Tuesday, August 22, 2006

GROWTH COUNTIES

Union, Brunswick, Currituck, Mecklenburg and Wake counties in North Carolina were among the 100 counties nationwide with the largest increases in housing units between 2000 and 2005.

Wake County ranked 97th on the basis of the number of homes added from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005. The county posted an increase of about 21 percent, growing from 258,961 units to 314,400 units.

Charlotte's home county and a nearby bedroom community also cracked the list. Mecklenburg County added 64,261 homes over five years -- a 22 percent increase and a rank of 91. Union County, ranked 24th, added 14,194 homes.

Currituck County, on the state's northern coast, ranked 81st, with a nearly 23 percent increase in housing units. Brunswick County, at the southern end of the coast, ranked 55th, with a nearly 26 percent increase in housing.

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