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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA Population
and Components of Change
(1999 MSA Definition)

Date Population %
Change
Components of Change
Total
Population
Change
Births Deaths Inter-
national
Immigra-
tion
Net
Domestic
Migration
1970 537,365-- ----
1971 555,0003.317,635 ----
1972 571,7003.016,700 ----
1973 586,2002.514,500 ----
1974 600,7002.514,500 ----
1975 606,4000.95,700 ----
1976 616,4001.610,000 ----
1977 630,5002.314,100 ----
1978 641,0001.710,500 ----
1979 654,0002.013,000 ----
1980 664,7891.610,789 ----
1981 678,6202.113,831 11,0796,261--
1982 689,1741.610,554 8,9504,915--
1983 704,3842.215,210 9,0744,883--
1984 725,6623.021,278 9,3625,097--
1985 751,1033.525,441 10,1485,392--
1986 774,4113.123,308 10,7485,472--
1987 791,9602.317,549 11,2525,495--
1988 814,3362.822,376 11,8945,707--
1989 837,0202.822,684 12,8165,844--
1990 858,5162.621,496 10,0404,387--
1991 891,8983.933,382 17,2237,2661,17216,140
1992 920,2943.228,396 13,8336,0371,29614,366
1993 953,0113.632,717 13,8306,4381,70718,861
1994 986,1203.533,109 14,1576,5121,65218,570
1995 1,021,5543.635,434 14,2746,7531,60120,245
1996 1,056,9373.535,383 14,7577,0321,87419,428
1997 1,092,4543.435,517 15,4167,1542,32818,170
1998 1,128,2613.335,807 16,1047,1352,37617,111
1999 1,161,8573.033,596 16,3507,3552,51714,499
2000 1,187,9412.226,084 ----
2001 1,234,7873.946,846 23,6249,41910,78523,705
2002 1,268,6302.733,843 19,4997,4877,98513,103
2003 1,298,7632.430,133 19,7347,6976,93510,519
2004 1,331,1362.532,373 20,4438,1306,44314,241
2005 1,374,0813.242,945 20,9508,0956,73623,779
2006 1,427,1973.953,116 21,9338,0066,77332,732
2007 1,484,6584.057,461 22,9398,1626,13536,059
2008 1,541,0893.856,431 23,7088,5306,16934,832
Note: Decade years represent April 1, Census data, not the mid-year estimates. The MSAs are based on the 1999 MSA definition.

 
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