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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Winston-Salem had a population of 185,776 people ^<1>. This represents 2.3% of the total population of North Carolina, making it the state's 5th 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	217,600	+17.13%	+1.36% since 2007
2007	214,675	+15.56%	+1.73% since 2006
2006	211,030	+13.59%	+1.48% since 2005
2005	207,943	+11.93%	+1.04% since 2004
2004	205,795	+10.78%	+0.59% since 2003
2003	204,596	+10.13%	+0.3% since 2002
2002	203,988	+9.8%	+0.61% since 2001
2001	202,749	+9.14%	+9.14% since 2000
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2000	185,776	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
2	Raleigh	E	92 mi [148.1 km]	392,552	42.18% increase
3	Greensboro	E	24 mi [38.62 km]	250,642	11.95% increase
4	Durham	E	76 mi [122.3 km]	223,284	19.38% increase
-5-	Winston-Salem			217,600	17.13% increase
6	Fayetteville	SE	102 mi [164.2 km]	174,091	43.86% increase
7	Cary	E	83 mi [133.6 km]	129,545	37.03% increase
8	High Point	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	101,835	18.63% increase

Winston-Salem had 82,593 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Winston-Salem has an area ^<4> of 108.9 square miles [281.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Winston-Salem had a 2000 population density of 1,706 people per square mile [658 people/km²], making it the state's 42nd most densely populated area.

Forsyth County

The city of Winston-Salem is located in Forsyth County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 306,933 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 185,776 people, Winston-Salem contained 60.5% of the Forsyth County total.

In addition, where the community of Winston-Salem has a population density of 1,706 people per square mile [658 people/km²], Forsyth County averages 749 people per square mile [289.3 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Winston-Salem and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Winston-Salem. 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]	1	217,600	17.13% increase
10 mi [16 km]	9	283,295	19.33% increase
15 mi [24 km]	14	298,621	19.02% increase
20 mi [32 km]	19	454,384	18.69% increase
25 mi [40 km]	27	726,479	15.81% increase
30 mi [48 km]	33	741,222	15.6% 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 Winston-Salem. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Winston-Salem, it also contains a comparison between Winston-Salem and the state of North Carolina.

Click here for the Winston-Salem QuickFact (QF-3775000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Forsyth County (QF-37067).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Forsyth County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Davidson	QF-37057	S	158,166	7.12% increase
Davie	QF-37059	SW	40,971	16.87% increase
Guilford	QF-37081	E	472,216	11.78% increase
Rockingham	QF-37157	NE	92,282	0.35% increase
Stokes	QF-37169	N	46,171	2.98% increase
Surry	QF-37171	NW	72,468	1.66% increase
Yadkin	QF-37197	W	37,954	3.96% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	37 (North Carolina)
	County Code:	067 (Forsyth County)
	Place Code:	75000 (Winston-Salem)

	State & County Code:	37067 (North Carolina/Forsyth County)

	State & Place Code:	3775000 (North Carolina/Winston-Salem)

Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem.

The Commemorative
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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) Winston-Salem. 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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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 Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem. 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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