List of metropolitan areas of North Carolina

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Raleigh, second largest metropolitan area

Rank	Metropolitan Statistical Area	2020 Population^[1]
1	Charlotte	2,660,329
2	Raleigh	1,413,982
3	Greensboro	776,566
4	Winston-Salem	675,966
5	Durham	649,903
6	Fayetteville	520,378
7	Asheville	469,015
8	Hickory	365,276
9	Wilmington	285,905
10	Jacksonville	204,576
11	Greenville	170,243
12	Burlington	171,415
13	Rocky Mount	143,870
14	New Bern	122,168
15	Goldsboro	117,333
		8,746,925

Rank	Combined Statistical Area	Population 2012 Population^[2]
1	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia	2,386,401
2	Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill	2,079,687
3	Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point	1,689,151
4	Fayetteville-Lumberton-Laurinburg	854,826
5	Asheville-Brevard	542,821
6	Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids	297,064
7	Greenville-New Bern	283,685
8	New Bern	193,757
9	Kill Devil Hills	138,917

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Largest cities	Cary Charlotte Concord Durham Fayetteville Greensboro High Point Raleigh Wilmington Winston‑Salem
Smaller cities	Apex Asheboro Asheville Burlington Carrboro Chapel Hill Clayton Clemmons Cornelius Fuquay-Varina Garner Gastonia Goldsboro Greenville Hickory Holly Springs Huntersville Indian Trail Jacksonville Kannapolis Kernersville Kinston Knightdale Leland Lexington Matthews Mint Hill Monroe Mooresville Morrisville New Bern Rocky Mount Salisbury Sanford Shelby Statesville Thomasville Wake Forest Waxhaw Wilson
Major towns	Albemarle Boone Eden Elizabeth City Graham Harrisburg Havelock Henderson Hendersonville Hope Mills Kings Mountain Laurinburg Lenoir Lewisville Lumberton Morganton Morehead City Newton Reidsville Roanoke Rapids Smithfield Southern Pines Tarboro Winterville
Counties	Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
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References

^ "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas". census.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-02.^{[dead link]}
^ "popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02". census.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2014-04-19.

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