The following article appeared in the March 27, 2026, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C.
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The pace of Mecklenburg’s growth slowed last year, Census Bureau says, because of fewer immigrants moving here; Still No. 7 nationally
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The pace of Mecklenburg County’s growth slowed in the year ending last July, the Census Bureau said Thursday – but it was still strong enough to be the seventh-fastest in the nation.
According to new census estimates released Thursday, Mecklenburg added 26,554 residents in the 12 months ending July 1. That’s a lot, and it is a faster clip than the 20,000-a-year pace from 2010 to 2023. But it is fewer than the 30,055 the Census Bureau estimated Mecklenburg added the previous year.
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