Winston-Salem, Sept. 15—That Winston-Salem is, within its corporate limits, still the largest city in the state is revealed in population estimates prepared by the Commercial Service Company of Asheville, which is publishing new directories for every city of major size in the state.
Winston-Salem is given 72,000 people. Charlotte is second with 67,000, including its outskirts, among them North Charlotte and Myers Park, Charlotte is conceded 76000 people, a matter of 350 more than Winston-Salem has with the addition of its suburbs.
The negro population is estimated at 30,000.
Greensboro is Winston-Salem’s nearest rival, with an estimated 50,000. Asheville with 40,000 within the city limits, is fourth, While Durham and Wilmington are tied for fifth, with 40,000 each. Asheville’s leading them due to its tickly populated suburbs.
Raleigh is seventh with 38,000 people. High Point has 26,261 and Fayetteville has 20,000. The figures for Wilson were not given.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 16, 1926
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