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Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census. [5]
Watauga County (/ w ə ˈ t ɔː ɡ ə / wuh-TAW-guh) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 54,086 at the 2020 census. [2] Its county seat and largest community is Boone. [3] [4] The county is in an exceptionally mountainous region, known as the High Country.
According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 551 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, or villages. [3]
New census population estimates by race, ethnicity and age show more change in still-growing North Carolina.
Population (2023 est.) [1] 1 19 Charlotte–Concord: 3,387,115 2 31 Raleigh–Durham–Cary: 2,368,947 3 37 ... List of metropolitan areas of North Carolina.
Nationally, the 65-and-older population grew 9.4% from 2020 to 2023. North Carolina has two of the five fastest growing metropolitan areas for that age group — Wilmington at 18.4% and Raleigh ...
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On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas in North Carolina. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA , comprising the state's largest city of Charlotte and its suburbs.