Editing Research Triangle (section)

== Cities ==
[[File:Downtown-Raleigh-from-Western-Boulevard-Overpass-20081012.jpeg|thumb|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] is the capital of North Carolina and the largest city in the Research Triangle area.]]
[[File:Downtown Durham.jpg|thumb|Downtown Durham, the second-largest city in the area]]
The Triangle region, as defined for statistical purposes as the '''Raleigh–Durham–Cary CSA''', comprises nine counties, although the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] divided the region into two metropolitan statistical areas and one micropolitan area in 2003. The Raleigh-Cary metropolitan area comprises Wake, Franklin, and Johnston Counties; the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area comprises Durham, Orange, Chatham, Granville, and Person Counties; and the Henderson micropolitan area comprises Vance County.

Some area television stations define the region as '''Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville'''. Fayetteville is more than {{convert|50|mi|km}} from Raleigh, but is part of the Triangle [[media market|television market]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! City / town
! County
! 2020 Census
! 2010 Census
! Change
|-
|1
| [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]] / [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]]
| {{change|invert=on|467665|403892|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|2
| [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]] || [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]] / [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|283506|228330|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|3
| [[Cary, North Carolina|Cary]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]] / [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]
| {{change|invert=on|174721|135234|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|4
| [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]] || [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]] / [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]] / [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]
| {{change|invert=on|61960|57233|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|5
| [[Apex, North Carolina|Apex]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|58780|37476|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|6
| [[Wake Forest, North Carolina|Wake Forest]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]] / [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]]
| {{change|invert=on|47601|30117|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|7
| [[Holly Springs, North Carolina|Holly Springs]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|41239|24661|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|8
| [[Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina|Fuquay-Varina]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|34152|17937|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|9
| [[Garner, North Carolina|Garner]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|31159|25745|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|10
| [[Morrisville, North Carolina|Morrisville]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]] / [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]]
| {{change|invert=on|29630|18576|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|11
| [[Clayton, North Carolina|Clayton]] || [[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]] / [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|26307|16116|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|12
| [[Carrboro, North Carolina|Carrboro]] || [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]
| {{change|invert=on|21295|19582|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|13
| [[Knightdale, North Carolina|Knightdale]] || [[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
| {{change|invert=on|19632|11401|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|14
| [[Mebane, North Carolina|Mebane]] || [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance County]] / [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]]
| {{change|invert=on|17797|11393|date=April 1, 2020}}
|-
|15
| [[Henderson, North Carolina|Henderson]] || [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance County]]
| {{change|invert=on|15060|15368|date=April 1, 2020}}
|}