Nearly 600,000 people call Wake County home. By 2020, the population is expected to reach 900,000.
Wake County is one of the fastest growing counties in the state.
Wake has a county manager form of government and seven elected commissioners. Wake County was created in 1771 from Johnston, Cumberland and Orange counties. It takes its name from Margaret Wake, wife of Gov. William Tryon. She died in 1819. 6 Historic Yates Mill is the only grist mill left in the county.