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Census: North Carolina, And The South, Continues To Grow

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A recent analysis by the U.S. Census Bureau shows North Carolina is continuing its growth spurt. It's just the latest evidence of a population boom in the Tar Heel State.

The Census recently looked at population growth and decline in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia since 2010. They then split up the results by both percentage growth and a raw count of residents.

North Carolina came in 13th on the former list, and 4th place on the latter, adding nearly 850,000 people over that period, an 8.9 percent jump.

The data falls in line with the recent trend of people moving to the South and the West.

Meanwhile, many states in the Northeast had only mild growth, while places like West Virginia and Illinois actually lost residents.

Nationwide, the United States grew by nearly 6 percent over the last eight years, bringing the nation's total population to more than 327 million people.

Sean Bueter joined WFDD in August 2015 as a reporter covering issues across the Piedmont Triad and beyond.Previously, Sean was a reporter, host and news director at WBOI in Fort Wayne, Ind., just a few hours from where he grew up. He also sorted Steve Inskeep's mail as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.Sean has experience on a variety of beats, including race, wealth and poverty, economic development, and more. His work has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and APM's Marketplace.In his spare time, Sean plays tennis (reasonably well), golf (reasonably poorly), and scours local haunts for pinball machines to conquer.

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