Municipal Population Densities, 1980-2008
	Density (Pop/Sq. Mile) of the the Largest Municipalities, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2008
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	Ranked by 2000 Population
	view Muni Pop and Land Area		Density (Population/Square Mile)
	Rank	Municipality	1980	1990	2000	2008
	1	Charlotte	2,278.8	2,250.7	2,229.6	2,374.0
	2	Raleigh	2,786.1	2,395.6	2,409.1	2,685.0
	3	Greensboro	2,578.1	2,283.5	2,138.3	2,068.0
	4	Durham	2,390.1	1,945.5	1,976.4	2,165.6
	5	Winston-Salem	2,152.5	1,962.8	1,706.6	1,719.9
	6	Fayetteville	1,900.6	1,891.5	2,059.2	1,968.4
	7	Cary	2,163.3	1,479.9	2,245.9	2,637.3
	8	High Point	2,081.3	1,614.7	1,750.0	1,863.7
	9	Wilmington	2,082.3	1,845.5	1,849.8	2,059.9
	10	Asheville	1,857.1	1,813.0	1,683.5	1,770.6
	11	Jacksonville	2,265.4	2,085.5	1,500.0	1,752.7
	12	Gastonia	2,236.8	1,787.2	1,440.6	1,477.7
	13	Greenville	2,377.9	2,446.1	2,331.8	2,332.2
	(14)	Concord	2,107.2	1,284.6	1,085.2	1,339.0
	(14)	Rocky Mount	2,320.2	1,932.4	1,573.8	1,377.7
	16	Chapel Hill	2,585.4	2,359.6	2,329.4	2,659.7
	17	Burlington	2,269.5	1,943.9	2,111.1	2,036.5
	18	Wilson	2,607.9	1,992.0	1,906.6	1,754.5
	19	Goldsboro	2,228.7	1,944.7	1,579.1	1,394.5
	20	Hickory	1,762.1	1,336.9	1,326.0	1,400.5
	21	Kannapolis	2,075.5	1,976.6	1,236.6	1,378.1
	22	Salisbury	1,698.7	1,444.0	1,488.3	1,448.4
	23	Monroe	1,442.8	1,179.0	1,067.5	1,241.4
	24	Huntersville	924.3	935.0	801.4	1,019.3
	Rank	Municipality	1980 Dens	1990 Dens	2000 Dens	2008 Dens
	25	Kinston	3,329.0	1,917.0	1,415.8	1,296.4
	26	Statesville	1,629.2	1,175.8	1,136.0	1,121.2
	27	Sanford	1,222.9	987.3	964.8	1,044.3
	28	New Bern	1,917.9	1,688.4	894.8	936.9
	29	Havelock	1,304.7	1,368.8	1,342.9	1,355.9
	30	Matthews	1,098.7	1,111.0	1,557.1	1,722.1
	31	Asheboro	1,399.3	1,368.4	1,412.3	1,395.0
	32	Lumberton	2,075.2	1,389.5	1,322.4	1,310.4
	33	Apex	1,166.8	1,065.9	1,918.2	1,992.3
	34	Lexington	2,024.6	1,404.3	1,132.5	1,188.8
	35	Thomasville	2,067.8	1,553.6	1,775.2	1,599.3
	36	Shelby	1,983.2	1,687.1	1,073.9	988.5
	37	Mooresville	1,698.0	1,355.8	1,281.6	1,377.0
	38	Garner	1,879.3	1,226.3	1,387.4	1,742.0
	39	Morganton	1,029.4	906.0	953.0	897.7
	40	Elizabeth City	3,335.0	2,809.5	1,929.6	1,757.8
	41	Kernersville	1,385.6	1,413.4	1,415.5	1,329.8
	42	Roanoke Rapids	1,909.4	2,007.1	2,163.7	1,665.5
	43	Carrboro	3,365.1	3,353.8	3,753.5	3,076.8
	44	Lenoir	1,087.7	1,048.2	1,012.7	970.5
	45	Henderson	2,704.4	2,156.9	1,953.5	1,905.7
	46	Eden	1,353.4	1,121.2	1,060.0	1,036.8
	47	Laurinburg	1,561.9	1,540.3	1,280.2	1,269.2
	48	Albemarle	1,041.4	1,007.3	999.0	956.3
	49	Mint Hill	566.6	644.8	735.3	872.4
	50	Reidsville	1,659.0	1,924.9	1,083.1	1,008.3
	51	Clemmons	1,039.1	1,893.7	1,291.2	1,518.5
	52	Boone	2,936.9	2,370.7	2,306.9	2,411.9
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	Last update September 28, 2009.