Raleigh’s gross domestic product has grown significantly faster than Durham’s in the past five years, and has outpaced the average of the nation’s largest metro areas.

From 2009 to 2014, Raleigh has seen its GDP increase by 26 percent to $72 billion. In that same time, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area has increased its GDP by 10 percent to $44 billion, according to new data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Raleigh’s population growth has also outpaced the nation’s growth…