Charlotte 1 Million?

[WaldoKitty]

Charlotte signed an agreement decades ago with the 6 other municipalities in the county that limit how much it can annex.

[Third Strike]

We will reach a million by the mid or late 2020s. We are currently sitting at 810k, and the county is already over 1 million people. Our CSA metro could also hit 3 million by the mid 2020s, and possibly 4 million by mid or late 2030s. But that also depends on what counties are added to our metro by the Census.

[urbanmyth]

Originally Posted by Third Strike

We will reach a million by the mid or late 2020s. We are currently sitting at 810k, and the county is already over 1 million people. Our CSA metro could also hit 3 million by the mid 2020s, and possibly 4 million by mid or late 2030s. But that also depends on what counties are added to our metro by the Census.

I was surprised at how small the Charlotte metro is in land area.

Metro Areas by Area in Square Miles(1,000+ square miles), 2000 Census

Again, old data, but it's interesting that some these metros...the ones with "huge" populations (over 3 million) also cover massives land areas, while others, with "huge" or even "large" (over 1 million) do not.

Compare Atlanta and Miami on the one hand...Roughly the same population in their metros but covering vastly different sized land areas or,

Compare Austin and Charlotte....roughly the same sized metros in population, but, contained in very different sized geographic areas.

1 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 27,259.864894
2 Anchorage, AK 26,378.753838
3 Elko, NV 21,354.706605
4 Flagstaff, AZ 18,617.423978
5 Pahrump, NV 18,146.661885
6 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 14,572.732323
7 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 13,311.641415
8 Boise City-Nampa, ID 11,787.730936
9 Rock Springs, WY 10,425.298440
10 Ontario, OR-ID 10,294.608116
11 Bishop, CA 10,203.099817
12 Salt Lake City, UT 9,538.778971
13 St. Louis, MO-IL 9,391.773821
14 Albuquerque, NM 9,287.810523
15 Tucson, AZ 9,186.265290
16 Riverton, WY 9,182.271156
17 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 8,989.620096
18 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 8,928.234033
19 Duluth, MN-WI 8,394.627818
20 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 8,376.488350
21 Denver-Aurora, CO 8,369.273159
22 Bakersfield, CA 8,140.964479
23 Prescott, AZ 8,123.301201
24 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 7,910.335322
25 Kansas City, MO-KS 7,856.543190
26 Fairbanks, AK 7,366.243814
27 San Antonio, TX 7,340.445789
28 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 7,212.007714
29 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 6,725.852233
30 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 6,684.095973
31 Alamogordo, NM 6,626.500998
32 Reno-Sparks, NV 6,605.724335
33 Kodiak, AK 6,559.845504
34 Safford, AZ 6,476.316149
35 Tulsa, OK 6,280.909052
36 Rapid City, SD 6,246.779269
37 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 6,169.448097
38 Roswell, NM 6,070.861666
39 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 6,063.069247
40 Fresno, CA 5,962.725399
41 Klamath Falls, OR 5,944.186079
42 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 5,894.019873
43 Espanola, NM 5,857.631637
44 Brigham City, UT 5,723.343222
45 Richmond, VA 5,711.804908
46 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 5,686.680556
47 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5,627.129845
48 Oklahoma City, OK 5,517.738462
49 Yuma, AZ 5,514.089034
50 Farmington, NM 5,514.017196
51 Gallup, NM 5,448.720618
52 Provo-Orem, UT 5,390.070150
53 Casper, WY 5,339.881965
54 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 5,298.033995
55 Pittsburgh, PA 5,279.559398
56 Pendleton-Hermiston, OR 5,247.640692
57 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 5,125.566603
58 Helena, MT 5,117.595593
59 Kalispell, MT 5,098.336944
60 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 5,094.133485
61 Roseburg, OR 5,036.624662
62 Fallon, NV 4,929.078991
63 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4,850.275391
64 Ruidoso, NM 4,830.968036
65 Visalia-Porterville, CA 4,823.967796
66 Gillette, WY 4,796.759049
67 Payson, AZ 4,767.703262
68 Minot, ND 4,761.740682
69 Wenatchee, WA 4,741.893439
70 Las Vegas, NM 4,717.040313
71 Billings, MT 4,683.145369
72 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,629.634009
73 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4,572.042274
74 Susanville, CA 4,557.267296
75 Eugene-Springfield, OR 4,554.004254
76 Grants, NM 4,539.214116
77 Vernal, UT 4,477.074424
78 Jackson, WY-ID 4,458.122423
79 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 4,398.219792
80 Hobbs, NM 4,392.956960
81 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 4,362.581893
82 Yakima, WA 4,296.229686
83 Laramie, WY 4,272.750155
84 Austin-Round Rock, TX 4,224.019916
85 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 4,199.890877
86 Carlsbad-Artesia, NM 4,182.021661
87 El Centro, CA 4,174.732440
88 Wichita, KS 4,148.365335
89 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 4,135.412646
90 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 4,090.342056
91 Baton Rouge, LA 4,029.934670
92 Hilo, HI 4,028.017711
93 Fort Smith, AR-OK 4,000.830199
94 North Platte, NE 3,993.638340
95 Greeley, CO 3,992.446952
96 Columbus, OH 3,984.117553
97 Silver City, NM 3,965.881513
98 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,914.074846
99 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,863.438297
100 Las Cruces, NM 3,807.183602
101 Redding, CA 3,785.194719
102 Jackson, MS 3,726.144465
103 Columbia, SC 3,701.218998
104 Amarillo, TX 3,660.498199
105 Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA 3,572.487598
106 Bismarck, ND 3,559.356397
107 Ukiah, CA 3,508.970356
108 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 3,506.801099
109 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 3,490.706274
110 Grand Forks, ND-MN 3,408.177638
111 Bangor, ME 3,395.726056
112 Lebanon, NH-VT 3,372.850252
113 Laredo, TX 3,356.833369
114 Grand Junction, CO 3,327.745922
115 Burley, ID 3,326.068896
116 Salinas, CA 3,321.953141
117 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 3,304.321432
118 Cedar City, UT 3,297.975638
119 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 3,278.851885
120 Topeka, KS 3,242.406337
121 Jacksonville, FL 3,220.548392
122 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 3,172.036245
123 Del Rio, TX 3,170.377869
124 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 3,153.360856
125 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 3,098.266988