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Recent Population Changes in North Carolina

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7965
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Abstract:
The state's population is rapidly increasing. Between 2000 and 2005, the state had the ninth highest growth rate in the country, bringing the population to over eight-and-a-half million. A major factor in the increase was net migration, or the difference between how many people moved into and out of the state, which accounted for two-thirds of the overall population increase. The population is expected to reach twelve million by 2030, making North Carolina the nation's tenth largest state. Other changes are a more ethnically diverse population and a more urban one.
Source:
Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Spring 2006, p34-36, il, map