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As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, its population was 1,129,410,<a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-1">[1]</a> making it North Carolina's <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">most populous county</a>. From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th-fastest growing county in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a> being the 8th- and 15th-fastest growing communities, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> <table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Wake County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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href="/wiki/File:Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of North Carolina"><img alt="Map of North Carolina highlighting Wake County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg/300px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg/450px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg/600px-Map_of_North_Carolina_highlighting_Wake_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2687" data-file-height="1019"></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Carolina's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting North Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/300px-North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/450px-North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg/600px-North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731"></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption">North Carolina's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&params=35.79_N_78.65_W_type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles">35°47′N 78°39′W / 35.79°N 78.65°W / 35.79; -78.65</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1771</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wake_Tryon" title="Margaret Wake Tryon">Margaret Wake</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest community</th><td class="infobox-data">Raleigh</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">857.02 sq mi (2,219.7 km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">834.59 sq mi (2,161.6 km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">22.43 sq mi (58.1 km2) 2.62%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,129,410</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,190,275 <img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,300/sq mi (510/km2)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 4th congressional district">4th</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 13th congressional district">13th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wake.gov">www.wake.gov</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>,<a href="#cite_note-GR6-4">[4]</a> which is also the <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States" title="List of capitals in the United States">state capital</a>. Eleven other municipalities are in Wake County, the largest of which is the town of <a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a>, the third-most populous city of the <a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Research Triangle</a> region and the seventh-most populous municipality in North Carolina. It is governed by the <a href="/wiki/Wake_County_Board_of_Commissioners" title="Wake County Board of Commissioners">Wake County Board of Commissioners</a>, coterminous with the <a href="/wiki/Wake_County_Public_School_System" title="Wake County Public School System">Wake County Public School System</a>, with law enforcement provided by the Wake County Sheriff's Department. It is also part of the wider <a href="/wiki/Triangle_J_Council_of_Governments" class="mw-redirect" title="Triangle J Council of Governments">Triangle J Council of Governments</a>, which governs regional planning. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Early_history">1.1 Early history</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#18th_century">1.2 18th century</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#19th_century">1.3 19th century</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#20th_century">1.4 20th century</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#21st_century">1.5 21st century</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Geography">2 Geography</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Climate">2.1 Climate</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#State_and_local_protected_areas/sites">2.2 State and local protected areas/sites</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Major_water_bodies">2.3 Major water bodies</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Adjacent_counties">2.4 Adjacent counties</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Parks_and_recreation">3 Parks and recreation</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#State_parks">3.1 State parks</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#County_parks_and_recreation_centers">3.2 County parks and recreation centers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Demographics">4 Demographics</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#2020_census">4.1 2020 census</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#2018_census_estimate">4.2 2018 census estimate</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Law_and_government">5 Law and government</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Politics">6 Politics</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Economy">7 Economy</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Transportation">8 Transportation</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Major_highways">8.1 Major highways</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-23"><a href="#Bicycles_routes">8.1.1 Bicycles routes</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Major_infrastructure">8.2 Major infrastructure</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Education">9 Education</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Higher_education">9.1 Higher education</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Primary_and_secondary_education">9.2 Primary and secondary education</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Libraries">9.3 Libraries</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#Healthcare">10 Healthcare</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#Culture">11 Culture</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Museums">11.1 Museums</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Performing_arts">11.2 Performing arts</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Visual_arts">11.3 Visual arts</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="#Sports">12 Sports</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#Professional">12.1 Professional</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#College">12.2 College</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Amateur">12.3 Amateur</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-38"><a href="#Communities">13 Communities</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Cities">13.1 Cities</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Towns">13.2 Towns</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Townships">13.3 Townships</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Unincorporated_communities">13.4 Unincorporated communities</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-43"><a href="#See_also">14 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-44"><a href="#References">15 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-45"><a href="#Works_cited">16 Works cited</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-46"><a href="#Further_reading">17 Further reading</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-47"><a href="#External_links">18 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Prior to English colonization, present-day Wake County was part of the <a href="/wiki/Tuscarora_people" title="Tuscarora people">Tuscarora</a> nation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJohnson20095-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="18th_century">18th century</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 18th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg/170px-Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="206" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="425"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 206px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg/170px-Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="206" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg/255px-Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg/340px-Margaret_Wake_Tryon.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wake_Tryon" title="Margaret Wake Tryon">Margaret Wake Tryon</a></figcaption></figure> Wake County was formed in 1770 from parts of <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cumberland County, North Carolina">Cumberland County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Johnston County, North Carolina">Johnston County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange County</a>. The first courthouse was built at a village originally called Wake Courthouse, now known as Bloomsbury. In 1771, the first elections and court were held, and the first militia units were organized. Wake County lost some of its territory through the formation of other counties. Parts were included in <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin County</a> in 1787, and in <a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham County</a> in both 1881 and 1911. During the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Colonial history of the United States">colonial</a> period of North Carolina, the state capital was <a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina" title="New Bern, North Carolina">New Bern</a>. For several years during and after the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>, there was no capital, and the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">General Assembly</a> met in various locations. <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a> was the state capital in 1786, 1789, 1790, and 1793, when Raleigh became the permanent state capital in 1794.<a href="#cite_note-Manual-6">[6]</a> In 1792, a commission was appointed to select a site to build a permanent state capital. The commission members favored land owned by Colonel John Hinton across the <a href="/wiki/Neuse_River" title="Neuse River">Neuse River</a>, but the night before the final vote, the committee adjourned to the <a href="/wiki/Joel_Lane_House" title="Joel Lane House">home of Joel Lane</a> for an evening of food and spirits. The next day, the vote went in Lane's favor. Lane named Wake County in honor of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wake_Tryon" title="Margaret Wake Tryon">Margaret Wake Tryon</a>, wife of colonial Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Tryon" title="William Tryon">William Tryon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Raleigh was named after <a href="/wiki/Sir_Walter_Raleigh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Walter Raleigh">Sir Walter Raleigh</a>, and established in 1792 on 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) purchased from Lane. Raleigh had never set foot in North Carolina, but he had sponsored the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Colony" title="Roanoke Colony">first English colony in North America</a> on North Carolina's <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Island" title="Roanoke Island">Roanoke Island</a> in 1585. The city of Raleigh became both the state capital and the new seat of Wake County. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Morrisville" title="Battle of Morrisville">Battle of Morrisville</a></div> The Battle at Morrisville Station was fought April 13–15, 1865, in Morrisville, North Carolina, during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the last official battle of the Civil War between the armies of Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston. General Judson Kilpatrick, commanding officer of the Union cavalry advance, compelled Confederate forces under the command of Generals Wade Hampton III and Joseph Wheeler to withdraw in haste. They had been frantically trying to transport their remaining supplies and wounded by rail westward toward the final Confederate encampment in Greensboro. Kilpatrick used artillery on the heights overlooking Morrisville Station and cavalry charges to push the Confederates out of the small village, leaving many needed supplies behind. However, the trains were able to withdraw with wounded from the Battle of Bentonville and the Battle of Averasboro. Later, General Johnston sent a courier to the federal encampments at Morrisville with a message for Major General Sherman requesting a conference to discuss an armistice. Several days later, the two generals met at Bennett Place near Durham on April 17, 1865, to begin discussing the terms of what would become the largest surrender of the war. