015 38,711 13.7 3,765 1,539 18 Burlington 43,022 39,498 8.9 2,473 1,051 19 Wilson 41,237 36,930 11.7 1,230 3,077 20 Kannapolis 36,550 29,709 23.0 3,569 3,272 21 Hickory 34,500 28,474 21.2 1,738 4,288 22 Salisbury 26,792 23,626 13.4 1,801 1,365 23 Kinston 24,974 25,295 (1.3) (771) 450 24 Monroe 24,051 16,385 46.8 3,494 4,172 25 Havelock 22,773 20,300 12.2 890 1,583 26 Sanford 22,154 14,755 50.1 1,851 5,548 27 Statesville 22,094 17,567 25.8 975 3,552 28 New Bern 22,048 17,363 27.0 787 3,898 29 Lumberton 20,282 18,733 8.3 170 1,379 30 Huntersville 20,281 3,023 570.9 316 16,942 31 Shelby 19,931 14,669 35.9 304 4,958 32 Lexington 19,254 16,581 16.1 580 2,093 33 Asheboro 19,144 16,362 17.0 1,862 920 34 Matthews 19,029 13,651 39.4 2,565 2,813 35 Garner 18,263 14,716 24.1 2,960 587 36 Thomasville 17,501 15,915 10.0 975 611 37 Mint Hill 16,991 11,615 46.3 1,762 3,614 38 Elizabeth City 16,845 14,292 17.9 962 1,591 39 Henderson 16,704 15,655 6.7 157 892 40 Morganton 16,080 15,085 6.6 453 542 41 Mooresville 15,913 9,317 70.8 1,893 4,703 42 Lenoir 15,875 14,192 11.9 187 1,496 43 Albemarle 15,828 14,940 5.9 857 31 44 Roanoke Rapids 15,804...