Cary, North Carolina

The 2000 Census showed that Cary had a population of 94,536 people^<1>. This represents 1.17% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

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

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
4	Durham	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	223,284	19.38% increase
5	Winston-Salem	W	83 mi [133.6 km]	217,600	17.13% increase
6	Fayetteville	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	174,091	43.86% increase
-7-	Cary			129,545	37.03% increase
8	High Point	W	67 mi [107.8 km]	101,835	18.63% increase
9	Wilmington	SE	120 mi [193.1 km]	100,192	32.11% increase
10	Asheville	W	210 mi [338 km]	74,543	8.21% increase

Cary had 36,863 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Cary has a total area of 43.47 square miles [112.6 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 42.09 square miles [109 km²]1.38 square miles [3.56 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Cary had a 2000 population density of 2,245 people per square mile [867 people/km²], making it the state's 8th most densely populated area.

Chatham County

The town of Cary is primarily located in Chatham County. A portion of Cary extends into Wake County.

The county had a population of 49,725 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 94,536 people, Cary contained 190.1% of the Chatham County total.

In addition, where the community of Cary has a population density of 2,245 people per square mile [867 people/km²], Chatham County averages 72.8 people per square mile [28.12 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

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 Cary. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Cary, it also contains a comparison between Cary and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Cary QuickFact (QF-3710740).

The following communities are nearby Cary and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Raleigh	QF-3755000	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	392,552	42.18% increase
	Durham	QF-3719000	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	223,284	19.38% increase
	Chapel Hill	QF-3711800	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	52,542	7.86% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Cary.

A Census Quickfact is available for Chatham County (QF-37037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Chatham County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alamance	QF-37001	N	148,053	12.59% increase
	Harnett	QF-37085	SE	112,030	22.49% increase
	Lee	QF-37105	S	59,091	19.6% increase
	Moore	QF-37125	S	85,608	13.87% increase
	Orange	QF-37135	NE	126,532	9.06% increase
	Randolph	QF-37151	W	141,186	7.76% increase
	Wake	QF-37183	E	866,410	36.77% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Cary 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 Cary.

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Cary. 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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