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In the 20th century, the average per capita income for the county was of <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>54,988, and the median income for a family was of $67,149. In the same period, the per capita income decreased from $44,472 to $31,579, especially for women. About 7.80% of the population was below the federal poverty line. A county courthouse was built in 1915. Space for county government in the building grew increasingly inadequate in the 1960s, and another courthouse was built in 1970.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJohnson200977-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In August 2014, the county population surpassed 1,000,000 people.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> In November 2017, commissioners of Wake and <a href="/wiki/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina" title="Harnett County, North Carolina">Harnett</a> counties discussed the possibility of redrawing the line between the counties using the latest technology. This boundary change would affect about 130 properties, with 27 having houses on them, meaning they would end up in a different county or divided between two.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> An agreement was reached regarding the adjustment of the Wake, <a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chatham County, North Carolina">Chatham</a>, and Harnett county lines in May 2018.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-lat="35.79" data-lon="-78.65" data-overlays='["_d3866e36dd4b4a4986b3cf026a977cb3acc932d7"]' href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/35.79/-78.65/en"><noscript><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.79,-78.65,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Wake_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258224300&groups=_d3866e36dd4b4a4986b3cf026a977cb3acc932d7" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" alt="Map"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 200px;" data-src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.79,-78.65,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Wake_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258224300&groups=_d3866e36dd4b4a4986b3cf026a977cb3acc932d7" data-alt="Map" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.79,-78.65,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Wake_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1258224300&groups=_d3866e36dd4b4a4986b3cf026a977cb3acc932d7 2x"> </a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Wake County</div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg/220px-NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="635"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 136px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg/220px-NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="136" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg/330px-NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg/440px-NeuseRiverWakeCoNC.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Neuse River</figcaption></figure> According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 857.02 square miles (2,219.7 km2), of which 834.59 square miles (2,161.6 km2) is land and 22.43 square miles (58.1 km2) (2.62%) is water.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Wake County is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" title="Piedmont (United States)">North American Piedmont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coastal_Plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Coastal Plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</a> regions meet. This area is known as the "<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Seaboard_fall_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Seaboard fall line">fall line</a>" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Wake County features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state's flat coastal plain. Its central Piedmont location situates the county about three hours west of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Beach,_North_Carolina" title="Atlantic Beach, North Carolina">Atlantic Beach</a> by car and four hours east of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Smoky_Mountains" title="Great Smoky Mountains">Great Smoky Mountains</a>. Bodies of water that are located in Wake County include <a href="/wiki/Crabtree_Creek_(Neuse_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crabtree Creek (Neuse River)">Crabtree Creek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walnut_Creek_(Neuse_River_tributary)" title="Walnut Creek (Neuse River tributary)">Walnut Creek</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Neuse_River" title="Neuse River">Neuse River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Crabtree" title="Lake Crabtree">Lake Crabtree</a>, Lake Johnson, Lake Raleigh, Lake Wheeler, Lake Benson, <a href="/wiki/Harris_Lake_(New_Hill,_North_Carolina)" title="Harris Lake (New Hill, North Carolina)">Harris Lake</a> and portions of <a href="/wiki/Falls_Lake" title="Falls Lake">Falls Lake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lake" title="Jordan Lake">Jordan Lake</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Wake County enjoys a moderate <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical climate">subtropical climate</a>, with moderate temperatures in the spring, fall, and winter. Summers are typically hot with high <a href="/wiki/Humidity" title="Humidity">humidity</a>. Winter highs generally range in the low 50s °F (10 to 13 °C) with lows in the low to-mid 30s °F (−2 to 2 °C), although an occasional 60 °F (16 °C) or warmer winter day is not uncommon. Spring and fall days usually reach the low to mid-70s °F (low 20s °C), with lows at night in the lower 50s °F (10 to 14 °C). Summer daytime highs often reach the upper 80s to low 90s °F (29 to 35 °C). The rainiest months are July and August. The county, at the National Weather Service in Raleigh, receives on average 7 inches (180 mm) of snow in the winter. <a href="/wiki/Freezing_rain" title="Freezing rain">Freezing rain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rain_and_snow_mixed" title="Rain and snow mixed">sleet</a> occur most winters, and occasionally the area experiences a major damaging <a href="/wiki/Ice_storm" title="Ice storm">ice storm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_local_protected_areas/sites">State and local protected areas/sites</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: State and local protected areas/sites" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Protected_areas_of_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Category:Protected areas of Wake County, North Carolina">Category:Protected areas of Wake County, North Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Parks_in_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Category:Parks in Wake County, North Carolina">Category:Parks in Wake County, North Carolina</a></div> <ul><li>Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li> <li>Blue Jay Point County Park<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li> <li>Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land (part)<a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-17">[17]</a></li> <li>Carl Alwin Schenck Memorial Forest<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></li> <li>Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Park<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons_Educational_State_Forest" title="Clemmons Educational State Forest">Clemmons Educational State Forest</a> (part)</li> <li>Falls Lake State Recreation Area (part)</li> <li>Forest Ridge Park<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li> <li>Harris Lake County Park<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li> <li>Harris Game Land (part)<a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-17">[17]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemlock_Bluffs_Nature_Preserve" title="Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve">Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve</a></li> <li>Hilltop Needmore Town Park & Preserve<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JC_Raulston_Arboretum" title="JC Raulston Arboretum">JC Raulston Arboretum</a></li> <li>Jordan Game Land (part)<a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-17">[17]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Crabtree_County_Park" title="Lake Crabtree County Park">Lake Crabtree County Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_parks#State_Natural_Areas" title="List of North Carolina state parks">Mitchell Mill State Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Executive_Mansion" title="North Carolina Executive Mansion">North Carolina Executive Mansion</a>, historic site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Museum_of_History" title="North Carolina Museum of History">North Carolina Museum of History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Capitol" title="North Carolina State Capitol">North Carolina State Capitol</a>, historic site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Museum_of_Natural_Sciences#Prairie_Ridge_Ecostation" title="North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences">Prairie Ridge Ecostation</a></li> <li>Robertson Millpond Preserve<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li> <li>Sandy Pines Preserve<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li> <li>Turnipseed Nature Preserve<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Umstead_State_Park" title="William B. Umstead State Park">William B. Umstead State Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_water_bodies">Major water bodies</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major water bodies" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Category:Rivers of Wake County, North Carolina">Category:Rivers of Wake County, North Carolina</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lake" title="Jordan Lake">B. Everett Jordan Lake</a></li> <li>Beaver Dam Lake<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brier_Creek_Reservoir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brier Creek Reservoir (page does not exist)">Brier Creek Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crabtree_Creek_(Neuse_River_tributary)" title="Crabtree Creek (Neuse River tributary)">Crabtree Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_Creek_(Crabtree_Creek_tributary)" title="House Creek (Crabtree Creek tributary)">House Creek</a></li> <li>Lake Benson<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></li> <li>Lake Betz<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Crabtree" title="Lake Crabtree">Lake Crabtree</a></li> <li>Lake Johnson<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></li> <li>Lake Wheeler<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_(Neuse_River_tributary)" title="Little River (Neuse River tributary)">Little River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuse_River" title="Neuse River">Neuse River</a></li> <li>Shearon Harris Reservoir<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirrup_Iron_Creek" title="Stirrup Iron Creek">Stirrup Iron Creek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Granville_County,_North_Carolina" title="Granville County, North Carolina">Granville County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin County</a> – northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Johnston County, North Carolina">Johnston County</a> – southeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina" title="Harnett County, North Carolina">Harnett County</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chatham County, North Carolina">Chatham County</a> – west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham County</a> – northwest</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg/220px-Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg/220px-Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg/330px-Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg/440px-Falls_Lake_in_August_2022_3.