Charlotte, North Carolina

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The city of Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Charlotte lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight savings time.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Charlotte had a population of 540,828 people. This represented 6.69% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<1> for 2007, Charlotte had a population of 671,588 people. This is an increase of 24.18% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Charlotte).

Charlotte is 850 feet [259.08 m] above sea level.^<2>

Official Website:   www.charmeck.org/

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Charlotte. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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