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Yet everyone wants to describe these raw number increases as a positive.
There will always those who believe that Quantity, not Quality, is what matters. And yes, there are a few posting on these Boards. They may wish to move to Mexico City if they believe that the true judge of a city is simply the number of bodies who reside there.
Even at just 100,000+ per year, that's still 1 million+ per decade. Adding just a million to the population would add approximately 11% which is consistent with the state's current projections. SAS Output
US growth this decade is predicted to be slower than the last decade. I think the prediction is around 7%.
NC's growth rate this past decade was huge: about 18.5%. NC added just under an average of 150,000 per year between 2000-2010. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised to if the state's projections proved to be a bit low.
At the end of the day, passing Michigan is not a mystery. It's just a matter of when since Michigan hasn't grown so far this decade (according to the Census). Michigan QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
I agree. I believe that NC will surpass the projections as well. As someone else mentioned the growth odd concentrated in Charlotte and the Triangle. Also, it looks like in the next few years it looks like Wake and Mecklenburg will pass the 1 million mark. While growth is mainly in these two areas, some other relatively high growth areas are Jacksonville, Wilmington, Asheville, and Fayetteville. I also lament the condition of Hickory.
Hickory is the capital city in "The Unifour", a MSA of about 340,000 people in Western North Carolina.
I think NC is going to surpass expectations and estimates.
NC and GA have recently, always been neck and neck in population. Same thing said about Greater Austin and Charlotte's metro. I also think sometime very soon, NC is going to pass GA in population and Metrolina will continue slightly above Greater Austin.
Georgia still has a slightly higher population growth rate than NC, mostly due to Atlanta.
Also the actual number of people physically within the borders of NC will likely exceed 10 million during this summer's tourist season when around 250,000 more people are in the coastal counties at any given time, though obviously that doesn't count in population statistics.
Hickory has been stagnant for years. I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said decades. It had been losing jobs mostly due to globalism and jobs that used to dominate that landscape going overseas.
NC and GA have recently, always been neck and neck in population. Same thing said about Greater Austin and Charlotte's metro. I also think sometime very soon, NC is going to pass GA in population and Metrolina will continue slightly above Greater Austin.
While Charlotte's MSA and Austin's MSA are most similar in size, it's the Triangle's CSA that is most similar to Austin's CSA.
It is interesting that Charlotte's MSA is only ranked 34th in the nation, but it's CSA is ranked 20th. It will be interesting to see if Charlotte's MSA will expand to take in more counties and people.
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