Top 100 Biggest Cities In North Carolina (2011 Census)

Rank	City	2012 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Charlotte	756,213	3.4%
2	Raleigh	413,766	2.4%
3	Greensboro	273,456	1.4%
4	Durham	233,953	2.5%
5	Winston-Salem	231,829	1.0%
6	Fayetteville	201,079	0.3%
7	Cary	141,690	4.8%
8	Wilmington	108,212	1.6%
9	High Point	105,824	1.4%
10	Greenville	86,203	2.0%
11	Asheville	84,718	1.6%
12	Concord	80,434	1.7%
13	Gastonia	71,980	0.3%
14	Jacksonville	67,939	-3.1%
15	Chapel Hill	57,571	0.6%
16	Rocky Mount	57,329	-0.3%
17	Burlington	51,088	2.3%
18	Wilson	49,356	0.4%
19	Huntersville	48,103	2.8%
20	Kannapolis	43,147	1.2%
21	Hickory	39,970	-0.1%
22	Apex	38,747	3.4%
23	Goldsboro	36,907	1.3%
24	Indian Trail	34,211	2.1%
25	Salisbury	33,586	-0.2%
26	Monroe	33,281	1.5%
27	Mooresville	33,075	1.1%
28	Wake Forest	31,628	5.0%
29	New Bern	30,174	2.2%
30	Sanford	28,526	1.5%
31	Matthews	27,975	2.9%
32	Thomasville	26,799	0.2%
33	Garner	26,331	2.3%
34	Holly Springs	25,769	4.5%
35	Cornelius	25,576	2.9%
36	Asheboro	25,395	1.5%
37	Statesville	24,776	1.0%
38	Mint Hill	23,358	2.8%
39	Kernersville	23,309	0.8%
40	Lumberton	21,683	0.7%
41	Kinston	21,640	-0.2%
42	Havelock	20,803	0.3%
43	Shelby	20,232	-0.4%
44	Carrboro	19,980	2.0%
45	Morrisville	19,539	5.2%
46	Fuquay-Varina	19,102	6.5%
47	Lexington	18,942	0.1%
48	Clemmons	18,902	1.5%
49	Elizabeth City	18,365	-1.7%
50	Lenoir	18,064	-0.9%
51	Boone	17,652	3.1%
52	Morganton	16,917	-0.0%
53	Clayton	16,632	3.2%
54	Laurinburg	15,887	-0.5%
55	Albemarle	15,882	-0.1%
56	Roanoke Rapids	15,770	0.1%
57	Hope Mills	15,579	2.7%
58	Eden	15,426	-0.7%
59	Henderson	15,331	-0.2%
60	Pinehurst	14,864	13.3%
61	Leland	14,535	7.5%
62	Reidsville	14,424	-0.7%
63	Graham	14,196	0.3%
64	Stallings	14,127	2.1%
65	Mount Holly	13,728	0.5%
66	Spring Lake	13,281	11.0%
67	Hendersonville	13,201	0.5%
68	Newton	12,942	-0.2%
69	Lewisville	12,906	2.1%
70	Southern Pines	12,564	1.9%
71	Mebane	12,265	7.7%
72	Knightdale	12,050	5.7%
73	Harrisburg	11,735	1.8%
74	Archdale	11,454	0.3%
75	Tarboro	11,337	-0.7%
76	Davidson	11,244	2.7%
77	Smithfield	11,209	2.2%
78	Kings Mountain	10,639	3.3%
79	Lincolnton	10,570	0.8%
80	Mount Airy	10,431	0.4%
81	Summerfield	10,379	1.4%
82	Belmont	10,274	2.0%
83	Waxhaw	10,064	2.1%
84	Waynesville	9,790	-0.8%
85	Washington	9,725	-0.2%
86	Weddington	9,712	2.7%
87	Rockingham	9,528	-0.3%
88	Elon	9,519	1.1%
89	Dunn	9,474	2.3%
90	Winterville	9,364	1.0%
91	Morehead City	8,827	1.9%
92	Clinton	8,688	0.6%
93	Oxford	8,522	0.7%
94	Roxboro	8,375	0.2%
95	Conover	8,142	-0.3%
96	Siler City	8,048	2.0%
97	Marion	7,990	1.9%
98	Black Mountain	7,871	0.3%
99	Wesley Chapel	7,760	4.0%
100	Pineville	7,700	3.0%

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