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Falls Lake State Recreation Area</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg/220px-Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 124px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg/220px-Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="124" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg/330px-Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg/440px-Jordan_Lake_Boat_Ramp.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Jordan Lake State Recreation Area</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_parks">State parks</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: State parks" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Wake County is home to three state parks: <a href="/wiki/Falls_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Falls Lake State Recreation Area">Falls Lake State Recreation Area</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Jordan Lake State Recreation Area">Jordan Lake State Recreation Area</a>, and <a href="/wiki/William_B._Umstead_State_Park" title="William B. Umstead State Park">William B. Umstead State Park</a>. Falls Lake Park is located in northern Wake County and contains the 12,000-acre (49 km2) <a href="/wiki/Falls_Lake" title="Falls Lake">Falls Lake</a> and 26,000 acres (110 km2) of woodlands.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Umstead Park is situated between Raleigh and Cary near RDU. Located right off I-40, it is divided into two sections, <a href="/wiki/Crabtree_Creek_(Neuse_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crabtree Creek (Neuse River)">Crabtree Creek</a> and Reedy Creek, and contains 5,579 acres (22.58 km2) of woodlands.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Jordan Lake Park, which is partially located in Wake County near Apex, contains 13,940-acre (56.4 km2) Jordan Lake and 46,768 acres (189.26 km2) of woodlands. This park is known for being home to <a href="/wiki/Bald_eagle" title="Bald eagle">bald eagles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_parks_and_recreation_centers">County parks and recreation centers</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: County parks and recreation centers" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> There are 152 county parks, city parks, public swimming and public tennis facilities in Wake County. In addition, there are 53 <a href="/wiki/Community_centre" title="Community centre">community centers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Notable parks include <a href="/wiki/Pullen_Park" title="Pullen Park">Pullen Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yates_Mill" title="Yates Mill">Yates Mill Park</a>. The <a href="/wiki/American_Tobacco_Trail" title="American Tobacco Trail">American Tobacco Trail</a> is a 22-mile (35 km) <a href="/wiki/Rail_trail" title="Rail trail">rail trail</a> project that is located in the <a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park" title="Research Triangle Park">Research Triangle Park</a> region. Fifteen miles of the trail is located in Wake County and is open to pedestrians, cyclists, <a href="/wiki/Equestrianism" title="Equestrianism">equestrians</a> (in non-urban sections), and other non-motorized users. The <a href="/wiki/Capital_Area_Greenway" title="Capital Area Greenway">Capital Area Greenway</a> system has over 100 miles (160 km) of paved walking and biking trails and connects to other systems operated by municipalities and neighboring counties. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output 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.us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style>Note</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>10,192</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>13,437</td><td></td><td>31.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>17,096</td><td></td><td>27.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>20,102</td><td></td><td>17.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>20,398</td><td></td><td>1.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>21,118</td><td></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>24,888</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>28,627</td><td></td><td>15.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>35,617</td><td></td><td>24.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>47,939</td><td></td><td>34.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>49,207</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>54,626</td><td></td><td>11.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>63,229</td><td></td><td>15.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>75,155</td><td></td><td>18.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>94,757</td><td></td><td>26.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>109,544</td><td></td><td>15.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>136,450</td><td></td><td>24.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>169,082</td><td></td><td>23.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>228,453</td><td></td><td>35.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>301,327</td><td></td><td>31.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>423,380</td><td></td><td>40.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>627,846</td><td></td><td>48.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>900,993</td><td></td><td>43.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>1,129,410</td><td></td><td>25.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">1,190,275</td><td><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-1">[1]</a></td><td>5.4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> 1790–1960<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> 1900–1990<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> 1990–2000<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> 2010–2020<a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-1">[1]</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2020 census" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Wake County, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>Note: the U.S. census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) </th> <th>Pop 2000<a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-40">[40]</a> </th> <th>Pop 2010<a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-41">[41]</a> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-42">[42]</a> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>439,160 </td> <td>560,536 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">645,020 </td> <td>69.95% </td> <td>62.21% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">57.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>122,648 </td> <td>182,793 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">204,535 </td> <td>19.53% </td> <td>20.29% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">18.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,821 </td> <td>2,537 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2,760 </td> <td>0.29% </td> <td>0.28% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>21,183 </td> <td>48,287 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">96,665 </td> <td>3.37% </td> <td>5.36% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">8.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>178 </td> <td>317 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">453 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.04% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>842 </td> <td>1,755 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">6,210 </td> <td>0.13% </td> <td>0.19% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>8,029 </td> <td>16,846 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">45,526 </td> <td>1.28% </td> <td>1.87% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">4.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>33,985 </td> <td>87,922 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">128,241 </td> <td>5.41% </td> <td>9.76% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">11.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total </td> <td>627,846 </td> <td>900,993 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,129,410 </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td>100.00% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">100.00% </td></tr></tbody></table> As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, 1,129,410 people, 419,361 households, and 279,243 families were residing in the county. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_census_estimate">2018 census estimate</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2018 census estimate" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> At the 2018 <a href="/wiki/Population_Estimates_Program" title="Population Estimates Program">census estimate</a>,<a href="#cite_note-GR2-43">[43]</a> 1,092,776 people, 421,265 households, and 276,363 families resided in the county. The population density was 1,308.72 people per square mile (505.30 people/km2). The 458,953 housing units had an average density of 311 units per square mile (120 units/km2). The <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">racial makeup</a> of the county was 59.40% White, 14.29% African American, 9.24% Hispanics or Latinos of any race, 12.84% Asian, 4.04% from other races, 3.13% from two or more races, 0.16% Native American, and 0.03% Pacific Islander. Of the 242,040 households, 34.0% had children under 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were not families. About 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 3.06. In the county, the age distribution was 25.1% under 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 96.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $54,988, and for a family was $67,149. Males had a median income of $44,472 versus $31,579 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,004. About 4.90% of families and 7.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.60% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over. In Wake County, 29% of the population is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, 22% are affiliated with the Catholic Church, 17% are affiliated with the United Methodist Church, 6% are affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), and 27% are religiously affiliated with other denominations or religions, or are not religiously affiliated. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Law and government" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sheriffs_of_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina">List of Sheriffs of Wake County, North Carolina</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Carolina_State_Capitol,_Raleigh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg/220px-North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="975" data-file-height="731"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg/220px-North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg/330px-North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg/440px-North_Carolina_State_Capitol%2C_Raleigh.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Capitol" title="North Carolina State Capitol">North Carolina State Capitol</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg/220px-North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg/220px-North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg/330px-North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg/440px-North-Carolina-Legislative-Building-20080321.jpeg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Legislative_Building" title="North Carolina State Legislative Building">North Carolina State Legislative Building</a></figcaption></figure> The county is governed by the <a href="/wiki/Wake_County_Board_of_Commissioners" title="Wake County Board of Commissioners">Wake County Board of Commissioners</a>, a seven-member board of <a href="/wiki/County_commission" title="County commission">county commissioners</a>, elected at large to serve four-year terms.<a href="#cite_note-BoCfacts-44">[44]</a> Despite being selected by the whole county, each commissioner represents a district in which they live.<a href="#cite_note-johnsonn&o-45">[45]</a> Terms are staggered so that every two years, three or four commissioners are up for election. The commissioners enact policies such as the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a> rate, regulation of land use and <a href="/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States" title="Zoning in the United States">zoning</a> outside municipal jurisdictions, and adoption of the annual budget. Commissioners meet on the first and third Mondays of each month.