# Raleigh and Statistical Area Population

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**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-statistical-area-population/555 "2018-09-18T22:32:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-statistical-area-population/555/1093 "2022-07-12T19:36:37Z")

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Found an old but still curious site to view population density and estimate population within a circle/polygon. Based on 2015 estimates, but with more granularity than Census tracts:  
[https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/pes-v3/](https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mapping/popest/pes-v3/)

 ![Screen Shot 2022-07-12 at 12.56.56](https://d3tmycllq5yp1y.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/a/fa1f1234173f79b3d76f3d0118d22a7a97486393.jpeg)

Population density dips around the north Beltline, likely due both to the high concentration of commercial uses and the absurdly low, exclusionarily zoned densities there ([soon to change](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/zoning-and-density/825/294)). What other areas stand out?

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