North Carolina's Largest Cities.

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NORTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST CITIES CHANCE INTERNAL 2001 1990 SINCE GAIN SINCE CITY POPULATION POPULATION 1990 1990 1 Charlotte 570,257 395,934 44.0% 74,887 2 Raleigh 288,131 207,951 38.6 31,605 3 Greensboro 225,311 183,521 22.8 25,008 4 Durham 191,041 136,611 39.8 34,277 5 Winston-Salem 188,605 143,485 31.4 18,161 6 Fayetteville 124,247 75,695 64.1 (4,019) 7 Cary 100,219 43,858 128.5 36,226 8 Wilmington 90,981 55,530 63.8 9,698 9 High Point 86,494 69,496 24.5 11,233 10 Asheville 69,726 61,607 13.2 2,640 11 Gastonia 68,148 54,732 24.5 5,752 12 Jacksonville 66,176 30,013 120.5 16,423 13 Greenville 60,966 44,972 35.6 4,347 14 Concord 58,710 27,347 114.7 11,938 15 Rocky Mount 55,998 48,997 14.3 2,097 16 Chapel Hill 52,440 38,719 35.4 9,269 17 Burlington 45,728 39,498 15.8 5,122 18 Wilson 44,965 36,930 21.8 4,113 19 Goldsboro 38,516 40,709 (5.4) (7,498) 20 Hickory 37,975 28,301 34.2 4,047 21 Kannapolis 37,785 29,696 27.2 2,790 22 Monroe 27,756 16,127 72.1 6,583 23 Huntersville 26,912 3,014 792.9 1,426 24 Salisbury 26,631 23,087 15.4 2,743 25 Statesville 24,064 17,567 37.0 2,759 26 Kinston 23,479 25,295 (7.2) (2,270) 27 Sanford 23,409 14,475 61.7 2,629 28 New Bern 23,195 17,363 33.6 1,584 29 Matthews 23,144 13,651 69.5 5,625 30 Havelock 22,846 20,268 12.7 901 31 Asheboro 21,969 16,362 34.3 4,634 32 Apex 21,947 4,968 341.8 5,857 33 Lumberton 21,099 18,601 13.4 757 34 Lexington 20,121 16,581 21.3 1,678 35 Thomasville 20,027 15,915 25.8 3,294 36 Mooresville 19,614 9,317 110.5 5,269 37 Shelby 19,562 14,669 33.4 (85) 38 Kernersville 19,361 10,836 78.7 2,495 39 Garner 18,777 14,967 25.5 3,291 40 Morganton 17,317 15,085 14.8 1,623 41 Carrboro 17,240 11,553 49.2 3,144 42 Elizabeth City 17,149 14,292 20.0 (155) 43 Roanoke Rapids 16,943 15,722 7.8 1,221 44 Lenoir 16,843 14,192 18.7 1,025 45 Clemmons 16,294 6,020 170.7 1,390 46 Henderson 16,255 15,655 3.8 (435) 47 Laurinburg 15,980 11,643 37.2 224 48 Eden 15,898 15,238 4.3 323 49 Mint Hill 15,821 11,567 36.8 (6) 50 Albemarle 15,758 14,939 5.5 786 ANNEXATION 2001 ANNEXED FISCAL 2002 GAIN...