High Point's population jumps

Guy Lucas, The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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May 16—HIGH POINT — High Point's population took a sudden jump from mid-2022 to mid-2023, growing nearly double the amount of the previous two years combined, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

The new estimates for incorporated cities and towns, released today, show High Point's population reaching 116,926 on July 1, 2023, up 1,369, or just under 1.2%, from a year earlier. That compares to population growth of 711 from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022.

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