| The largest city in the state of North Carolina, Charlotte has a population of 710,000. In the United States Charlotte ranks eighteenth in size. The MSA area has 1.7 million people. Charlotte was established in 1768. Charlotte elevation is about 750 feet and it is located within the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Charlotte area codes are 980 and 704. Charlotte weather ranges from a low of 32 in the winter to an average high of 90 in the summer. Rainfall is less than four inhces per month on average with less than six inches of snow each year. Charlotte things to do include the Charlotte Nature Museum, Discovery Place, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Carolinas Aviation Museum, and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Charlotte is prominent in the banking industry, second only to New York. Charlotte is home to multiple higher education institutions including Charlotte School of Law, Johnson and Wales University, Johnson C. Smith University, Queens University of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte and Winthrop University. Sports teams in the area include football's Carolina Panthers (NFL), hockey's Charlotte Checkers, basketball's Charlotte Bobcats, and soccer's Charlotte Eagles. Highways in the area include Interstates I-77, I-85, and I-485. The Charlotte/Douglas Airport is among the nations top ten busiest airports. The median income for a family in the Charlotte area is $59,000. Corporations with a presence in Charlotte include Bank of America (headquarters), Duke Energy, Goodrich, Family Dollar, LendingTree, Food Lion, US Airways, and Time Warner Cable. |
