Charlotte, North Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Charlotte had a population of 540,828 people^<1>. This represents 6.69% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 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
-1-	Charlotte			687,456	27.11% increase
2	Raleigh	E	130 mi [209.2 km]	392,552	42.18% increase
3	Greensboro	NE	83 mi [133.6 km]	250,642	11.95% increase
4	Durham	NE	120 mi [193.1 km]	223,284	19.38% increase
5	Winston-Salem	NE	69 mi [111 km]	217,600	17.13% increase
6	Fayetteville	E	106 mi [170.6 km]	174,091	43.86% increase
7	Cary	E	120 mi [193.1 km]	129,545	37.03% increase

Charlotte had 230,434 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Charlotte has an area^<4> of 242.3 square miles [627 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Charlotte had a 2000 population density of 2,232 people per square mile [861 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Mecklenburg County

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

The county had a population of 700,714 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 540,828 people, Charlotte contained 77.2% of the Mecklenburg County total.

In addition, where the community of Charlotte has a population density of 2,232 people per square mile [861 people/km²], Mecklenburg County averages 1,331 people per square mile [514 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Charlotte and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Charlotte. 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 Charlotte. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Charlotte, it also contains a comparison between Charlotte and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Charlotte QuickFact (QF-3712000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Concord	QF-3714100	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	66,311	18.46% increase
	Gastonia	QF-3725580	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	72,505	9.4% increase
	Kannapolis	QF-3735200	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	42,521	15.2% increase
	Rock Hill (SC)	QF-4561405	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	67,339	35.31% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Mecklenburg County (QF-45119).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Mecklenburg County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Iredell	QF-37097	N	155,359	25.69% increase
	Cabarrus	QF-37025	NE	168,740	27.62% increase
	Union	QF-37179	SE	193,255	53.92% increase
	Lancaster (SC)	QF-45057	S	75,913	23.65% increase
	York (SC)	QF-45091	SW	217,448	31.23% increase
	Gaston	QF-37071	W	206,679	8.34% increase
	Lincoln	QF-37109	NW	74,746	16.63% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Charlotte 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 Charlotte.

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) 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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