Census numbers show Triangle is 1.6 million strong
Source: News and Observer
BY: RICHARD STRADLING AND STEPHANIE SOUCHERAY - Staff Writers
Despite the bursting of the dot.com bubble in 2000 and the Great Recession 10 years later, the Triangle continued to attract tens of thousands of newcomers a year. The area is now home to about 1.6 million people, according to census numbers released Wednesday.
The numbers show that the six-county Triangle region added about 400,000 residents, roughly the equivalent population of Durham and Orange counties.
The growth was led by Raleigh, which added 127,799 residents, and Cary, which grew by 40,698. Wake's smaller towns also grew at a blistering pace; five of them - Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Rolesville and Wake Forest - have more than doubled in population since 2000.
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