The Charlotte metropolitan area (also Metrolina, Charlotte Metro, or Charlotte USA) is a metropolitan area/region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte. Located in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States, the Charlotte metropolitan area is well known for its auto racing history (especially NASCAR) and is the United States' second largest banking and financial hub, behind New York City. The region is headquarters to 8 Fortune 500 and 13 Fortune 1000 companies including Bank of America, Duke Energy, Nucor Steel, Lowe's Home Improvement Stores, and Chiquita Brands. Additional headquarters include Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Cheerwine and Sundrop. It is also the Carolinas' largest manufacturing region. The Charlotte MSA is the largest in the Carolinas and the sixth largest metropolitan area in the Southeastern region of the United States, behind Miami, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Tampa, and Orlando.
The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is defined as twelve counties in North Carolina and four counties in South Carolina. The population of the MSA was 1,758,038 according to the 2010 Census. Charlotte is the 17th largest city and 33rd largest metro area in the United States. Charlotte is the 2nd largest city in the Southeast.
The Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is a regional population area including parts of North Carolina and South Carolina with a population of 2,442,564 according to 2011 Census estimates. The aforementioned MSA is the only metropolitan area (as defined since 2003) included in the CSA, but there are seven included micropolitan areas: Albemarle, Lincolnton, Salisbury, Shelby and Statesville-Mooresville in North Carolina and Lancaster and Chester in South Carolina.
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—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
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—Bettina Arndt (20th century)