List of municipalities in North Carolina - wikipedia List of municipalities in North Carolina Map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, North Carolina is the ninth most populous state with 7007100428020000000 ♠ 10,042,802 inhabitants but the 28th largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles ( 139,390 km ) of land. North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 532 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. While municipalities may use the name village, town, or city, there is no legal distinction between the names. Table of contents : Largest - Contents : Top 0 -- 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - See also Largest municipalities † County seat † † State capital and county seat Charlotte, Largest City in North Carolina Raleigh, Capital of North Carolina Greensboro Durham Winston - Salem High Point Wilmington Greenville Asheville Below is a list of the 50 largest municipalities in North Carolina according to the 2010 census. Also shown is the 2017 Census estimate. Rank Name Population ( 2017 ) Population ( 2010 ) Change Type County Charlotte † 859,035 731,424 + 17.45 % City Mecklenburg Raleigh † † 464,758 403,892 + 15.07 % City Wake ( seat ), Durham Greensboro † 290,222 269,666 + 7.62 % City Guilford Durham † 267,743 228,330 + 17.26 % City Durham ( seat ), Wake, Orange Winston - Salem † 244,605 229,618 + 6.53 % City Forsyth 6 Fayetteville † 209,899 200,564 + 4.65 % City Cumberland 7 Cary 165,904 135,234 + 22.68 % Town Wake, Chatham 8 Wilmington † 119,045 106,476 + 11.80 % City New Hanover 9 High Point 111,513 104,371 + 6.84 % City Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth 10 Greenville † 92,156 84,554 + 8.99 % City Pitt 11 Concord † 92,067 79,066 + 16.44 % City Cabarrus 12 Asheville † 91,902 85,712 + 7.22 % City Buncombe 13 Gastonia † 76,593 71,741 + 6.76 % City Gaston 14 Jacksonville † 72,447 70,145 + 3.28 % City Onslow 15 Chapel Hill 59,862 57,233 + 4.59 % Town Orange, Durham 16 Huntersville 56,212 46,773 + 20.18 % Town Mecklenburg 17 Rocky Mount 54,523 57,477 2999486055291681890 ♠ − 5.14 % City Edgecombe, Nash 18 Burlington 53,077 49,963 + 6.23 % City Alamance 19 Apex 50,451 37,476 + 34.62 % Town Wake 20 Wilson † 49,348 49,167 + 0.37 % City Wilson 21 Kannapolis 48,806 42,625 + 14.50 % City Cabarrus, Rowan 22 Wake Forest 42,269 30,117 + 40.35 % Town Wake 23 Hickory 40,611 40,010 + 1.50 % City Catawba, Burke, Caldwell 24 Indian Trail 38,980 33,518 + 16.30 % Town Union 25 Mooresville 37,820 32,711 + 15.62 % Town Iredell 26 Holly Springs 35,233 24,661 + 42.87 % Town Wake 27 Goldsboro † 35,197 36,437 2999659686582320170 ♠ − 3.40 % City Wayne 28 Monroe † 35,065 32,797 + 6.92 % City Union 29 Salisbury † 33,849 33,622 + 0.68 % City Rowan 30 Matthews 32,117 27,198 + 18.09 % Town Mecklenburg 31 New Bern † 29,590 29,524 + 0.22 % City Craven 32 Sanford † 29,313 28,094 + 4.34 % City Lee 33 Cornelius 29,191 24,866 + 17.39 % Town Mecklenburg 34 Garner 28,858 25,745 + 12.09 % Town Wake 35 Fuquay - Varina 27,906 17,937 + 55.58 % Town Wake 36 Mint Hill 26,748 22,722 + 17.72 % Town Mecklenburg, Union 37 Statesville † 26,657 24,532 + 8.66 % City Iredell 38 Thomasville 26,615 26,757 3000469297753858800 ♠ − 0.53 % City Davidson, Randolph 39 Morrisville 26,461 18,576 + 42.45 % Town Wake, Durham 40 Asheboro † 25,863 25,012 + 3.40 % City Randolph 41 Kernersville 24,386 23,123 + 5.46 % Town Forsyth, Guilford 42 Carrboro 21,544 19,582 + 10.02 % Town Orange 43 Clayton 20,260 16,116 + 25.71 % City Johnston, Wake 44 Lumberton † 21,040 21,542 2999766966855445180 ♠ − 2.33 % City Robeson 45 Kinston † 20,509 21,677 2999461180052590300 ♠ − 5.39 % City Lenoir 46 Clemmons 20,420 18,627 + 9.63 % Village Forsyth 47 Shelby † 20,018 20,323 2999849923731732520 ♠ − 1.50 % City Cleveland 48 Havelock 20,008 20,735 2999649385097660960 ♠ − 3.51 % City Craven 49 Leland 19,976 