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CABARRUS COUNTY POPULATION
Cabarrus County is located
northeast of Charlotte, N.C., along the I-85 corridor. It was named after Stephen Cabarrus, speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives in 1793, who cast the deciding vote to create the new county. Today, Cabarrus is one of the fastest growing counties in North Carolina, with an expected population growth of 13.9 percent between 2007 and 2012. Low costs, a central location and great accessibility make Cabarrus County an ideal business location. Concord, Cabarrus County’s largest city established in 1796, was named as a symbol of harmony after much lively discussion about whether the center of trade should be in the northern or southern part of the county. Concord began as a small hamlet and became the major cotton market for an area that included parts of several surrounding counties.
Density of Population per Square Mile 0 - 1,100
5,501 - 6,600
11,001 - 12,100
1,101 - 2,200
6, 601 - 7,700
12,101 - 13,200
2,201 - 3,300
7,701 - 8,800
13, 201 - 14,300
3,301 - 4,400
8,801 - 9,900
14,301 - 15,400
4,401 - 5,500
9,901 - 11,000
15,401 - 16,500
As an example of the area’s transition away from textiles, Kannapolis is home to the 350-acre North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC), emerging on the site of the former Pillowtex Corp. headquar© ESRI 2007
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ters and manufacturing site. The NCRC is quickly becoming a biotechnology magnet for academic/industry collaboration. Dole Foods owner David Murdock has personally funded a $900,000 one-of-a-kind nuclear magnetic-resonance imager for the Core Laboratory. This tool will allow researchers to more closely study molecules by stretching and magnifying them.
Kannapolis
Murdock, Duke University, the UNC System, the N.C. Community College System and other institutions of higher education, as well as sev-
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eral private corporations are working together at this $1.5 billion life-sciMount Pleasant
ences hub. Ultimately, the NCRC is expected to include over one million
Concord
square feet of office and laboratory space, 350,000 square feet of new
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retail and commercial space, and approximately 700 new residential units, Harrisburg
employing approximately 5,000 people in research positions and creating as many as 30,000 jobs.
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Cabarrus County is also a key location for the motorsports industry. It is home to Lowe’s Motor Speedway, a new state-of-the-art Dragway, numerous NASCAR race teams, the Concord Regional Airport (“NASCAR Air Force”), Windshear, a $40 million wind tunnel facility and the NASCAR Research and Development Center. Tapestry by Block Group
Today, the city of 65,180 is home to two of the top 10 tourist attrac-
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Factories & Farms
Global Roots
Metropolis
American Quilt
Traditional Living
Solo Acts
Senior Styles
High Hopes
Upscale Avenues
Family Portrait
Scholars & Patriots
High Society
tions in the state: Concord Mills Mall, with over 200 stores, and Lowe’s Motor Speedway. It also boasts the fourth busiest airport in North Carolina, Concord Regional Airport, which has no commercial traffic, yet © ESRI 2007
averages 75 flights daily in general aviation.
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