Have they been holding their breath and finally decided to report what the Census found in 2020?
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Though that 2020 number has probably already changed significantly.
But for me all that matters is the merger of the Raleigh-Cary MSA with the Durham-Chapel Hill MSA we believe Urban Area accomplishes that.
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The estimate for the following year didnāt change dramatically; fewer than 2000 were estimated to have been added to the population of the city proper. Some of these larger multifamily projects need to be completed before seeing significant upward trajectory, and many of the elderly living in single family houses throughout of the city need to move out of their houses as well before the next generation of young families can push the population higher. There are many homes in Raleigh that were bought new in the 70s and 80s that are still occupied by the aging original owners.
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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/
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). What other areas stand out?
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RDU
Umstead Park
Fairgrounds/Stadium/Arena
Crabtree Valley
Triangle Town Center
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For what itās worth, losing AA helped shape RDU in the long-term. If it was still a hub, weād never have the options we have today. Weāre one of the few airports to have such diverse options in such a way. Weād also still probably have the old building had they never left.
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I agree that RDU is a better airport without the monopoly of a hub. Competition to key markets is important to keeping fares under control.
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I still think United should setup a hub since American and United have most of our competitive flights and key markets. However not every city has a Raleigh-Durham connection.
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United is supposedly opening a maintenance base at RDU this fall. Deltaās subsidiary, Endeavor, has a maintenance base here as well. United is going all mainline in Q2 2023
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i used to do reservations for rdu late 80ās. noone liked the hub and spoke stuff.
American heavily underestimated the O&D demand too, so security and check in space was minimal.
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I donāt think that this should surprise anyone. Isnāt it amazing how population and density increases when you build housing downtown? In the last few years, itās become increasingly obvious by the amount of foot traffic on the sidewalks during weekday evenings. The weekdays used to be a ghost town around downtown.
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This from the DTRAlliance has both a copy of and an interactive of the afore mentioned from John and our esteemed leader, Leo!
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And crazily enough, itās still probably peanuts compared to whatās needed to slow the rental-hike rates 
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To be honest here, just over 9100 isnāt almost 10,000. Almost 10,000 to me would be over 9500, but thatās just me. That said, the more interesting data point is how many of them are in Raleigh alone. Thatās an impressive number.
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Stumbled across this blog post that shows Wake and Raleigh suburbs grew some of the fastest. This is well known, but it also showed Durham and Mecklenburg growth slowing way down due to net migration out of the counties.
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Until Wake passed Mecklenburg, Carolina Demography was projecting that Meck would lead Wake for decades to come.
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So what your saying isā¦ donāt trust em haha