Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte population, 2020 to 2024

Charlotte added 68,528 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.8%. In the latest year it moved by +23,423. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Charlotte is 64.7 times that size.

Charlotte covers 311.61 square miles of land and 1.98 of water, for 3,028 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Charlotte is denser than the typical town.

What county Charlotte is in

All of Charlotte's residents live in Mecklenburg County, which had 1,206,285 residents in 2024. Charlotte holds 78.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Charlotte

31 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Charlotte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28105, 28134, 28202, 28203, 28204, 28205, 28206, 28207, 28208, 28209, 28210, 28211, 28212, 28213, 28214, 28215, 28216, 28217, 28223, 28226, 28227, 28244, 28262, 28269, 28270, 28273, 28274, 28277, 28278, 28280, 28282. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Charlotte is

The Census internal point of Charlotte is at 35.209000, -80.831000. Raleigh, the capital, is 129.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jacksonville, FL (1,009,833 people), 340.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 16.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 210 m (689 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Charlotte

At 35.21° N, Charlotte gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Charlotte daylight page.

Places near Charlotte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pineville, 8.7 miles away, with 11,567 people.