Charlotte Ranked #6 On Highest Life Expectancy List In North Carolina

If you want  to live a long time in North Carolina, Charlotte is not a bad place to be.  Charlotte/ Meck ranked #6 on the  highest life expectancy list in North Carolina.

Stacker has compiled a list of the counties in North Carolina where people live the longest.  There are of course many factors to this; availability to health care and health related amenities  play a large part.  Union and Durham counties share the number 6 spot along with Mecklenburg.

The top five counties with the highest life expectancy are 1) Orange County 2) Wake County 3) Watauga County 4)Transylvania County 5) Chatham County.

People in Mecklenburg county, on average, live to 80 years old, that is 2.3 years long than the average. People in Orange county live to be 82.1 years old.

What are the most creative cities? Your environment fosters creativity. And creativity is a skill that is coveted by many. According to the Oxford Dictionary, creativity is "the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work." What are the places that allow for an individual's creative juices to flow? Our friends at Workamajig took a look at which cities are leading the way in taking steps to provide experiences and opportunities that foster creativity among citizens.

They compiled a list of every metropolitan city in the United States with a population of over 100,000 people. From there they analyzed factors associated with creativity, such as the number of museums per capita, ​​the number of Cannes Lions Winners in 2022, the number of creative jobs in industries such as Marketing, Arts, and Design, the number of artists and musicians, as well as the number of film and music festivals per capita.

They then created an index to identify and rank the most creative cities in the country. The list ranks each of the cities on their creative economy. And from that list the most creative city in North Carolina was determined to be Charlotte. Charlotte's cultural scene has certainly grown and will continue to grow. Even still we are only ranked at #28 so there is work to be done. Keep reading to see the top 10 most creative cities and where to rest of the Carolina cities are ranked. You can view the full Workamajig study here.

Population: 496,461

Museums: 8

Artists: 1,325

Music Festivals: 23

Film Festivals: 6

Population: 439,890

Museums: 9

Artists: 909

Music Festivals: 31

Film Festivals: 4

Population: 641,162

Museums: 8

Artists: 801

Music Festivals: 5

Film Festivals: 3

Population: 135,732

Museums: 11

Artists: 36,378

Music Festivals: 5

Film Festivals: 1

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Population: 3,849,297

Museums: 2

Artists: 1,286

Music Festivals: 3

Film Festivals: 3

Population: 2,696,555

Museums: 4

Artists: 550

Music Festivals: 4

Film Festivals: 2

Population: 192,366

Museums: 2

Artists: 25,703

Music Festivals: 1

Film Festivals: 1

Population: 135,081

Museums: 16

Artists: 41,364

Music Festivals: 4

Film Festivals: 4

Population: 112,684

Museums: 16

Artists: 7,241

Music Festivals: 4

Film Festivals: 3

Population: 879,709

Museums: 3

Artists: 254

Music Festivals: 3

Film Festivals: 1

Population: 137,541

Museums: 12

Artists: 1,804

Music Festivals: 4

Film Festivals: 1

Population: 117,643

Museums: 15

Artists: 13,588

Music Festivals: 0

Film Festivals: 5

Population: 469,124

Museums: 7

Artists: 547

Music Festivals: 6

Film Festivals: 1

Population: 285,527

Museums: 3

Artists: 954

Music Festivals: 2

Film Festivals: 3

Population: 117,472

Museums: 0

Artists: 684

Music Festivals: 8

Film Festivals: 3

Population: 151,612

Museums: 15

Artists: 434

Music Festivals: 6

Film Festivals: 0

Population: 208,778

Museums: 2

Artists: 407

Music Festivals: 1

Film Festivals: 1

Population: 298,263

Museums: 5

Artists: 1,219

Music Festivals: 1

Film Festivals: 0