NC seeing record number of transplants

North Carolina has seen a massive influx of people moving in during the last three years. The state had the third-highest in-migration during that period, only trailing Florida and Texas.
Posted 7/11/2022, 9:10:24 PM Updated 7/11/2022, 10:22:12 PM

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO

YOU. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE

WILL BE REPORTING LIVE. THANK

YOU, ERIC.

>> NORTH CAROLINA'S IN THE

MIDDLE OF A POPULATION. BOOM.

WE ARE THE 9TH LARGEST STATE BY

POPULATION IN AMERICA AND THE

LATEST STATE NUMBERS SHOW

WEEKEND, ANOTHER 112,000 PEOPLE

IN THE FIRST 15 MONTHS OF THE

PANDEMIC, WR STILL SIT ON HIS

LIVE AT DIX PARK IN RALEIGH TO

EXPLAIN WHAT'S DRAWING PEOPLE

HERE TELLS US.

>> YEAH, GERALD, JUST ONE.

LOOK AT THE EVER-CHANGING

SKYLINE HERE IN DOWNTOWN

RALEIGH. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE

BUSINESSES POPPING UP AND THAT

MEANS JOB TRANSFERS AND MORE

FAMILIES MOVING IN TAKING ROOT

AND SETTLING DOWN

>> FROM THE COAST TO THE

MOUNTAINS AND EVERYWHERE IN

BETWEEN NORTH CAROLINA LITTLE

BIT OF SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN

WORK

FROM HOME. THEY HAVE THAT

CHOICE TO LIVE ANYWHERE.

THEY WANT TO LIVE SOMEWHERE

WARMER ARE RELATIVELY MILD

CLIMATE. JUST ONE OF THE MANY

REASONS PEOPLE ARE MIGRATING

HERE IN DROVES SAYS JULIE

KOPECKY DIRECTOR OF RELOCATION

WITH COLDWELL BANKER HOWARD

PERRY AND WALSTON ALL OF THE

OPEN SPACE HERE. PEOPLE ARE

REALLY DRAWN TO THAT. AND THE

STEADY STREAM OF JOBS AND NEW

BUSINESSES COMING TO THE AREA.

THE TRIANGLE MORE SPECIFICALLY,

IT'S DRIVEN BY.

>> THE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY

THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF OUR

DIVERSE ECONOMY BASED ON

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO

EXPAND MANUFACTURING LIKE APPLE

TO NAME. ONE ANNOUNCING ITS

MOVE LAST YEAR SINCE 2021 WAKE

COUNTY HAS GAINED OVER 6700

JOBS AND ANNOUNCED 3.9 BILLION

DOLLARS IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE

FINDING OF A NEW ANALYSIS BY

MOODY'S ANALYTICS.

>> SOME 46 MILLION PEOPLE MOVED

TO A DIFFERENT ZIP CODE BETWEEN

FEBRUARY OF 2021 AND FEBRUARY

OF THIS YEAR.

>> THE MOST OF ANY 12 MONTH

PERIOD SINCE 2010, NORTH

CAROLINA. IT IS EXPERIENCING

VERY RAPID IN MIGRATION, NORTH

CAROLINA RANKS 3RD BEHIND

FLORIDA AND TEXAS. WE GAINED

64,970 RESIDENTS, ACCORDING

TO THE ANALYSIS YOU'RE GETTING

MORE PEOPLE FROM THE NEW YORK

CITY AREA. ADAM CAYMAN TO

PUBLISH THE ANALYSIS SAYS HE

FOUND WHILE MANY ARE HEADING

INTO THE TRIANGLE FOR THE EVER

GROWING JOB MARKET, OTHER AREAS

ARE PROVING EQUALLY AS

ATTRACTIVE AND PLACES LIKE

WILMINGTON OR ASHEVILLE THAT

ARE POPULAR WITH WITH TOURISTS

ARE RETIREES

>> THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM

ANYWHERE HAS SHES MADE THOSE

PLACES EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE.

NOW?

>> CAROL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN

IDEA OF SOME OF THE GROWTH HERE

IN WAKE COUNTY ALONE SINCE

2021, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN

20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PROJECTS JUST ANNOUNCED IN THIS

AREA ALONE.

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