Municipal Population and Land Area 1980-2008
	Population and Land Area of Largest Municipalities, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2008
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	Ranked by 2000 Population
	view Muni Densities, 1980-2008		POPULATION					LAND AREA (SQ. MILES)
	Rank	Municipality	1980	1990	2000	2008		1980	1990	2000	2008
	1	Charlotte	315,474	395,934	540,167	683,541		138.44	175.916	242.269	287.927
	2	Raleigh	150,255	212,092	276,094	377,353		53.93	88.535	114.603	140.543
	3	Greensboro	155,642	183,894	223,891	263,268		60.37	80.533	104.705	127.303
	4	Durham	101,149	136,612	187,035	228,480		42.32	70.218	94.636	105.502
	5	Winston-Salem	131,885	143,485	185,776	228,362		61.27	73.102	108.855	132.780
	6	Fayetteville	59,507	75,850	121,015	181,481		31.31	40.101	58.767	92.199
	7	Cary	21,763	44,397	94,536	141,167		10.06	30.000	42.093	53.528
	8	High Point	63,479	69,428	85,839	100,645		30.50	42.998	49.050	54.003
	9	Wilmington	44,000	55,530	75,838	101,526		21.13	30.089	40.997	49.286
	10	Asheville	54,022	61,855	68,889	78,313		29.09	34.118	40.921	44.230
	11	Jacksonville	18,259	30,398	66,715	81,873		8.06	14.576	44.476	46.713
	12	Gastonia	47,218	54,725	66,355	74,518		21.11	30.620	46.060	50.429
	13	Greenville	35,740	46,305	61,209	81,092		15.03	18.930	26.250	34.770
	(14)	Concord	16,942	27,347	55,977	79,264		8.04	21.288	51.581	59.198
	(14)	Rocky Mount	42,158	49,961	55,977	59,228		18.17	25.855	35.568	42.989
	16	Chapel Hill	32,421	38,711	46,019	55,616		12.54	16.406	19.756	20.911
	17	Burlington	37,266	39,498	44,917	50,927		16.42	20.319	21.277	25.007
	18	Wilson	34,424	36,930	44,405	50,643		13.20	18.539	23.290	28.865
	19	Goldsboro	31,871	40,709	39,147	37,661		14.30	20.933	24.790	27.007
	20	Hickory	20,757	28,474	37,222	40,761		11.78	21.298	28.071	29.104
	21	Kannapolis	30,303	29,709	36,910	44,102		14.60	15.030	29.849	32.001
	22	Salisbury	22,677	23,626	26,462	31,315		13.35	16.361	17.780	21.621
	23	Monroe	12,639	16,385	26,228	37,280		8.76	13.897	24.569	30.030
	24	Huntersville	1,294	3,023	24,960	40,167		1.40	3.233	31.146	39.408
	Rank	Municipality	1980 Pop	1990 Pop	2000 Pop	2008 Pop		1980 LA	1990 LA	2000 LA	2008 LA
	25	Kinston	25,234	25,295	23,688	22,675		7.58	13.195	16.731	17.491
	26	Statesville	18,622	17,567	23,320	27,039		11.43	14.941	20.529	24.117
	27	Sanford	14,773	14,755	23,220	27,806		12.08	14.945	24.068	26.627
	28	New Bern	14,557	17,363	23,111	26,153		7.59	10.284	25.827	27.913
	29	Havelock	17,718	20,300	22,442	22,808		13.58	14.831	16.712	16.821
	30	Matthews	1,648	13,651	22,125	28,634		1.50	12.287	14.209	16.627
	31	Asheboro	15,252	16,362	21,672	24,827		10.90	11.957	15.345	17.797
	32	Lumberton	18,241	18,733	20,795	23,026		8.79	13.482	15.725	17.572
	33	Apex	2,847	4,789	20,212	31,250		2.44	4.493	10.537	15.685
	34	Lexington	15,711	16,581	19,953	21,378		7.76	11.807	17.618	17.983
	35	Thomasville	14,144	15,915	19,788	27,036		6.84	10.244	11.147	16.905
	36	Shelby	15,310	14,669	19,477	20,808		7.72	8.695	18.137	21.051
	37	Mooresville	8,575	9,317	18,823	30,324		5.05	6.872	14.687	22.022
	38	Garner	10,073	14,716	17,787	26,109		5.36	12.000	12.820	14.988
	39	Morganton	13,763	15,085	17,310	17,120		13.37	16.651	18.163	19.070
	40	Elizabeth City	14,007	14,292	17,243	20,121		4.20	5.087	8.936	11.447
	41	Kernersville	5,875	10,899	17,126	22,368		4.24	7.711	12.099	16.821
	42	Roanoke Rapids	14,702	15,722	16,957	16,552		7.70	7.833	7.837	9.938
	43	Carrboro	7,336	12,134	16,782	19,479		2.18	3.618	4.471	6.331
	44	Lenoir	13,748	14,192	16,774	19,064		12.64	13.539	16.564	19.644
	45	Henderson	13,522	15,655	16,095	16,273		5.00	7.258	8.239	8.539
	46	Eden	15,672	15,238	15,908	15,702		11.58	13.591	15.007	15.144
	47	Laurinburg	11,480	11,643	15,874	15,911		7.35	7.559	12.400	12.536
	48	Albemarle	15,110	14,940	15,680	16,197		14.51	14.832	15.695	16.938
	49	Mint Hill	7,915	11,615	15,609	20,748		13.97	18.014	21.229	23.782
	50	Reidsville	12,492	12,183	14,485	14,613		7.53	6.329	13.374	14.492
	51	Clemmons	4,842	6,020	13,827	18,161		4.66	3.179	10.709	11.960
	52	Boone	10,191	12,949	13,470	14,942		3.47	5.462	5.839	6.195
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