<a href="#cite_note-BoCfacts-44">[44]</a> County voters also elect a <a href="/wiki/Register_of_deeds" class="mw-redirect" title="Register of deeds">register of deeds</a>, who is responsible for maintaining legal records including property deeds, birth certificates, and marriage licenses.<a href="#cite_note-johnsonn&o-45">[45]</a> The first professional county manager was hired in 1965.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJohnson200977-8">[8]</a> Wake County is a member of the regional <a href="/wiki/Triangle_J_Council_of_Governments" class="mw-redirect" title="Triangle J Council of Governments">Triangle J Council of Governments</a>. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Politics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> For much of the 20th century, Wake County was politically dominated by <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democrat" title="Conservative Democrat">conservative Democrats</a>, many of them wealthy Raleighites. By the 1980s, enough socially-liberal Democrat and Republican professionals from the North had relocated to the county to break down this system of affairs.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESherman201280%E2%80%9381-46">[46]</a> In 1994, Republicans won their first majority on the county commission in over 100 years.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In 2009, Republicans won a majority on the Wake County Board of Education. Their majority lasted only two years due to several controversies including a student reassignment plan, and Democrats retook control of the board in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParcelTaylor2015109%E2%80%93110-48">[48]</a> In 2008, the county swung hard to <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, who defeated <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> 56 to 43 percent. Obama became the first Democrat since <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Johnson">Lyndon Johnson</a> to win a majority of the county's vote. In 2012, Obama won Wake County again over Mitt Romney with 54 percent of the vote to Romney's 44 percent – the first time in almost half a century that a Democrat carried the county in consecutive elections. Obama's performance in Wake mirrored his strong showing along <a href="/wiki/Interstate_85_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 85 in North Carolina">Interstate 85</a>. In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the county 57 percent to Donald Trump's 37 percent, and in 2020 Joe Biden won the county with 62 percent of the vote to Donald Trump's 36 percent, reflecting the nationwide shift towards Democrats in urban and suburban areas.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Biden's margin was the largest for a Democrat in the county since 1948. Trump was the first Republican in over 60 years to fail to receive at least 40 percent of the county's vote. <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Wake County, North Carolina<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2024</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">236,735 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.22% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">402,984 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">61.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13,861 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2020</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">226,197 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.80% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">393,336 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">62.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12,297 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2016</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">196,082 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37.16% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">302,736 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">57.38% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">28,806 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2012</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">211,596 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.50% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">267,262 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">54.94% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,569 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2008</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">187,001 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.28% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">250,891 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">56.73% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,353 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2004 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2004</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">177,324 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">50.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">169,909 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,611 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.46% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2000</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">142,494 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">53.13% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">123,466 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.03% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,260 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1996</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">108,780 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">103,574 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.88% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13,401 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1992</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">86,798 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">88,979 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.89% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">31,690 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1988 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1988</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">81,613 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">56.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">61,352 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.75% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">539 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1984</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">81,251 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">61.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">50,323 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">297 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1980</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49,768 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.31% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49,003 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.58% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,422 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1976</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44,291 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49.89% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44,005 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.57% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">479 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1972</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">56,808 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">70.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,807 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,174 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1968</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28,928 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.08% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20,979 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.24% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17,250 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1964</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22,542 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.59% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,653 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">58.41% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1960</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18,436 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.44% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26,050 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">58.56% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1956</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,194 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,427 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">59.61% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1952</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,057 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.16% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,393 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">60.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1948</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,850 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,939 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">73.45% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,634 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1944</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,996 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.13% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,050 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">81.87% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1940 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1940</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,665 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,083 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">87.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1936</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,456 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,850 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">88.99% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1932 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1932</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,170 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.56% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">14,863 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">86.02% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">246 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1928 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1928</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,720 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,341 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">58.16% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1924</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,975 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.14% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,376 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70.77% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">485 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1920</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,653 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.29% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,020 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1916</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,461 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,627 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">65.23% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1912 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1912</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">282 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,996 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68.81% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,529 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1908</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,961 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.30% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,713 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">55.55% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1904</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,267 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,410 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">72.55% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1900</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,947 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,774 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">54.65% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1896</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,675 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.19% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,396 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">53.31% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">50 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1892</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,987 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,724 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.07% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,935 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">33.