North Carolina statistical areas
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The U.S. State of North Carolina currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas in North Carolina.[1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA, comprising the state's largest city of Charlotte and its suburbs.
Background
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[2]
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
Table
Core-based statistical areas
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The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.
| 2023 rank | Core-based statistical area[1] | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 estimate[3] | Change | 2020 Census[4] | Change | 2010 Census[5] | ||
| 1 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA (NC) | 2,366,354 | +5.17% | 2,249,929 | +17.91% | 1,908,095 |
| 2 | Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA | 1,509,231 | +6.74% | 1,413,982 | +25.08% | 1,130,490 |
| 3 | Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA | 789,842 | +1.71% | 776,566 | +7.29% | 723,801 |
| 4 | Winston-Salem, NC MSA | 695,630 | +2.91% | 675,966 | +5.52% | 640,595 |
| 5 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA | 608,879 | +3.39% | 588,911 | +16.76% | 504,357 |
| 6 | Wilmington, NC MSA | 467,337 | +10.59% | 422,598 | +16.64% | 362,315 |
| 7 | Asheville, NC MSA | 417,202 | +2.53% | 406,926 | +11.24% | 365,822 |
| 8 | Fayetteville, NC MSA | 392,336 | +1.43% | 386,810 | +5.58% | 366,383 |
| 9 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA | 370,030 | +1.30% | 365,276 | −0.06% | 365,497 |
| 10 | Jacksonville, NC MSA | 213,676 | +4.45% | 204,576 | +15.08% | 177,772 |
| 11 | Burlington, NC MSA | 179,165 | +4.52% | 171,415 | +13.42% | 151,131 |
| 12 | Greenville, NC MSA | 175,119 | +2.86% | 170,243 | +1.25% | 168,148 |
| 13 | Rocky Mount, NC MSA | 145,383 | +1.05% | 143,870 | −5.59% | 152,392 |
| 14 | Anderson Creek, NC μSA | 141,477 | +5.92% | 133,568 | +16.47% | 114,678 |
| 15 | New Bern, NC μSA | 124,215 | +1.68% | 122,168 | −3.65% | 126,802 |
| 16 | Goldsboro, NC MSA | 118,686 | +1.15% | 117,333 | −4.31% | 122,623 |
| 17 | Lumberton, NC μSA | 117,365 | +0.72% | 116,530 | −13.15% | 134,168 |
| 18 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC μSA | 106,898 | +7.19% | 99,727 | +13.01% | 88,247 |
| 19 | Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC μSA | 101,378 | +1.87% | 99,519 | +1.47% | 98,078 |
| 20 | Wilson, NC μSA | 78,970 | +0.24% | 78,784 | −3.02% | 81,234 |
| 21 | Mount Airy, NC μSA | 71,462 | +0.14% | 71,359 | −3.14% | 73,673 |
| 22 | Morehead City, NC μSA | 69,615 | +2.85% | 67,686 | +1.83% | 66,469 |
| 23 | Sanford, NC μSA | 67,059 | +5.96% | 63,285 | +9.36% | 57,866 |
| 24 | North Wilkesboro, NC μSA | 66,013 | +0.07% | 65,969 | −4.86% | 69,340 |
| 25 | Albemarle, NC μSA | 65,699 | +5.11% | 62,504 | +3.17% | 60,585 |
| 26 | Forest City, NC μSA | 65,507 | +1.65% | 64,444 | −4.96% | 67,810 |
| 27 | Roanoke Rapids, NC μSA | 64,013 | −3.15% | 66,093 | −13.93% | 76,790 |
| 28 | Waynesville, NC μSA | 62,969 | +1.42% | 62,089 | +5.17% | 59,036 |
| 29 | Kinston, NC μSA | 54,895 | −0.41% | 55,122 | −7.35% | 59,495 |
| 30 | Boone, NC μSA | 54,748 | +1.22% | 54,086 | +5.89% | 51,079 |
| 31 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC MSA (NC) | 53,073 | +8.46% | 48,933 | +7.02% | 45,724 |
| 32 | Marion, NC μSA | 44,893 | +0.71% | 44,578 | −0.93% | 44,996 |
| 33 | Washington, NC μSA | 44,481 | −0.38% | 44,652 | −6.51% | 47,759 |
| 34 | Rockingham, NC μSA | 42,324 | −1.45% | 42,946 | −7.92% | 46,639 |
| 35 | Henderson, NC μSA | 42,301 | −0.65% | 42,578 | −6.26% | 45,422 |
| 36 | Elizabeth City, NC μSA | 41,444 | +2.16% | 40,568 | −0.23% | 40,661 |
| 37 | Kill Devil Hills, NC μSA | 38,110 | +3.24% | 36,915 | +8.83% | 33,920 |
| 38 | Laurinburg, NC μSA | 34,376 | +0.59% | 34,174 | −5.48% | 36,157 |
| 39 | Brevard, NC μSA | 33,549 | +1.71% | 32,986 | −0.31% | 33,090 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA | 2,805,115 | +5.44% | 2,660,329 | +18.56% | 2,243,960 | |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC MSA | 1,787,169 | +0.40% | 1,780,059 | +5.09% | 1,693,860 | |
Combined statistical areas
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The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.
| 2023 rank | Combined statistical area[1] | Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 estimate[3] | Change | 2020 Census[4] | Change | 2010 Census[5] | ||
| 1 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA (NC) | 2,948,354 | +4.48% | 2,821,806 | +13.91% | 2,477,251 |
| 2 | Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA | 2,368,947 | +5.65% | 2,242,324 | +21.02% | 1,852,813 |
| 3 | Greensboro–-Winston-Salem–-High Point, NC CSA | 1,736,099 | +2.41% | 1,695,306 | +6.68% | 1,589,200 |
| 4 | Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst, NC CSA | 693,299 | +1.93% | 680,187 | +1.28% | 671,594 |
| 5 | Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC CSA | 513,720 | +2.33% | 502,001 | +9.62% | 457,948 |
| 6 | Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC CSA | 288,366 | −0.13% | 288,747 | −6.98% | 310,416 |
| 7 | Greenville-Washington, NC CSA | 219,600 | +2.19% | 214,895 | −0.47% | 215,907 |
| 8 | New Bern-Morehead City, NC CSA | 193,830 | +2.09% | 189,854 | −1.77% | 193,271 |
| 9 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC CSA (NC) | 132,627 | +4.91% | 126,416 | +5.08% | 120,305 |
| Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA | 3,387,115 | +4.79% | 3,232,206 | +14.90% | 2,813,116 | |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC CSA | 1,866,723 | +0.49% | 1,857,542 | +5.04% | 1,768,441 | |
See also
Notes
- An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
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