Since 1950 Raleigh is been part of the research triangle or mostly referred to as the “triangle” is a region in the Piedmont of North Carolina . The "Triangle" name was cemented in the public minds in the 1950s with the creation of Research Triangle Park, home to numerous high-tech companies and enterprises, And the home 3 major research universities of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University are located in this region. The Triangle's population is among the most educated in the United States, with one of the highest number of Ph.D.s per capita.
Since 1950 Raleigh has been the 15th fastest growing city and municipal population has surpassed those of Minneapolis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis since 2006. The population of Raleigh has grown by over 100,000 people since 2000 and its increase of 40 % in the past 8 years. The Raleigh-Cary metro area population increased by nearly 25% from, 2000,
to, 2006 to almost 1 million people - a faster rate than all but 7 United States metro areas, according to population estimates for all metro areas released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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