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1888</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,029 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52.23% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,511 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.85% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">89 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1884 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1884</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,291 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,750 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">52.52% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1880</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,622 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">51.46% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,359 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1876 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1876</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,441 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">50.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,315 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.28% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> Democrats fared well in Wake County during the 2008 election. In the 1998 Senate race, <a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> won in Wake County, which helped him defeat incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Lauch_Faircloth" title="Lauch Faircloth">Lauch Faircloth</a>. In 2000 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Easley" title="Mike Easley">Mike Easley</a> won the governor's race here with 55% of the vote. In 2004, Easley won again, winning with 59 percent to 40 percent for opponent <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ballantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Ballantine">Patrick Ballantine</a>. Democrat <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Perdue" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverly Perdue">Beverly Perdue</a> won Wake County in the 2008 Governor's election by a 51 to 45 percent margin. In 2002, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Dole" title="Elizabeth Dole">Elizabeth Dole</a> defeated Democrat <a href="/wiki/Erskine_Bowles" title="Erskine Bowles">Erskine Bowles</a> with 55% of the vote in Wake County, and won by a large margin statewide. However, in 2004, Bowles won the county with 52 percent, despite losing statewide to <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">Richard Burr</a> by the same margin. In 2008 <a href="/wiki/Kay_Hagan" title="Kay Hagan">Kay Hagan</a> defeated Dole 56 to 40 percent. Democratic strength is concentrated primarily in <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>. Republican strength is concentrated in the rural and exurban areas in the northern and western parts of the county. The outskirts of Raleigh, and the towns of <a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a>, are mostly home to swing voters.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Economy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> Wake County's economy is heavily influenced by the Research Triangle Park (RTP), located between Durham and Raleigh. RTP is the country's largest <a href="/wiki/Industrial_park" title="Industrial park">industrial park</a> and a primary center in the United States for <a href="/wiki/High-tech" class="mw-redirect" title="High-tech">high-tech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biotech" class="mw-redirect" title="Biotech">biotech</a> research, as well as textile development. The park is home to more than 160 companies employing over 50,000 people.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> The largest employers in the Park include <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> (11,000 employees), <a href="/wiki/GlaxoSmithKline" class="mw-redirect" title="GlaxoSmithKline">GlaxoSmithKline</a> (6,400 employees), and <a href="/wiki/Cisco_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Cisco Systems">Cisco Systems</a> (3,400 employees).<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Wake County's industrial base includes electrical, medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; clothing and apparel; food processing; paper products; and pharmaceuticals. The agriculture industry is visible in rural areas of the county, with tobacco, cotton, wheat, soybeans, and corn being the most common products grown. <a href="/wiki/SAS_Institute" title="SAS Institute">SAS Institute</a>, one of the largest privately held software companies in the world,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> is located in Cary, and Raleigh is home to the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> retailer <a href="/wiki/Advance_Auto_Parts" title="Advance Auto Parts">Advance Auto Parts</a>. Other major companies based in Wake County include <a href="/wiki/A10_Networks" title="A10 Networks">A10 Networks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verizon" title="Verizon">Verizon</a>, <a href="/wiki/3Dsolve" class="mw-redirect" title="3Dsolve">3Dsolve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carquest" title="Carquest">Carquest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butterball" title="Butterball">Butterball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Incorporated" title="Cotton Incorporated">Cotton Incorporated</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epic_Games" title="Epic Games">Epic Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Corporation" title="Lord Corporation">Lord Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lenovo_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenovo Group">Lenovo Group</a> (U.S. headquarters), <a href="/wiki/Tekelec" title="Tekelec">Tekelec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat" title="Red Hat">Red Hat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Corral" title="Golden Corral">Golden Corral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Marietta_Materials" title="Martin Marietta Materials">Martin Marietta Materials</a>. In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> magazine listed Raleigh and Cary among the best cities to find jobs in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> as well as being the area ranked as the best place for business and careers.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Also in 2007, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> ranked the region as the third best area for job growth, the top region for technology workers,<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> and Bizjournals.com ranked it as the fourth best place for young adult job seekers.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> On April 26, 2021, <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> announced that they would build a $1 billion hub in the Wake County portion of the <a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park" title="Research Triangle Park">Research Triangle Park</a>. It is expected to house a 1,000,000 square foot facility and hire more than 3,000 people with a minimum average salary of $185,000 per year.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transportation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Major highways" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/24px-I-40.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/24px-I-40.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/36px-I-40.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/I-40.svg/48px-I-40.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_40_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 40 in North Carolina">I-40</a> is the only major Interstate Highway that runs through the county. It offers direct access to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Cary, Garner, Morrisville, and Raleigh. It has two auxiliary routes in Wake County.</li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/I-42.svg/24px-I-42.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="641" data-file-height="641"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/I-42.svg/24px-I-42.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/I-42.svg/36px-I-42.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/I-42.svg/48px-I-42.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_42_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 42 in North Carolina">I-42</a></li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/24px-I-87.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/24px-I-87.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/36px-I-87.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/48px-I-87.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> <noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/24px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 12px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/24px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="12" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/36px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/48px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/24px-I-87.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/24px-I-87.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/36px-I-87.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/48px-I-87.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_87_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 87 (North Carolina)">I-87</a> / Future I-87 will eventually connect I-40 to <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>. Its Wake County section is concurrent with U.S. 64. The highway is currently signed as I-87 only where it already meets Interstate standards: along the Raleigh Beltline (where its southern terminus is at I-440's Exit 16 and I-40's Exit 301) and along the <a href="/wiki/Knightdale_Bypass" class="mw-redirect" title="Knightdale Bypass">Knightdale Bypass</a>, which runs from I-440 to the Business 64 exit between <a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wendell,_North_Carolina" title="Wendell, North Carolina">Wendell</a>. East of this point, the road is a controlled-access freeway but does not meet interstate standards, so it is marked with "Future" I-87 signs. The "future" designation will be removed as the road is eventually upgraded by improving the road's <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_(road)" title="Shoulder (road)">shoulders</a>, which are currently too narrow to qualify for an Interstate Highway designation. There is no timetable for these improvements.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Interstate 87 will run along the same routing, and will eventually will be extended along US 64, US 17, and other roads (some yet to be built) to Norfolk.</li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/I-440.svg/30px-I-440.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/I-440.svg/30px-I-440.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="30" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/I-440.svg/45px-I-440.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/I-440.svg/60px-I-440.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_440_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 440 (North Carolina)">I-440</a> is the northern, western, and eastern portion of the "Beltline" that encircles most of central Raleigh. The southern portion of the Beltline is I-40.</li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/I-540.svg/30px-I-540.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/I-540.svg/30px-I-540.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="30" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/I-540.svg/45px-I-540.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/I-540.svg/60px-I-540.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> <noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Toll_plate_yellow.svg/24px-Toll_plate_yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 12px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Toll_plate_yellow.svg/24px-Toll_plate_yellow.