Top 100 Biggest Cities In North Carolina (2017 Census)

Rank	City	2018 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Charlotte	859,035	2.3%
2	Raleigh	464,758	2.0%
3	Greensboro	290,222	1.1%
4	Durham	267,743	2.3%
5	Winston-Salem	244,605	0.9%
6	Fayetteville	209,889	0.7%
7	Cary	165,904	3.0%
8	Wilmington	119,045	1.6%
9	High Point	111,513	1.0%
10	Greenville	92,156	1.2%
11	Concord	92,067	2.2%
12	Asheville	91,902	1.4%
13	Gastonia	76,593	0.9%
14	Jacksonville	72,447	0.5%
15	Chapel Hill	59,862	0.6%
16	Huntersville	56,212	2.7%
17	Rocky Mount	54,523	-0.8%
18	Burlington	53,077	0.9%
19	Apex	50,451	4.3%
20	Wilson	49,348	0.1%
21	Kannapolis	48,806	2.0%
22	Wake Forest	42,269	5.0%
23	Hickory	40,611	0.2%
24	Indian Trail	38,980	2.2%
25	Mooresville	37,820	2.1%
26	Holly Springs	35,223	5.2%
27	Goldsboro	35,197	-0.5%
28	Monroe	35,065	1.0%
29	Salisbury	33,849	0.1%
30	Matthews	32,117	2.4%
31	New Bern	29,590	0.0%
32	Sanford	29,313	0.6%
33	Cornelius	29,191	2.3%
34	Garner	28,858	1.6%
35	Fuquay-Varina	27,906	6.5%
36	Mint Hill	26,748	2.4%
37	Statesville	26,657	1.2%
38	Thomasville	26,615	-0.1%
39	Morrisville	26,461	5.2%
40	Asheboro	25,863	0.5%
41	Kernersville	24,386	0.8%
42	Carrboro	21,544	1.4%
43	Clayton	21,405	4.1%
44	Lumberton	21,040	-0.3%
45	Kinston	20,509	-0.8%
46	Clemmons	20,420	1.3%
47	Shelby	20,018	-0.2%
48	Havelock	20,008	-0.5%
49	Leland	19,976	5.7%
50	Boone	19,205	1.7%
51	Lexington	18,775	-0.1%
52	Lenoir	17,943	-0.2%
53	Elizabeth City	17,756	-0.7%
54	Morganton	16,519	-0.3%
55	Hope Mills	16,135	0.9%
56	Pinehurst	16,028	2.9%
57	Albemarle	15,977	0.1%
58	Knightdale	15,849	4.8%
59	Harrisburg	15,728	4.5%
60	Stallings	15,647	1.8%
61	Mount Holly	15,635	2.0%
62	Laurinburg	15,156	-0.7%
63	Waxhaw	15,147	6.3%
64	Eden	15,041	-0.5%
65	Mebane	14,973	4.0%
66	Henderson	14,852	-0.5%
67	Graham	14,814	0.7%
68	Roanoke Rapids	14,787	-0.9%
69	Southern Pines	14,029	1.9%
70	Hendersonville	13,954	0.9%
71	Lewisville	13,913	1.4%
72	Reidsville	13,857	-0.7%
73	Newton	13,098	0.1%
74	Davidson	12,684	2.1%
75	Spring Lake	12,580	0.7%
76	Smithfield	12,309	1.7%
77	Belmont	12,046	2.6%
78	Archdale	11,518	0.1%
79	Summerfield	11,198	1.3%
80	Tarboro	10,856	-0.7%
81	Kings Mountain	10,791	0.7%
82	Lincolnton	10,776	0.4%
83	Weddington	10,773	1.9%
84	Mount Airy	10,232	-0.2%
85	Elon	10,227	1.2%
86	Waynesville	9,971	0.1%
87	Dunn	9,734	0.7%
88	Winterville	9,654	0.6%
89	Washington	9,571	-0.3%
90	Morehead City	9,303	1.0%
91	Rockingham	8,846	-1.1%
92	Wesley Chapel	8,841	2.5%
93	Oxford	8,752	0.5%
94	Pineville	8,746	2.3%
95	Clinton	8,539	-0.2%
96	Conover	8,368	0.4%
97	Roxboro	8,290	-0.1%
98	Fletcher	8,233	2.0%
99	Siler City	8,190	0.5%
100	Black Mountain	8,150	0.5%

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