US Census releases 2010 City and County Population Counts

by Kelly Bennett, posted 3/2/2011

The U.S. Census Bureau has released more detailed 2010 Census population totals and demographic characteristics for the state of North Carolina. Between 2000 and 2010, the City of Winston-Salem grew by 23.6% to a population of 229,617. Forsyth County grew by 14.6% to a population of 350,670. Winston-Salem is now the 4th most populous city in the state, behind Charlotte (731,424), Raleigh (403,892) and Greensboro (269,666), and ahead of the City of Durham (228,330).