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="12" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Toll_plate_yellow.svg/36px-Toll_plate_yellow.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Toll_plate_yellow.svg/48px-Toll_plate_yellow.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/NC_540.svg/24px-NC_540.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/NC_540.svg/24px-NC_540.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/NC_540.svg/36px-NC_540.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/NC_540.svg/48px-NC_540.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_540_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 540 (North Carolina)">I-540</a> / NC 540 Toll is a 66-mile (106 km) partially completed loop that currently connects the <a href="/wiki/Satellite_town" class="mw-redirect" title="Satellite town">satellite towns</a> of Knightdale, Cary, Morrisville, Apex, and Holly Springs. The completed portion in northern Wake County is called the Northern Wake Expressway (I-540). It continues as a non-Interstate route, NC 540, in western Wake County, almost all of which is a toll road. The remaining segments to be constructed will also be designated as NC 540 and will be tolled, with an approximate cost of $2.2 billion.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/24px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 12px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/24px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="12" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/36px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/48px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/I-587.svg/30px-I-587.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 30px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/I-587.svg/30px-I-587.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="30" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/I-587.svg/45px-I-587.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/I-587.svg/60px-I-587.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/Interstate_587_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 587 (North Carolina)">Future I-587</a></li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/I-885.svg/30px-I-885.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601"></noscript><span 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title="Interstate 885 (North Carolina)">I-885</a> / NC 885 Toll (originally <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_147" title="North Carolina Highway 147">NC 147 Toll</a>)</li> <li><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/24px-US_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 24px;height: 24px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/24px-US_1.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="24" data-height="24" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/36px-US_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_1.svg/48px-US_1.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina">US 1</a></li> <li><noscript><img alt="" 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travels through Wake County, as does the <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>-to-Florida <a href="/wiki/U.S._Bicycle_Route_1" title="U.S. Bicycle Route 1">U.S. Bicycle Route 1</a>. <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Bicycle_Route_5" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Bicycle Route 5">North Carolina Bicycle Route 5</a>, the "Cape Fear Run", connects Apex to the coastal city of <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_infrastructure">Major infrastructure</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Major infrastructure" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RDU-27527.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/RDU-27527.jpg/220px-RDU-27527.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1860" data-file-height="1184"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 140px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/RDU-27527.jpg/220px-RDU-27527.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="140" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/RDU-27527.jpg/330px-RDU-27527.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/RDU-27527.jpg/440px-RDU-27527.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Raleigh-Durham International Airport is located in the center of <a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle_Park" title="Research Triangle Park">Research Triangle Park</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cary_station_(North_Carolina)" title="Cary station (North Carolina)">Cary Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GoTriangle" title="GoTriangle">GoTriangle</a>, operates buses that serve the region and connect to municipal bus systems in <a href="/wiki/GoRaleigh" title="GoRaleigh">Raleigh</a>, <a href="/wiki/GoDurham" title="GoDurham">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/GoCary" title="GoCary">Cary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill_Transit" title="Chapel Hill Transit">Chapel Hill</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hope_Valley_Railway" title="New Hope Valley Railway">New Hope Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Fair_station" title="North Carolina State Fair station">North Carolina State Fair Station</a>, seasonal <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> station that serves the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Fair" title="North Carolina State Fair">North Carolina State Fair</a> in October</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh-Durham_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Raleigh-Durham International Airport">Raleigh-Durham International Airport</a>, located in northwestern Wake County off Interstate 40. The airport offers service to more than 35 domestic and international destinations.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> The airport currently serves more than 14 million passengers a year.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_Union_Station" title="Raleigh Union Station">Raleigh Union Station</a></li> <li>Triple W Airport<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Higher education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NCSU_Belltower.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/NCSU_Belltower.png/170px-NCSU_Belltower.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="364" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="400"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 364px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/NCSU_Belltower.png/170px-NCSU_Belltower.png" data-width="170" data-height="364" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/NCSU_Belltower.png 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University_Memorial_Belltower" title="North Carolina State University Memorial Belltower">North Carolina State University Memorial Belltower</a></figcaption></figure> Wake County is home to eight institutions of higher learning. They include <a href="/wiki/Meredith_College" title="Meredith College">Meredith College</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a>, Campbell University's <a href="/wiki/Norman_Adrian_Wiggins_School_of_Law" title="Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law">Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peace_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace College">Peace College</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Augustine%27s_College_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Augustine's College (North Carolina)">Saint Augustine's College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaw_University" title="Shaw University">Shaw University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Baptist_Theological_Seminary" title="Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary">Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wake_Technical_Community_College" title="Wake Technical Community College">Wake Technical Community College</a>. The <a href="/wiki/State_Library_of_North_Carolina" title="State Library of North Carolina">State Library of North Carolina</a> is an institution which serves North Carolina libraries, state government employees, <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">genealogists</a>, and the citizens of North Carolina. There are two locations in Raleigh. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(government_funded)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (government funded)">Public education</a> in Wake County is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Wake_County_Public_School_System" title="Wake County Public School System">Wake County Public School System</a>, the 15th largest public school district in the country with over 155,000 students.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> There are 27 high schools, 33 middle schools, 104 elementary schools, and eight specialized schools. In addition, nine <a href="/wiki/Charter_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter schools">charter schools</a> and 31 private schools are located in the county. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Libraries" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The Wake County Public Library system operates 22 branches throughout the county. There are 11 facilities in Raleigh. Cary and Apex each have two facilities. Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Wake Forest, Zebulon, Knightdale and Wendell each have one library facility. The Wake County library system keeps books, periodicals, and audio books and has recently expanded the selection to include downloadable e-books.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Healthcare" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> Wake County is served by three healthcare systems: <a href="/wiki/WakeMed_Health_%26_Hospitals" class="mw-redirect" title="WakeMed Health & Hospitals">WakeMed Health & Hospitals</a>, <a href="/wiki/UNC_Rex_Healthcare" title="UNC Rex Healthcare">UNC Rex Healthcare</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Duke_University_Health_System" title="Duke University Health System">Duke Raleigh Hospital</a>. In addition to WakeMed's Raleigh main campus, the system operates two community hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital, a mental health hospital and four outpatient "healthplexes" with full-service ERs in the county. <a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Museums" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Museum_of_Art" title="North Carolina Museum of Art">North Carolina Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Museum_of_Natural_Sciences" title="North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences">North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Museum_of_History" title="North Carolina Museum of History">North Carolina Museum of History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Raleigh_Museum" title="City of Raleigh Museum">City of Raleigh Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marbles_Kids_Museum" title="Marbles Kids Museum">Marbles Kids Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.C._Raulston_Arboretum" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Raulston Arboretum">J.C. Raulston Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Lane_House" title="Joel Lane House">Joel Lane House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page-Walker_Hotel" title="Page-Walker Hotel">Page-Walker Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordecai_House" title="Mordecai House">Mordecai House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Railroad_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Railroad Museum">North Carolina Railroad Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_House_Museum" title="Pope House Museum">Pope House Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Art_Museum_of_Raleigh" title="Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh">Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Performing arts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> A number of outdoor concert venues regularly host major international touring acts. Among these are <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Credit_Union_Music_Park" title="Coastal Credit Union Music Park">Coastal Credit Union Music Park</a>, located in Southeast Raleigh, <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Amphitheater" title="Red Hat Amphitheater">Red Hat Amphitheater</a>, located in downtown Raleigh, <a href="/wiki/Koka_Booth_Amphitheatre" title="Koka Booth Amphitheatre">Koka Booth Amphitheatre</a>, located in Cary, and the North Carolina Museum of Art's Amphitheater, located in West Raleigh. Numerous smaller theaters and clubs also host concerts throughout the county. Occasionally the larger sporting venues such as PNC Arena and Carter-Finley Stadium do as well. