claim: north carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country."
author: pat mccrory
evidence_1: may 26, 2018 ... the factors that make one part of the country preferable to another as a ... natural  growth is simply the number of births over a given period less ... over that period,  some cities lost over 5% of their population, while others expanded by well over  20%. .... myrtle beach-conway-north myrtle beach, s.c.-n.c..
evidence_2: jul 10, 2018 ... as one of america's fastest-growing economies, oregon has a lot of construction  going on. ... of its well-known research triangle, anchored by north carolina  state ... as the population grows and ages, job growth in the sector now trails ...  with one of the hottest housing markets in the country in and around ...
evidence_3: may 25, 2017 ... ten of the 15 fastest-growing large cities were located across the ... making its  growth rate more than 11 times the nation's growth rate of 0.7 percent. ... its july 1 , 2016, population of 8.5 million makes it more than twice ... states except north  dakota (up 1.6 percent last year, compared to a ... south carolina.
evidence_4: central north carolina is one of the fastest growing areas in the state and the  country. ... sits at an estimated 9.8 million residents, good for 10th best in the  country. ... changed in four major areas: population, housing, education, and  economy.
evidence_5: may 24, 2018 ... (18,600); seattle, washington (17,500); and charlotte, n.c. (15,600). ... see  below for some of the other fastest-growing large cities. ... since the 2010 census , large cities in the south and west have led the nation in population growth, with  an ... housing unit growth since census day (april 1, 2010).