13,527 + 47.68 % Town Brunswick 50 Boone † 19,205 17,119 + 12.19 % City Watauga Aberdeen -- town, Moore County Ahoskie -- town, Hertford County Alamance -- village, Alamance County Albemarle -- city, Stanly County Alliance -- town, Pamlico County Andrews -- town, Cherokee County Angier -- town, Harnett County Ansonville -- town, Anson County Apex -- town, Wake County Arapahoe -- town, Pamlico County Archdale -- city, Randolph County Archer Lodge -- town, Johnston County Arlington -- town, Yadkin County Asheboro - city, Randolph County Asheville -- city, Buncombe County Askewville Atkinson -- town, Pender County Atlantic Beach -- town, Carteret County Aulander -- town, Bertie County Aurora -- town, Beaufort County Autryville -- town, Sampson County Ayden -- town, Pitt County Badin -- town, Stanly County Bailey -- town, Nash County Bakersville -- town, Mitchell County Bald Head Island -- village, Brunswick County Banner Elk -- town, Avery County Bath -- town, Beaufort County Bayboro -- town, Pamlico County Bear Grass -- town, Martin County Beaufort -- town, Carteret County Beech Mountain -- town, Avery County Belhaven -- town, Beaufort County Belmont -- city, Gaston County Belville -- town, Brunswick County Belwood -- town, Cleveland County Benson -- town, Johnston County Bermuda Run Bessemer City -- city, Gaston County Bethania -- town, Forsyth County Bethel -- town, Pitt County Beulaville -- town, Duplin County Biltmore Forest -- town, Buncombe County Biscoe -- town, Montgomery County Black Creek -- town, Wilson County Black Mountain -- town, Buncombe County Bladenboro -- town, Bladen County Blowing Rock -- town, Watauga County Boardman -- town, Columbus County Bogue -- town, Carteret County Boiling Spring Lakes -- city, Brunswick County Boiling Springs -- town, Cleveland County Bolivia -- town, Brunswick County Bolton -- town, Columbus County Boone -- town, Watauga County Boonville -- town, Yadkin County Bostic -- town, Rutherford County Brevard -- city, Transylvania County Bridgeton -- town, Craven County Broadway -- town, Lee County Brookford -- town, Catawba County Brunswick -- town, Columbus County Bryson City -- town, Swain County Bunn -- town, Franklin County Burgaw -- town, Pender County Burlington -- city, Alamance County Burnsville -- town, Yancey County Butner -- town, Granville County Cajah 's Mountain Calabash Calypso Cameron Candor Canton -- town, Haywood County Cape Carteret Carolina Beach -- town, New Hanover County Carolina Shores -- town, Brunswick County Carrboro -- town, Orange County Carthage Cary Casar Castalia -- town, Nash County Caswell Beach Catawba -- town, Catawba County Cedar Grove -- village, Orange County Cedar Point Cedar Rock Cerro Gordo Chadbourn -- town, Columbus County Chapel Hill -- town, Orange County Charlotte -- city, Mecklenburg County Cherryville -- town, Gaston County Chimney Rock China Grove -- town, Rowan County Chocowinity -- town, Beaufort County Claremont Clarkton Clayton -- town, Johnston County Clemmons Cleveland Clinton -- town, Sampson County Clyde Coats Cofield Colerain Columbia Columbus Como Concord -- town, Cabarrus County Conetoe Connelly Springs Conover Conway -- town, Northampton County Cooleemee Cornelius -- town, Mecklenburg County Cove City Cramerton Creedmoor -- town, Granville County Creswell Crossnore Dallas -- town, Gaston County Danbury Davidson -- town, Mecklenburg County Denton Dillsboro Dobbins Heights Dobson -- town, Surry County Dortches Dover Drexel -- town, Burke County Dublin Duck Dunn -- town, Harnett County Durham Earl East Arcadia East Bend East Laurinburg Eastover East Spencer Eden -- town, Rockingham County Edenton -- town, Chowan County Elizabeth City -- city, Pasquotank County Elizabethtown -- town, Bladen County Elk Park Elkin -- town, Surry County Ellenboro Ellerbe Elm City Elon -- town, Alamance County Emerald Isle Enfield Erwin Eureka