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Gastonia, North Carolina

Gastonia South
(Gaston County)

Gaston
(Northampton County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Gastonia had a population of 66,277 people ^<1>. This represents 0.82% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 12th 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	72,505	+9.4%	+2.33% since 2007
2007	70,854	+6.91%	+2.25% since 2006
2006	69,298	+4.56%	+1.24% since 2005
2005	68,451	+3.28%	+1.12% since 2004
2004	67,691	+2.13%	+0.17% since 2003
2003	67,573	+1.96%	-0.14% since 2002
2002	67,669	+2.1%	+0.28% since 2001
2001	67,483	+1.82%	+1.82% since 2000
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2000	66,277	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
9	Wilmington	E	200 mi [321.9 km]	100,192	32.11% increase
10	Asheville	W	80 mi [128.7 km]	74,543	8.21% increase
11	Jacksonville	E	217 mi [349.2 km]	76,233	14.27% increase
-12-	Gastonia			72,505	9.4% increase
13	Greenville	E	215 mi [346 km]	79,629	31.67% increase
14	Concord	E	32 mi [51.5 km]	66,311	18.46% increase
15	Rocky Mount	E	195 mi [313.8 km]	57,010	2% increase

Gastonia had 27,857 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Gastonia has an area ^<4> of 46.06 square miles [119.3 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Gastonia had a 2000 population density of 1,438 people per square mile [555 people/km²], making it the state's 73rd most densely populated area.

Gaston County

The city of Gastonia is located in Gaston County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 190,776 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 66,277 people, Gastonia contained 34.74% of the Gaston County total.

In addition, where the community of Gastonia has a population density of 1,438 people per square mile [555 people/km²], Gaston County averages 535 people per square mile [206.8 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Gastonia and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Gastonia. 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]	6	82,176	9.26% increase
10 mi [16 km]	14	130,416	9.49% increase
15 mi [24 km]	18	147,926	9.2% increase
20 mi [32 km]	28	923,487	25.13% increase
25 mi [40 km]	39	1,043,183	26.98% increase
30 mi [48 km]	54	1,162,692	26.23% 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 Gastonia. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Gastonia, it also contains a comparison between Gastonia and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Gastonia QuickFact (QF-3725580).

A Census Quickfact is available for Gaston County (QF-37071).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Gaston County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Lincoln	QF-37109	N	74,746	16.63% increase
Mecklenburg	QF-37119	E	890,515	27.09% increase
York (SC)	QF-45091	S	217,448	31.23% increase
Cleveland	QF-37045	W	99,015	2.64% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	37 (North Carolina)
	County Code:	071 (Gaston County)
	Place Code:	25580 (Gastonia)

	State & County Code:	37071 (North Carolina/Gaston County)

	State & Place Code:	3725580 (North Carolina/Gastonia)

Gastonia 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 Gastonia.

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.

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Gastonia? Please visit the Map Page for Gastonia.

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 Gastonia 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 Gastonia. 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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