Charlotte, North Carolina
The city of Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina and the 20th largest in the United States, with a population of 651,101 (2005 estimate). The Charlotte metropolitan area (MSA) had a 2006 estimated population of 1,594,799. As of 2005, Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury had a combined statistical area (CSA) population of 2,120,745. The city is at the center of one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the United States, with an average influx of around 20,000 newcomers into the region each year over the past decade.
Charlotte is the county seat of Mecklenburg CountyGR6, and is located in south-central North Carolina, near the South Carolina border. Charlotte and the surrounding region has experienced explosive growth in the population, business, construction, research, real estate and financial sectors since the mid 1980s. Charlotte is home to numerous Fortune 500 company headquarters and is also the second-largest banking center in the United States.
Nicknamed the Queen City (a moniker it shares with Cincinnati, Ohio), Charlotte was named in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England. Charlotte is also known as the "Hornet's Nest". After being driven out by citizens' fierce opposition to British occupation during the American Revolution, General Cornwallis wrote that Charlotte was a “hornet's nest of rebellion". A resident of Charlotte is referred to as a Charlottean (shar-la-tee'-uhn).
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Population (year 2000): 540,828. Estimated population in July 2004: 594,359 (+9.9% change)
Males: 264,978 (49.0%), Females: 275,850 (51.0%)
Mecklenburg County
Zip codes: 28202, 28203, 28204, 28205, 28206, 28207, 28208, 28209, 28210, 28211, 28212, 28213, 28214, 28215, 28216, 28217, 28223, 28226, 28227, 28262, 28269, 28270, 28273, 28277, 28278.
Median resident age: 32.7 years
Median household income: $46,975 (year 2000)
Median house value: $134,300 (year 2000)
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Races in Charlotte:
- White Non-Hispanic (55.1%)
- Black (32.7%)
- Hispanic (7.4%)
- Other race (3.6%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- Vietnamese (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (10.1%), English (8.5%), Irish (7.9%), United States (6.8%), Scotch-Irish (3.9%), Italian (3.3%).
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Elevation: 850 feet
Land area: 242.3 square miles
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For population 25 years and over in Charlotte
- High school or higher: 84.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.5%
- Unemployed: 5.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Charlotte city
- Never married: 32.7%
- Now married: 49.6%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 5.2%
- Divorced: 9.4%
11.1% Foreign born (5.6% Latin America, 2.9% Asia, 1.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +110,805 (+25.8%).........................................................................................................
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