NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITIES.

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NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITIES CHANGE INTERNAL ANNEXATION 1999 1990 SINCE GAIN SINCE GAIN SINCE CITY POPULATION POPULATION 1990 1990 1990 1 Charlotte 526,245 395,934 32.9 49,066 81,245 2 Raleigh 273,203 212,092 28.8 22,916 38,195 3 Greensboro 208,210 183,894 13.2 7,915 16,401 4 Winston-Salem 173,568 143,485 21.0 4,991 25,092 5 Durham 169,177 136,612 23.8 13,364 19,201 6 Fayetteville 127,558 75,850 68.2 2,852 48,856 7 Cary 92,972 44,397 109.4 29,145 19,430 8 High Point 77,586 69,428 11.8 2,455 5,703 9 Wilmington 75,629 55,530 36.2 7,946 12,153 10 Jacksonville 73,122 30,398 140.5 220 42,504 11 Asheville 68,526 61,855 10.8 2,220 4,451 12 Gastonia 62,739 54,725 14.6 2,019 5,995 13 Greenville 58,175 46,305 25.6 791 11,079 14 Rocky Mount 58,006 49,961 16.1 3,479 4,566 15 Concord 50,564 27,347 84.9 5,370 17,847 16 Goldsboro 48,199 40,709 18.4 1,872 5,618 17 Chapel Hill 44,343 38,711 14.5 3,921 1,711 18 Burlington 43,436 39,498 10.0 2,873 1,065 19 Wilson 41,796 36,930 13.2 1,298 3,568 20 Kannapolis 37,899 29,709 27.6 3,093 5,097 21 Hickory 36,051 28,474 26.6 2,159 5,418 22 Salisbury 26,948 23,626 14.1 2,035 1,287 23 Kinston 24,729 25,295 (2.2) (1,014) 448 24 Monroe 23,918 16,385 46.0 3,079 4,454 25 Havelock 23,113 20,300 13.9 1,103 1,710 26 Statesville 22,843 17,567 30.0 1,639 3,637 27 Huntersville 22,763 3,023 653.0 383 19,357 28 New Bern 22,446 17,363 29.3 801 4,282 29 Sanford 22,310 14,755 51.2 1,975 5,580 30 Matthews 21,981 13,651 61.0 4,597 3,733 31 Lumberton 20,392 18,733 8.9 249 1,410 32 Shelby 19,853 14,669 35.3 209 4,975 33 Asheboro 19,544 16,362 19.4 2,081 1,101 34 Lexington 19,342 16,581 16.7 694 2,067 35 Mint Hill 18,453 11,615 58.9 3,156 3,682 36 Elizabeth City 18,328 14,292 28.2 861 3,175 37 Garner 18,214 14,716 23.8 3,029 469 38 Thomasville 17,716 15,915 11.3 1,012 789 39 Apex 17,673 4,789 269.0 1,710 11,174 40 Henderson 17,199 15,655 9.9 636 908 41 Mooresville 16,548 9,317 77.6 2,160 5,071 42 Morganton 16,088 15,085 6.6 458 545 43 Carrboro 16,012 12,134 32.0 1,992 1,886 44 Lenoir 15,884 14,192...