Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina, and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population. Its county seat is Charlotte, the state's largest municipality.
Image: Skyline of Charlotte 2016
Image: Historic Mecklenburg County Courthouse Charlotte, NC
Image: Governors Island, Lake Norman, NC
Image: Main Street, Pineville NC
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The Carolinas, also known simply as Carolina, is the term for the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east.
Charlotte, North Carolina skyline in 2018, the largest city and metro area of the Carolinas.