East Carolina University (ECU) had an enrollment of 27,703students in the fall of 2009. Greenville comprises nearly 45 percent of the population for the entire county.
2000 Census:between 1990 and 2000, Greenville’s population increased by just over 30 percent, whereas the County’s population grew about 21 percent, and North Carolina’s total state population grew at about 22 percent. Much of the population growth was in the increase of the number of students that attend ECU and maintain households within the City, the increased number of retired aged individuals, and the amount of annexation, which consumed both land and people. Greenville had not experienced in-migration to explain the growth. At the time of the 2000 census, the average persons-per-household in Greenville was 2.18, and there were about 52.4 percent of non-family households. The City of Greenville contained 28,145 total dwelling units; 54 percent multi-family units, 34.6 percent single-family detached units, 6.6 percent single-family attached units, and 4.8 percent mobile homes. The amount of owner occupied units was 39.3 percent. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau Website (www.census.gov)).
As of May 2010, Greenville has an estimated 43,000 dwelling units, an increase of almost 15,000 units since the 2000 census, which reflects the city’s high rates of population growth in the last 10 years. The following table summarizes all (not just residential) planning and development permit requests submitted to the Community Development Department 1999 - 2003 and 2004 – 2008.
City of Greenville Development Requests: 1999 - 03, 2004 - 08
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Type of Planning Request/Inspection
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1999 - 2003
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2004 - 2008
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Building Permits (Zoning Review)
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7,983
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9,052
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Site Plans
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644
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646
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Rezoning Request
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247
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204
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Voluntary Annexation Petition
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167
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179
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Preliminary Plats (New/Minor Alt)
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92
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162
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Final Plats (New/Minor Alt)
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531
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601
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Much of Greenville’s rural character is beginning to become urbanized with the increasing expansion to the south, and the continued expansion of utility services to accommodate for severe sprawl. Surrounding communities include Winterville, Ayden, Farmville, Bethel and Simpson, all of which have also experienced a change in growth largely from people that have moved away from Greenville’s urban core as blight has begun to occur in some areas of the inner city. Table 3 gives a breakdown of Greenville’s land use composition inside the city limits, and within Greenville’s ETJ.
Table 3:
City of Greenville Existing Land Use (2010)
Land use
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Acres
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Square miles
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Percent of total area
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Cemetery
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181
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0.3
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0.46%
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Commercial
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1,868
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2.9
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4.75%
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Duplex
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433
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0.7
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1.10%
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Industrial
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1,923
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3.0
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4.89%
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Institutional
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1,728
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2.7
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4.40%
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Landfill
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171
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0.3
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0.44%
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Mobile Home
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349
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0.5
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0.89%
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Mobile Home Park
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424
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0.7
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1.08%
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Multi-Family
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1,852
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2.9
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4.71%
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Office
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624
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1.0
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1.59%
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Public Parking
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19
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0.0
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0.05%
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Recreation
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1,533
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2.4
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3.90%
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Single Family
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6,384
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10.0
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16.23%
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Utility
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505
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0.8
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1.28%
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Vacant
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21,329
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33.3
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54.24%
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Totals
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39,323
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61.4
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100.00%
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