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Asheville, North Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Asheville had a population of 68,889 people ^<1>. This represents 0.85% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	74,543	+8.21%	+1% since 2007
2007	73,802	+7.13%	+1.28% since 2006
2006	72,868	+5.78%	+1.25% since 2005
2005	71,965	+4.47%	+0.42% since 2004
2004	71,667	+4.03%	+0.79% since 2003
2003	71,102	+3.21%	+0.52% since 2002
2002	70,731	+2.67%	-0.59% since 2001
2001	71,150	+3.28%	+3.28% since 2000
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2000	68,889	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
7	Cary	E	210 mi [338 km]	129,545	37.03% increase
8	High Point	E	146 mi [235 km]	101,835	18.63% increase
9	Wilmington	E	280 mi [450.6 km]	100,192	32.11% increase
-10-	Asheville			74,543	8.21% increase
11	Jacksonville	E	296 mi [476.4 km]	76,233	14.27% increase
12	Gastonia	E	80 mi [128.7 km]	72,505	9.4% increase
13	Greenville	E	290 mi [466.7 km]	79,629	31.67% increase

Asheville had 33,567 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Asheville has an area ^<4> of 40.92 square miles [106 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Asheville had a 2000 population density of 1,683 people per square mile [649 people/km²], making it the state's 44th most densely populated area.

Buncombe County

The city of Asheville is located in Buncombe County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 207,008 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 68,889 people, Asheville contained 33.28% of the Buncombe County total.

In addition, where the community of Asheville has a population density of 1,683 people per square mile [649 people/km²], Buncombe County averages 315.6 people per square mile [121.8 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Buncombe County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Asheville and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Asheville. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	3	81,833	11.35% increase
10 mi [16 km]	5	89,631	11.91% increase
15 mi [24 km]	8	104,470	11.2% increase
20 mi [32 km]	15	126,602	10.73% increase
25 mi [40 km]	21	148,657	9.72% increase
30 mi [48 km]	26	154,430	9.44% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Asheville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Asheville, it also contains a comparison between Asheville and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Asheville QuickFact (QF-3702140).

A Census Quickfact is available for Buncombe County (QF-37021).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Buncombe County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Haywood	QF-37087	W	56,590	4.59% increase
Henderson	QF-37089	S	102,367	14.19% increase
Madison	QF-37115	NW	20,432	3.77% increase
McDowell	QF-37111	E	43,843	3.75% increase
Rutherford	QF-37161	SE	63,424	0.74% increase
Transylvania	QF-37175	SW	30,187	2.74% increase
Yancey	QF-37199	NE	18,503	3.94% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Asheville:

	State Code:	37 (North Carolina)
	County Code:	021 (Buncombe County)
	Place Code:	02140 (Asheville)

	State & County Code:	37021 (North Carolina/Buncombe County)

	State & Place Code:	3702140 (North Carolina/Asheville)

Asheville is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Asheville.

The Commemorative
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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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Asheville and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Asheville. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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