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_Energy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts (page does not exist)">Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts</a> complex houses the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, the Fletcher Opera Theater, the Kennedy Theatre, and the Meymandi Concert Hall. Theater performances are also offered at the <a href="/wiki/Raleigh_Little_Theatre" title="Raleigh Little Theatre">Raleigh Little Theatre</a>, Theatre in the Park and Stewart Theater at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Applause! Cary Youth Theatre, Cary Players Community Theatre, Sertoma Amphitheater at Bond Park, are located in Cary. Other theaters and performing arts locations include The Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex and Garner Historic Auditorium in Garner. Local colleges and universities add to the options available for viewing live performances. Wake County is home to several professional arts organizations, including the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Symphony" title="North Carolina Symphony">North Carolina Symphony</a>, the Opera Company of North Carolina, the North Carolina Theatre, and Carolina Ballet. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_arts">Visual arts</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Visual arts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The North Carolina Museum of Art, occupying a large suburban campus on Blue Ridge Road near the State Fairgrounds, houses one of the premier public art collections between Washington, D.C., and <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>. In addition to collections of <a href="/wiki/Visual_art_of_the_United_States" title="Visual art of the United States">American art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_art_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Western art history">European art</a>, <a href="/wiki/African_art" title="African art">African art</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_art" title="Ancient art">ancient art</a>,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> the museum recently has hosted major exhibitions featuring <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Rodin" title="Auguste Rodin">Auguste Rodin</a> (in 2000) and <a href="/wiki/Claude_Monet" title="Claude Monet">Claude Monet</a> (in 2006–07), each attracting more than 200,000 visitors.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> The museum is currently hosting a special exhibition of contemporary installation art called You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Unlike most public museums, the North Carolina Museum of Art acquired a large number of the works in its permanent collection through purchases with public funds. The museum's outdoor park is one of the largest such <a href="/wiki/Sculpture_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Sculpture park">art parks</a> in the country.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Located in downtown Raleigh, the <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Art_Museum_of_Raleigh" title="Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh">Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh</a> offers a continuously rotating and updated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and multimedia. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(12)"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Sports" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-12 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-12"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional">Professional</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Professional" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG/220px-Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG/220px-Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG/330px-Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG/440px-Hurricanes_Home_Ice.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> hockey game at the RBC Center, now (<a href="/wiki/PNC_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="PNC Arena">PNC Arena</a>)</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a> franchise moved to Raleigh in 1999 from their temporary home of <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a>, after having departed <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>, in 1997. Their home arena, the <a href="/wiki/PNC_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="PNC Arena">PNC Arena</a>, also hosts concerts and other public events. The Hurricanes are the only major league (<a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>, <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a>) professional sports team in North Carolina to have won a championship, winning the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> in 2006, over the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a>. <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_FC" title="North Carolina FC">North Carolina FC</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League" title="United Soccer League">United Soccer League</a> and the affiliated women's team <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Courage" title="North Carolina Courage">North Carolina Courage</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> are located in Cary and play at the <a href="/wiki/WakeMed_Soccer_Park" title="WakeMed Soccer Park">WakeMed Soccer Park</a>. The Courage is the reigning NWSL Shield Winner and NWSL Champion, breaking the NWSL season record for most wins, points, and goals in the process.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Mudcats" title="Carolina Mudcats">Carolina Mudcats</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> team located in eastern Wake County. Their ballpark, <a href="/wiki/Five_County_Stadium" title="Five County Stadium">Five County Stadium</a>, is located in Zebulon. The Research Triangle region has hosted the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Golfers%27_Association_of_America" title="Professional Golfers' Association of America">Professional Golfers' Association (PGA)</a> <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide Tour">Nationwide Tour</a> <a href="/wiki/Rex_Hospital_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Rex Hospital Open">Rex Hospital Open</a> since 1994, with the current location of play at Raleigh's Wakefield Plantation. In 2024 The Rex Hospital Open was changed to the UNC Health Championship and is now played at Raleigh Country Club, located on just east of downtown Raleigh. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: College" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a>, which is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> (ACC) and <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a>, plays their home basketball games at the PNC Arena and home football games at <a href="/wiki/Carter%E2%80%93Finley_Stadium" title="Carter–Finley Stadium">Carter–Finley Stadium</a>. Other institutions of higher learning that compete in competitive sports include St. Augustine's College (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> (CIAA)), Meredith College (NCAA <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">Division III</a> and <a href="/wiki/USA_South_Athletic_Conference" title="USA South Athletic Conference">USA South Athletic Conference</a>), William Peace University (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a>, <a href="/wiki/USA_South_Athletic_Conference" title="USA South Athletic Conference">USA South Athletic Conference</a>), Shaw University <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association</a> (CIAA)), and Wake Technical Community College (<a href="/wiki/NJCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NJCAA">NJCAA</a>). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amateur">Amateur</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Amateur" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The Raleigh Cú Chulainn, which includes a <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurling</a> team and a <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> team, is based in Wake County. The football team won the 2014 Men's Junior Championship in <a href="/wiki/North_American_GAA" class="mw-redirect" title="North American GAA">North American Gaelic Athletic Association</a> competition. The <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Tigers">North Carolina Tigers</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Australian_Rules_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rules football">Australian Rules football</a> club in the <a href="/wiki/USAFL" class="mw-redirect" title="USAFL">United States Australian Football League (USAFL)</a> and competing in the <a href="/wiki/EAFL" class="mw-redirect" title="EAFL">Eastern Australian Football League (EAFL)</a>, are based in Raleigh. Wake County is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Rollergirls" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina Rollergirls">Carolina Rollergirls</a>, an all-women flat-track roller derby team that is a competing member of the <a href="/wiki/WFTDA" class="mw-redirect" title="WFTDA">Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA)</a>. The Carolina Rollergirls compete at the North Carolina State Fairground's <a href="/wiki/Dorton_Arena" title="Dorton Arena">Dorton Arena</a>. Because of the area's many billiards rooms, Raleigh is home to one of the largest amateur league franchises for playing <a href="/wiki/Pool_(cue_sports)" title="Pool (cue sports)">pool</a>, the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill <a href="/wiki/American_Poolplayers_Association" title="American Poolplayers Association">American Poolplayers Association</a>. There are leagues available in <a href="/wiki/Eight-ball" title="Eight-ball">eight-ball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nine-ball" title="Nine-ball">nine-ball</a>, and Masters formats for players of any skill level. The <a href="/wiki/USA_Baseball" title="USA Baseball">USA Baseball</a> National Training Complex is located in Cary. Home of the Capital City Steelers three time national champions of Pop Warner Football. Also featured in Raleigh/Durham is the Carolina Phoenix, Women's Professional Tackle Football team. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(13)"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Communities" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-13 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-13"> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/350px-Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" decoding="async" width="350" height="359" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="779" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 350px;height: 359px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/350px-Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" data-width="350" data-height="359" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/525px-Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/700px-Map_of_Wake_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Map of Wake County with municipal and township labels</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading 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</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a> (small part in Chatham County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuquay-Varina,_North_Carolina" title="Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina">Fuquay-Varina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrisville,_North_Carolina" title="Morrisville, North Carolina">Morrisville</a> (small part in Durham County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolesville,_North_Carolina" title="Rolesville, North Carolina">Rolesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a> (small part in Franklin County)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell,_North_Carolina" title="Wendell, North Carolina">Wendell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebulon,_North_Carolina" title="Zebulon, North Carolina">Zebulon</a> (partly in Nash