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Mecklenburg County
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county in North Carolina, United States
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- December 11, 1762
- Named after
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Seat
- Charlotte
- Largest municipality
- Charlotte
- Total
- 546.09 sq mi (1,414.4 km )
- Land
- 523.61 sq mi (1,356.1 km )
- Water
- 22.48 sq mi (58.2 km ) 4.12%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,233,383
- Density
- 2,130.4/sq mi (822.54/km )
- Demonym
- Mecklenburger
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 8th , 12th , 14th
- Website
- www .mecknc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Charlotte
- Capital
- Charlotte
- Population
- 1115482
- Area
- 1415
- Shares border with
- Lincoln County
- Headquarters
- Charlotte
- Official website
- www.charmeck.nc.us
- Image
- East Avenue Tabernacle.jpg
- Households
- 421950
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- Commons category
- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1763-02-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- different from
- Mecklenburg County
- water as percent of area
- 4
- native label
- Mecklenburg County
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- per capita income
- 40627
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Encyclopedic overview
Mecklenburg County (/ˈmɛklənˌbɜːrɡ/) is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina (after Wake County). Its county seat is Charlotte, the state's largest municipality.
Mecklenburg County is the central county of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. On September 12, 2013, it was estimated the county surpassed one million residents. It was the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mecklenburg County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.