Everetts Fair Bluff -- town, Columbus County Fairmont -- town, Robeson County Fairview -- town, Union County Faison -- town, Duplin County Faith Falcon Falkland Fallston Farmville -- town, Pitt County Fayetteville Flat Rock Fletcher Forest City -- town, Rutherford County Forest Hills Fountain Four Oaks Foxfire Franklin -- town, Macon County Franklinton -- town, Franklin County Franklinville Fremont Fuquay - Varina -- town, Wake County Gamewell Garland Garner -- town, Wake County Garysburg Gaston -- town, Northampton County Gastonia -- city, Gaston County Gatesville Gibson Gibsonville Glen Alpine Godwin Goldsboro -- city, Wayne County Graham -- town, Alamance County Grandfather Granite Falls -- town, Caldwell County Granite Quarry Grantsboro Green Level Greenevers Greensboro -- city, Guilford County Greenville Grifton Grimesland Grover Halifax -- town, Halifax County Hamilton Hamlet Harmony Harrells Harrellsville Harrisburg Hassell Havelock Haw River Hayesville Hemby Bridge Henderson -- town, Vance County Hendersonville -- town, Henderson County Hertford Hickory -- city, Catawba County High Point High Shoals Highlands Hildebran Hillsborough -- town, Orange County Hobgood Hoffman Holden Beach Holly Ridge Holly Springs -- town, Wake County Hookerton Hope Mills Hot Springs Hudson Huntersville -- town, Mecklenburg County Indian Beach Indian Trail -- town, Union County J Jackson Jacksonville Jamestown Jamesville -- town, Martin County Jefferson Jonesville Kannapolis Kelford Kenansville Kenly Kernersville Kill Devil Hills -- town, Dare County King -- town, Stokes County Kings Mountain Kingstown Kinston -- city, Lenoir County Kittrell -- village, Vance County Kitty Hawk -- town, Dare County Knightdale -- town, Wake County Kure Beach La Grange Lake Lure Lake Park Lake Santeetlah Lake Waccamaw Landis Lansing Lasker Lattimore Laurel Park Laurinburg -- town, Scotland County Lawndale Leggett Leland Lenoir -- town, Caldwell County Lewiston Woodville Lewisville Lexington -- city, Davidson County Liberty Lilesville Lillington Lincolnton -- city, Lincoln County Linden Littleton -- town, Halifax County Locust Long View Louisburg -- town, Franklin County Love Valley Lowell Lucama Lumber Bridge Lumberton -- city, Robeson County Macclesfield Macon -- town, Warren County Madison Maggie Valley Magnolia Maiden Manteo -- town, Dare County Marietta Marion -- town, McDowell County Marshville Mars Hill -- town, Madison County Marshall -- town, Madison County Marvin Matthews -- town, Mecklenburg County Maxton Mayodan -- town, Rockingham County Maysville McAdenville McDonald McFarlan Mebane Mesic Micro -- town, Johnston County Middleburg -- town, Vance County Middlesex Midland Midway Mills River Milton Mineral Springs Minnesott Beach Mint Hill Misenheimer Mocksville -- town, Davie County Momeyer Monroe -- town, Union County Montreat Mooresboro Mooresville -- town, Iredell County Morehead City -- town, Carteret County Morganton -- town, Burke County Morrisville Morven Mount Airy -- town, Surry County Mount Gilead Mount Holly Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Murfreesboro -- town, Hertford County Murphy -- town, Cherokee County Nags Head Nashville -- town, Nash County Navassa New Bern -- city, Craven County New London Newland -- town, Avery County Newport Newton -- town, Catawba County Newton Grove Norlina -- town, Warren County Norman North Topsail Beach North Wilkesboro -- town, Wilkes County Northwest Norwood O Oak City Oak Island Oak Ridge Oakboro Ocean Isle Beach Old Fort Oriental Orrum Ossipee Oxford -- town, Granville County Pantego Parkton Parmele Patterson Springs Peachland Peletier Pembroke Pikeville Pilot Mountain Pine Knoll Shores -- town, Carteret County Pine Level Pinebluff Pinehurst -- town, Moore County Pinetops -- town, Edgecombe County Pineville Pink Hill Pittsboro Pleasant Garden Plymouth -- town, Washington County