Raleigh’s population count crashed through the 400,000 barrier in 2009, according to new population estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. North Carolina’s capital city, with 405,791 residents as of July 1, 2009, moved up a spot in the rankings, supplanting Colorado Springs as the 45th biggest U.S. municipality. Raleigh posted a population increase of 3 percent compared to the 2008 estimate of about 393,000. For the decade, Raleigh added more than 117,000 jobs … [Read more...]