North Carolina's largest cities.

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CHANGE INTERNAL 2002 1990 SINCE GAIN SINCE CITY POPULATION POPULATION 1990 1990 1 Charlotte 581,676 395,934 46.9% 81,659 2 Raleigh 303,567 212,092 43.1 39,537 3 Greensboro 227,793 183,894 23.9 26,421 4 Durham 198,688 136,612 45.4 37,983 5 Winston-Salem 190,851 143,485 33.0 20,301 6 Fayetteville 123,844 75,850 63.3 (4,615) 7 Cary 102,241 44,397 130.3 38,114 8 Wilmington 91,458 55,530 64.7 10,073 9 High Point 88,277 69,428 27.1 13,004 10 Asheville 70,070 61,855 13.3 2,520 11 Jacksonville 68,356 30,398 124.9 1,422 12 Gastonia 68,246 54,725 24.7 5,758 13 Greenville 63,444 46,305 37.0 5,718 14 Concord 59,791 27,347 118.6 13,004 15 Rocky Mount 56,160 49,961 12.4 1,601 16 Chapel Hill 50,540 38,711 30.6 7,125 17 Burlington 46,332 39,498 17.3 5,696 18 Wilson 45,741 36,930 23.9 4,857 19 Goldsboro 38,706 40,709 (4.9) (7,478) 20 Hickory 38,604 28,474 35.6 4,508 21 Kannapolis 38,248 29,709 28.7 3,182 22 Monroe 28,449 16,385 73.6 7,276 23 Huntersville 27,984 3,023 825.7 2,084 24 Salisbury 26,804 23,626 13.5 1,830 25 Thomasville 25,344 15,915 59.2 3,663 26 Statesville 24,292 17,567 38.3 2,863 27 Matthews 23,824 13,651 74.5 6,136 28 Apex 23,595 4,789 392.7 7,480 29 Sanford 23,530 14,755 59.5 2,688 30 New Bern 23,415 17,363 34.9 1,586 31 Kinston 23,337 25,295 (7.7) (2,412) 32 Havelock 22,463 20,300 10.7 454 33 Asheboro 22,346 16,362 36.6 4,852 34 Lumberton 21,178 18,733 13.1 773 35 Lexington 20,327 16,581 22.6 1,644 36 Mooresville 19,905 9,317 113.6 5,461 37 Kernersville 19,860 10,899 82.2 2,921 38 Shelby 19,610 14,669 33.7 (238) 39 Garner 19,606 14,716 33.2 3,968 40 Lenoir 18,456 14,192 30.0 984 41 Mint Hill 18,120 11,615 56.0 1,414 42 Elizabeth City 17,490 14,292 22.4 72 43 Carrboro 17,456 12,134 43.9 3,179 44 Morganton 17,290 15,085 14.6 1,596 45 Roanoke Rapids 16,904 15,722 7.5 1,182 46 Henderson 16,464 15,655 5.2 (332) 47 Clemmons 16,350 6,020 171.6 1,343 48 Eden 15,873 15,238 4.2 298 49 Laurinburg 15,856 11,643 36.2 88 50 Albemarle 15,685 14,940 5.0 713 ANNEXATION 2002 ANNEXED FISCAL 2003 GAIN SINCE AREA SINCE 1990...