RALEIGH, N.C. — Raleigh is among North Carolina’s fastest-growing cities, with a nearly 50 percent increase in residents over the past decade.
U.S. census numbers released Tuesday shows the city, still the second largest in the state, reached a population of 403,892 in 2010 – a 46.3 percent jump since 2000 and the third strongest increase among the state’s 20 largest cities. (Read more)