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If it weren't for RTP, it would rival Durham much sooner than anyone likely expected.
Chapel Hill has been nearly stagnant for some time.
Cary wouldn't be nearly as big without RTP. That said, I can see Cary reaching 200,000 in 8 years or less. By then Durham will also pass 300,000 and Raleigh will be well passed 500,000. At current rates of population growth, both Apex and Wake Forest could pass 100,000.
Cary wouldn't be nearly as big without RTP. That said, I can see Cary reaching 200,000 in 8 years or less. By then Durham will also pass 300,000 and Raleigh will be well passed 500,000. At current rates of population growth, both Apex and Wake Forest could pass 100,000.
Crazy isn't it!
I was reading the article on Cleveland's population and while I know they're in the rust belt and had lost a good deal of population, I didn't realize how much that city has contracted in the last 50-60 years. Ouch!
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Some of you may be happy to know that none of the cities in the Triangle or in NC at all are among the 15 fastest growing cities (50,000 or more) in the US for the previous year (July 2014 to July 2015). Although Charlotte did have the 10th highest numeric increase at about 18K, and Raleigh had the 18th highest numeric increase, adding 11K between 2014 and 2015.
I was reading the article on Cleveland's population and while I know they're in the rust belt and had lost a good deal of population, I didn't realize how much that city has contracted in the last 50-60 years. Ouch!
For those wanting a breakdown by counties, Wake is only less than 10,000 people away from surpassing Mecklenburg (home of Charlotte), while Durham could conceivably leap frog over Cumberland (home of Fayetteville) by the next decade if current trends hold for both. Orange ranks 20th but probably will surpass Randolph by 2020.
Some of these towns are increasing population by adding square miles. Cary, for example, expanded greatly into unincorporated Wake county and into Chatham county. A better indication of changes in quality and the 'fabric' of life might be changes in population density. That may not be going up very quickly, but it sure is killing off the rural areas.
Cary has actually expanded relatively little in recent years...area increased by about 7% between 2010 and 2015. But population grew by 18%, which corresponds to a 10% increase in density from just under 2500 per square mile to about 2750.
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