Largest cities in NC [1]
Largest Cities in North Carolina
Ten NC Cities with the largest estimated populations in 2011:
1. Charlotte [2] (Mecklenburg [3] county). 751,999
2. Raleigh [4] (Durham [5] & Wake [6] counties). 412,311
3. Greensboro [7] (Guilford [8] county). 272,190
4. Winston-Salem [9] (Forsyth [10] county). 232,143
5. Durham [11] (Durham [5], Orange [12] and Wake [6] counties). 231,730
6. Fayetteville [13] (Cumberland [14] county). 207,996
7. Cary [15] (Chatham [16] county) and Wilmington [17] (New Hanover [18] county). 108,333
9. High Point [19] (Davidson [20], Forsyth [10], Guilford [8] and Randolph [21] counties). 105,493
10. Asheville [22] (Buncombe [23] county). 85,339
A complete list of estimated populations for cities and towns in North Carolina with 2500 or more people may be found at the North Carolina State Data Center [24].
17 January 2013 | Underhill, Michelle Czaikowski