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*estimated population

Year	Population
1675	4,000*
1700	10,720*
1710	15,120*
1729	35,000*
1752	100,000*
1765	200,000*
1786	350,000*
1790	393,751
1800	478,103
1810	555,500
1820	638,829
1830	737,987
1840	753,409
1850	869,039
1860	992,622
1870	1,071,361
1880	1,399,750
1890	1,617,947
1900	1,893,810
1910	2,206,287
1920	2,559,123
1930	3,170,276
1940	3,571,623
1950	4,061,929
1960	4,556,155
1970	5,082,059
1980	5,881,766
1990	6,628,637
2000	8,049,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000 City Population

City	Population
Charlotte	540,828
Raleigh	276,093
Greensboro	223,891
Durham	187,035
Winston-Salem	185,776
Fayetteville	121,015
Cary	94,536
High Point	85,839
Wilmington	75,838
Asheville	68,889
Jacksonville	66,715
Gastonia	66,277
Greenville	60,476
Concord	55,977
Rocky Mount	55,893
Chapel Hill	48,715
Burlington	44,917
Wilson	44,405
Goldsboro	39,043
Hickory	37,222
Kannapolis	36,910
Salisbury	26,462
Kinston	23,688
Statesville	23,320
New Bern	23,128