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Vi Lyles (Democratic) has been Mayor of Charlotte since 4 Dec 2017. The unemployment rate stood at 3.7% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.5 percentage points lower than when Vi Lyles took office in December 2017, while North Carolina's fell 0.9 percentage points. Among the 71 cities with a year or more of figures, Charlotte ranks 18th on population growth and 49th of 106 on the fall in violent crime. Under Daniel G. Clodfelter (2014 to 2015) the unemployment rate fell 0.7 percentage points. Since day zero typical home value jumped 6.8% a year, 78.3% in all.

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