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I had some time to kill today and a thread the other day got me thinking of the how many people who live in this area are actually from NC.
I used data (estimates) from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey which is part of the US Census. Numbers do not add to 100% because I rounded and I didn't include persons born in Puerto Rico or abroad to US parents (which was generally in the 1-2% range). I looked up most of the towns and cities that make up the Triangle. In order from highest to lowest:
% of Residents Born in NC:
Garner: 57%
Durham: 49
Clayton: 48
Knightdale: 46
Raleigh: 46
Fuquay-Varina: 45
Wake Forest: 38
Chapel Hill: 36
Apex: 35
Holly Springs: 35
Cary: 30
Carrboro: 28
Morrisville: 28
% of Residents Born in US States Other than NC:
Holly Springs: 56%
Apex: 52
Wake Forest: 52
Cary: 50
Carrboro: 49
Chapel Hill: 46
Fuquay-Varina: 46
Clayton: 44
Morrisville: 44
Knightdale: 40
Raleigh: 39
Garner: 37
Durham: 36
Cool, michgc. I'm always interested in stuff like this. I was a little surprised at Holly Springs low NC-born percentage. Didn't know it had taken off that much with the transplant set.
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Unfortunately, the Census did not break out the "Yankees" versus "non-Yankees." That's actually what led to my search - the discussion about the high percentage of northerners in Cary.
Poppydog, Holly Springs surprised me, too. Even though I've never been there, I always associate Holly Springs and F-V together, but it looks like Holly Springs is more similar to Apex than F-V.
Unfortunately, the Census did not break out the "Yankees" versus "non-Yankees." That's actually what led to my search - the discussion about the high percentage of northerners in Cary.
Poppydog, Holly Springs surprised me, too. Even though I've never been there, I always associate Holly Springs and F-V them together, but it looks like Holly Springs is more similar to Apex than F-V.
Holly Springs has become very similar to Apex over the last 5 or 6 years. The opening of 540 toll to RTP has really boosted the area, as well.
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I'm not surprised at the low number of natives in Morrisville. After all, no one really wanted to live near the airport or the industry or farmland until people realized how quickly they could get to RTP.
We used to call Morrisville the area of planes, trains and bears!
Kind of what I'd expect. While I know that Knightdale has a good variety of folks from many places, I found it interesting to see that Knightdale and Raleigh's # are basically the same.
I'd imagine that the only reason that Holly Springs, Apex, and Wake Forest have higher "transplant" numbers than the infamously yankee-fied Cary is because Cary has been "yankeefied" or so long that many of the "native borns" were born to transplant parents. Lochmere and Preston are both approaching 30 years of existence now and while the overwhelming majority of people who built/where the first owners of those homes were transplants, mostly from the north, the "natives" that may be buying them now are the kids of the transplants.
It would be interesting to see current numbers broken down by region too. City-data's main page does that but the numbers are old. You'd be surprised to see how many transplants to this area are from other areas of the south; though Florida I'm sure makes up a big chunk of that.
These percentages don't surprise me at all. Putting what TarHeelNick says in a different way, areas that had extremely rapid growth for decades are now producing first generation Carolinians. I would have assumed that the rapidly expanding suburbs in Wake County would be near the top of the non-native list and they are. I also would have guessed that Garner was the most "Carolinian" + "American" community in the Triangle and it is.
...and while I understand how much Clayton has grown with domestic transplants, as a long term transplant myself, it's still hard for me to wrap my head around that idea in Johnston County.
Thanks michgc for pulling this together!
...and while I understand how much Clayton has grown with domestic transplants, as a long term transplant myself, it's still hard for me to wrap my head around that idea in Johnston County.
Thanks michgc for pulling this together!
yeah, I think it depends on what side of the triangle you live in. Hillsborough (58%, 36%, 5%, respectively) is obviously in the triangle, since it's Orange County. Personally, I would include Pittsboro (54, 34, 9) or even Roxboro (70, 24, 1) since I go there more often than anywhere in Johnston County. As I learned earlier this year, on this forum, the "Triangle" doesn't necessarily have a definitive outline.
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