Since 1990, North Carolina's population has grown by more than 3.5 million residents.
Rebecca Tippett, founding director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, discusses where the bulk of that growth can be found, the varying needs that follow, and how we simply consider populations may change 30 years from now.
To read more about Tippett, and her colleague's research, visit their blog.