ok We use cookies on our website to allow you the best possible service. More information can be found here.
Your location:
  1. World
  2. North America
  3. U.S.A.
  4. North Carolina
  5. Raleigh

Raleigh

Raleigh

About Raleigh

458,880 in city
1,742,816 in metro
345 km² (133 mi²)
95.9073562622 m
Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. It is also a center of education, research, and cultural institutions. The city is located on the Fall Line, where the Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain, in the north central part of the state. With Durham and Chapel Hill, it forms a metropolitan area of more than 1.5 million people. Raleigh was founded in 1792 after the state legislature chose the site for the state capital, naming it for English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh. Significant growth came following World War II, particularly after establishment of the Research Triangle Park in 1959. Raleigh was the birthplace of President Andrew Johnson in 1808, and is also home to the North Carolina Museum of Art, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina State University, and several other institutions of higher education. Raleigh is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, and is now in the top 50 in population – larger than Cincinnati, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Tampa.

Boroughs

Central (76), East (2), Falls of Neuse (8), Glenwood (3), Hillsborough (25), North (5), North Central (21), Northeast (3), Northwest (21), Six Forks (5), Southwest (1), Wade (2), West (3)

Metro Cities

Advance, Apex, Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Dunn, Durham, Eagle Rock, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, New Hill, Raleigh, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell, Willow Spring, Zebulon

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
336 All Buildings
275
existing
2
under construction
16
planned
32
unbuilt
11
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 PNC Plaza 538 ft 2008
2 Two Hanover Square 431 ft 1991
3 150 Fayetteville 400 ft 1991
4 FNB Tower 316 ft 2019
5 One Progress Plaza 277 ft 1977

Building types

No. Type
201 low-rise building
65 high-rise building
31 mast (pole)
10 skyscraper
9 mast (framework)
9 open-air structure
4 church
3 stadium
1 mast (wired)
1 clock/bell tower
1 monumental hall
1 hall

Other buildings

No. Type
2 Famous buildings
9 Buildings with construction images