Top 100 Biggest Cities In North Carolina (2021 Census)

Rank	City	2022 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Charlotte	879,709	0.3%
2	Raleigh	469,124	0.4%
3	Greensboro	298,263	0.2%
4	Durham	285,527	0.4%
5	Winston-Salem	250,320	0.4%
6	Fayetteville	208,778	0.1%
7	Cary	176,987	0.9%
8	Wilmington	117,643	1.3%
9	High Point	114,086	0.2%
10	Concord	107,697	1.8%
11	Asheville	94,067	-0.4%
12	Greenville	88,728	0.7%
13	Gastonia	81,161	1.0%
14	Jacksonville	72,876	-0.4%
15	Apex	62,911	4.9%
16	Huntersville	61,839	0.4%
17	Chapel Hill	61,128	-0.2%
18	Burlington	58,818	2.1%
19	Kannapolis	54,446	1.9%
20	Rocky Mount	53,957	-0.5%
21	Mooresville	51,594	2.3%
22	Wake Forest	49,657	3.5%
23	Wilson	47,731	-0.4%
24	Hickory	43,532	0.5%
25	Holly Springs	43,524	4.3%
26	Indian Trail	40,953	1.7%
27	Fuquay-Varina	36,736	6.3%
28	Salisbury	35,760	0.5%
29	Monroe	34,888	0.9%
30	Goldsboro	32,749	-0.9%
31	Garner	31,935	2.0%
32	Cornelius	31,650	0.4%
33	New Bern	31,346	0.9%
34	Morrisville	31,278	4.2%
35	Sanford	30,678	1.3%
36	Matthews	29,623	0.4%
37	Statesville	28,844	2.1%
38	Clayton	28,306	6.1%
39	Thomasville	27,203	0.2%
40	Asheboro	27,124	0.6%
41	Kernersville	26,793	1.1%
42	Mint Hill	26,633	0.4%
43	Leland	25,974	8.6%
44	Shelby	21,947	0.2%
45	Waxhaw	21,673	4.3%
46	Clemmons	21,517	1.4%
47	Carrboro	21,312	-0.6%
48	Knightdale	19,576	0.4%
49	Kinston	19,546	-1.0%
50	Lexington	19,516	0.1%
51	Harrisburg	19,463	1.9%
52	Elizabeth City	18,703	0.3%
53	Lumberton	18,694	-0.6%
54	Mebane	18,408	3.0%
55	Lenoir	18,193	-0.2%
56	Boone	18,036	-0.2%
57	Pinehurst	18,019	2.3%
58	Mount Holly	17,966	1.2%
59	Hope Mills	17,786	0.3%
60	Morganton	17,518	0.3%
61	Graham	17,273	0.6%
62	Havelock	17,052	0.3%
63	Albemarle	16,628	1.1%
64	Stallings	16,481	1.7%
65	Southern Pines	15,968	2.6%
66	Eden	15,319	-0.4%
67	Laurinburg	15,177	0.1%
68	Belmont	15,136	1.1%
69	Davidson	15,132	0.4%
70	Roanoke Rapids	15,128	-0.7%
71	Hendersonville	15,099	0.2%
72	Henderson	14,954	-1.0%
73	Reidsville	14,524	-0.3%
74	Lewisville	13,602	1.4%
75	Weddington	13,488	1.7%
76	Newton	13,187	0.5%
77	Archdale	11,953	0.4%
78	Smithfield	11,630	3.5%
79	Spring Lake	11,619	-0.1%
80	Wendell	11,570	15.9%
81	Kings Mountain	11,409	1.9%
82	Lincolnton	11,352	2.6%
83	Elon	11,350	0.2%
84	Summerfield	11,119	0.3%
85	Pineville	10,678	0.4%
86	Winterville	10,591	1.3%
87	Tarboro	10,569	-0.7%
88	Mount Airy	10,551	-0.4%
89	Waynesville	10,178	0.5%
90	Rolesville	10,047	5.0%
91	Hillsborough	9,716	0.2%
92	Washington	9,705	-0.9%
93	Morehead City	9,688	1.3%
94	Aberdeen	9,036	5.4%
95	Rockingham	9,031	-1.8%
96	Gibsonville	9,013	0.4%
97	Wesley Chapel	8,883	1.7%
98	Oak Island	8,878	4.4%
99	Oxford	8,775	1.4%
100	Butner	8,487	1.5%

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