County)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Townships">Townships</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Townships" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bartons_Creek_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bartons Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Bartons Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckhorn_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buckhorn Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Buckhorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cary Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Fork_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cedar Fork Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Cedar Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_Creek_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="House Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina">House Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leesville_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Leesville Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Leesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_River_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Little River Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Little River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marks_Creek_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Marks Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Marks Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meredith_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Meredith Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Creek_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Middle Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Middle Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuse_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Neuse Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Neuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Light_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Light Township, Wake County, North Carolina">New Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_Branch_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Panther Branch Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Panther Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="St. Mary's Township, Wake County, North Carolina">St. Mary's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthew%27s_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="St. Matthew's Township, Wake County, North Carolina">St. Matthew's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift_Creek_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Swift Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Swift Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest Township, Wake County, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Oak_Township,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="White Oak Township, Wake County, North Carolina">White Oak</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=42" 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title="Falls, North Carolina">Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltonville,_North_Carolina" title="Feltonville, North Carolina">Feltonville</a></li> <li>Five Points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestville,_North_Carolina" title="Forestville, North Carolina">Forestville</a></li> <li>Fowlers Crossroads</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Friendship, Wake County, North Carolina">Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Level,_Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Green Level, Wake County, North Carolina">Green Level</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holland,_North_Carolina" title="Holland, North Carolina">Holland</a></li> <li>Hollemans Crossroads</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins,_North_Carolina" title="Hopkins, North Carolina">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennebec,_North_Carolina" title="Kennebec, North Carolina">Kennebec</a></li> <li>Lassiter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leesville,_North_Carolina" title="Leesville, North Carolina">Leesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizard_Lick,_North_Carolina" title="Lizard Lick, North Carolina">Lizard Lick</a></li> <li>Macks Village</li> <li>McCullers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCullers_Crossroads,_North_Carolina" title="McCullers Crossroads, North Carolina">McCullers Crossroads</a></li> <li>Medfield</li> <li>Mount Pleasant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuse,_North_Carolina" title="Neuse, North Carolina">Neuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="New Hill, North Carolina">New Hill</a></li> <li>New Hope</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Light,_North_Carolina" title="New Light, North Carolina">New Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purnell,_North_Carolina" title="Purnell, North Carolina">Purnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Riley Hill, North Carolina">Riley Hill</a></li> <li>Sandy Plain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotwell,_North_Carolina" title="Shotwell, North Carolina">Shotwell</a></li> <li>Six Forks</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stony_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Stony Hill, North Carolina">Stony Hill</a></li> <li>Wake Crossroads</li> <li>Walkers Crossroads</li> <li>Westover</li> <li>Wilbon</li> <li>Williams Crossroads</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Spring,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Willow Spring, North Carolina">Willow Spring</a></li> <li>Wyatt</li></ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(14)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wake_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-14 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-14"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Wake+County&rft.btitle=Branson%27s+North+Carolina+Business+Directory...1867-68&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+NC&rft.pages=105&rft.pub=Branson+%26+Jones&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dnjp.32101065143529%26seq%3D158%26view%3D2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWake+County%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bransonsnorthcar1896bran/page/606/mode/2up">"Wake County"</a>, Branson's North Carolina Business Directory, 1896, Raleigh, NC: Levi Branson, 1884, p. 606 – via <a href="/wiki/Archive.org" class="mw-redirect" title="Archive.org">archive.org</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Wake+County&rft.btitle=Branson%27s+North+Carolina+Business+Directory%2C+1896&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+NC&rft.pages=606&rft.pub=Levi+Branson&rft.date=1884&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbransonsnorthcar1896bran%2Fpage%2F606%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWake+County%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t2r49km5g&seq=528&view=2up">"Wake County"</a>, North Carolina Year Book and Business Directory, 1916, Raleigh, N.C.: News and Observer Publishing Company – via hathitrust.org</cite><span 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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Уейк (окръг, Северна Каролина) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уейк (окръг, Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Wake County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Wake County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target">ChiTumbuka</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_Gogledd_Carolina" title="Wake County, Gogledd Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wake County, Gogledd Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%27i_maakond" title="Wake'i maakond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Wake'i maakond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Wake" title="Condado de Wake – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Wake" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_konderria_(Ipar_Carolina)" title="Wake konderria (Ipar Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wake konderria (Ipar Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="شهرستان ویک، کارولینای شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان ویک، کارولینای شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Wake" title="Comté de Wake – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Wake" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Wake,_Carolina_Thuaidh" title="Contae Wake, Carolina Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Wake, Carolina Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="ویک ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="ویک ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target">گیلکی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC%EA%B5%B0" title="웨이크군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="웨이크군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="ৱেইক কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ৱেইক কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target">বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Wake" title="Contea di Wake – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Wake" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_megye" title="Wake megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wake megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="ویک شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ویک شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target">مازِرونی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_G%C3%B4ng_(North_Carolina)" title="Wake Gông (North Carolina) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Wake Gông (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E5%B7%9E)" title="ウェイク郡 (ノースカロライナ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウェイク郡 (ノースカロライナ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Уэйк (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Уэйк (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Нохчийн</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="ویک کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ویک کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Plattdüütsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Wake" title="Hrabstwo Wake – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Wake" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Wake" title="Condado de Wake – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Wake" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Wake,_Carolina_de_Nord" title="Comitatul Wake, Carolina de Nord – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Wake, Carolina de Nord" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Уэйк (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Уэйк (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Coonty,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Coonty, North Carolina – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wake Coonty, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wake County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BA_(%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Округ Вејк (Северна Каролина) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Вејк (Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wake County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waken_piirikunta" title="Waken piirikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Waken piirikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Уэйк (округ, Төньяк Каролина) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Уэйк (округ, Төньяк Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_County" title="Wake County – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Wake County" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Вейк (округ, Північна Кароліна) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вейк (округ, Північна Кароліна)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ویک کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویک کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولائنا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%E1%BA%ADn_Wake,_North_Carolina" title="Quận Wake, North Carolina – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quận Wake, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_han_Wake,_North_Carolina" title="Condado han Wake, North Carolina – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Condado han Wake, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target">Winaray</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%A6%E5%85%8B%E5%8E%BF_(%E5%8C%97%E5%8D%A1%E7%BD%97%E6%9D%A5%E7%BA%B3%E5%B7%9E)" title="韦克县 (北卡罗来纳州) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="韦克县 (北卡罗来纳州)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" 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