Based on the 2013 five-year American Community Survey, the Queen City has population of 757,278. This is a 40% increase since the last census in 2000.

Big cities are defined as those that had populations of more than 500,000 at the time of the 2000 census. Ranked first in this category  is Fort Worth, TX with Austin, San Antonio and El Paso (all Texas) rounding out the top five.

But not only the Queen City is growing fast and big. In the Charlotte region, Indian Trail experienced an increase of 186.8% in population, Cornelius grew by 113,7% and Huntersville by 92.4%.