North Carolina's largest cities.

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NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITIES CHANGE INTERNAL 2000 1990 SINCE GAIN SINCE CITY POPULATION POPULATION 1990 1990 1 Charlotte 540,828 395,934 36.6% 64,971 2 Raleigh 276,093 207,951 32.8 25,028 3 Greensboro 223,891 183,521 22.0 23,931 4 Durham 187,035 136,611 36.9 30,318 5 Winston-Salem 185,776 143,485 29.5 15,850 6 Fayetteville 121,015 75,695 59.9 (3,426) 7 Cary 94,536 43,858 115.6 30,594 8 High Point 85,839 69,496 23.5 10,615 9 Wilmington 75,838 55,530 36.6 8,562 10 Asheville 68,889 61,607 11.8 2,459 11 Jacksonville 66,715 30,013 122.3 16,962 12 Gastonia 66,277 54,732 21.1 5,502 13 Greenville 60,476 44,972 34.5 4,273 14 Concord 55,977 27,347 104.7 9,515 15 Rocky Mount 55,893 48,997 14.1 2,024 16 Chapel Hill 48,715 38,719 25.8 8,268 17 Burlington 44,917 39,498 13.7 4,332 18 Wilson 44,405 36,930 20.2 3,812 19 Goldsboro 39,043 40,709 (4.1) (6,961) 20 Hickory 37,222 28,301 31.5 3,296 21 Kannapolis 36,910 29,696 24.3 1,915 22 Salisbury 26,462 23,087 14.6 2,590 23 Monroe 26,228 16,127 62.6 5,055 24 Huntersville 24,960 3,014 728.1 488 25 Kinston 23,688 25,295 (6.4) (2,061) 26 Statesville 23,320 17,567 32.7 2,031 27 Sanford 23,220 14,475 60.4 2,458 28 New Bern 23,128 17,363 33.2 1,567 29 Havelock 22,442 20,268 10.7 512 30 Matthews 22,127 13,651 62.1 4,985 31 Asheboro 21,672 16,362 32.5 4,347 32 Lumberton 20,795 18,601 11.8 687 33 Apex 20,212 4,968 306.8 4,468 34 Lexington 19,953 16,581 20.3 1,510 35 Thomasville 19,788 15,915 24.3 3,060 36 Shelby 19,477 14,669 32.8 (170) 37 Mooresville 18,823 9,317 102.0 4,478 38 Garner 17,757 14,967 18.6 2,531 39 Morganton 17,310 15,085 14.7 1,660 40 Elizabeth City 17,188 14,292 20.3 (116) 41 Kernersville 17,126 10,836 58.0 2,176 42 Roanoke Rapids 16,957 15,722 7.9 1,235 43 Lenoir 16,793 14,192 18.3 1,005 44 Carrboro 16,782 11,553 45.3 2,767 45 Henderson 16,095 15,655 2.8 (595) 46 Eden 15,908 15,238 4.4 333 47 Laurinburg 15,874 11,643 36.3 201 48 Albemarle 15,680 14,939 5.0 708 49 Mint Hill 14,922 11,567 29.0 (241) 50 Reidsville 14,485 12,183 18.9 393 ANNEXATION 2000 ANNEXED FISCAL 2001 GAIN...