Polkton Polkville Pollocksville Powellsville Princeton Princeville Proctorville Raeford -- town, Hoke County Raleigh -- city, Wake County Ramseur Randleman Ranlo Raynham Red Cross Red Oak -- town, Nash County Red Springs -- town, Robeson County Reidsville -- city, Rockingham County Rennert Rhodhiss Rich Square Richfield Richlands River Bend Roanoke Rapids -- city, Halifax County Robbins Robbinsville Robersonville Rockingham -- city, Richmond County Rockwell Rocky Mount Rolesville -- town, Wake County Ronda Roper Rose Hill -- city, Duplin County Roseboro Rosman Rowland Roxboro -- city, Person County Roxobel Rural Hall Ruth Rutherford College Rutherfordton -- town, Rutherford County Salemburg Salisbury -- town, Rowan County Saluda Sandy Creek Sandyfield Sanford -- city, Lee County Saratoga Sawmills Scotland Neck -- town, Halifax County Seaboard Seagrove Sedalia Selma -- town, Johnston County Seven Devils Seven Springs Severn Shallotte -- town, Brunswick County Sharpsburg Shelby -- city, Cleveland County Siler City -- town, Chatham County Simpson Sims Smithfield Snow Hill -- town, Greene County Southern Pines Southern Shores -- town, Moore County Southport -- town, Brunswick County Sparta -- town, Alleghany County Speed Spencer Spencer Mountain -- town, Gaston County Spindale Spring Hope Spring Lake Spruce Pine -- town, Mitchell County St. Helena St. James St. Pauls -- town, Robeson County Staley Stallings Stanfield Stanley Stantonsburg Star Statesville -- city, Iredell County Stedman Stem Stokesdale Stoneville Stonewall Stovall Sugar Mountain Summerfield Sunset Beach Surf City Swansboro -- town, Onslow County Swepsonville Sylva -- city, Jackson County Tabor City -- town, Columbus County Tar Heel Tarboro -- town, Edgecombe County Taylorsville -- town, Alexander County Taylortown Teachey Thomasville Tobaccoville Topsail Beach -- town, Pender County Trent Woods Trenton Trinity -- city, Randolph County Troutman Troy -- town, Montgomery County Tryon -- town, Polk County Turkey U Unionville V Valdese Vanceboro Vandemere Varnamtown Vass Waco Wade Wadesboro -- town, Anson County Wagram Wake Forest -- town, Wake County Walkertown Wallace Wallburg -- town, Davidson County Walnut Cove Walnut Creek Walstonburg Warrenton -- town, Warren County Warsaw -- town, Duplin County Washington -- city, Beaufort County Washington Park Watha Waxhaw -- town, Union County Waynesville -- city, Haywood County Weaverville Webster Weddington Weldon -- town, Halifax County Wendell -- town, Wake County Wentworth Wesley Chapel West Jefferson -- town, Ashe County Whispering Pines Whitakers White Lake Whiteville -- city, Columbus County Whitsett Wilkesboro -- town, Wilkes County Williamston Wilmington -- city, New Hanover County Wilson -- city, Wilson County Wilson 's Mills Windsor -- town, Bertie County Winfall Wingate Winston - Salem -- city, Forsyth County Winterville Winton Woodfin Woodland Wrightsville Beach -- town, New Hanover County Y Yadkinville -- town, Yadkin County Yanceyville -- town, Caswell County Youngsville -- town, Franklin County Z Zebulon -- town, Wake County See also North Carolina List of counties in North Carolina List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina References Jump up ^ `` GCT - PH1 -- Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density : 2010 -- State -- Place and ( in selected states ) County Subdivision ''. 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2016. Jump up ^ `` North Carolina Capital, Map, History, & Facts ''. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 27. Jump up ^ `` North Carolina : 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing '' ( PDF ). 2010 census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. 18. Retrieved August 7, 2016. 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Question: what is the second largest city in north carolina
Answer: Raleigh