2022 population: 69,380 ( 2,911 from 2010 , 1,694 from 2020)
Land area: 507.6 square miles
Population density: 136.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	60,105	86.63%	3.4%
Black:	3,417	4.93%	14.3%
Indian:	335	0.48%	18.4%
Asian:	860	1.24%	34.6%
2+ races:	1,427	2.06%	27.2%
Hispanic:	3,236	4.66%	44.4%

Total non-White:	9,275	13.37%	10.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,077	8.0
Deaths:	2,200	16.3
Net Migration:	2,826	20.9
Net Immigration:	22	0.2

Change in White population:	2,004	3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	907	1.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
66,469
58,101	87.41%
3,986	6.00%
283	0.43%
639	0.96%
1,122	1.69%
2,241	3.37%
8,368	12.59%

2000
59,383
53,041	89.32%
4,121	6.94%
251	0.42%
340	0.57%
558	0.94%
1,035	1.74%
6,342	10.68%

1990
52,556
47,428	90.24%
4,262	8.11%
291	0.55%
208	0.40%
n/a
367	0.70%
5,128	9.76%

1980
41,092
36,717	89.35%
3,751	9.13%
68	0.17%
155	0.38%
n/a
383	0.93%
4,375	10.65%

1970
31,603
27,758	87.83%
3,585	11.34%
44	0.14%
63	0.20%
n/a
141	0.45%
3,845	12.17%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
5,830	9.8
6,414	10.8
5,348	9.0
167	0.3

5,060	8.5
2,026	3.4

Number	Rate
1990's
6,539	12.4
5,725	10.9
6,000	11.4
186	0.4

5,613	10.7
1,214	2.3

Number	Rate
1980's
6,981	17.0
4,351	10.6
9,068	22.1
n/a

10,711	26.1
753	1.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
6,467	20.5
n/a

8,959	28.3
530	1.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Carteret County, NC

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
49.9
11,688	16.8%
57,692	83.2%
17,655	25.4%

30,414
2.21

19,356	63.6%
15,651	80.9%
1,170	6.0%
11,058	36.4%

2010
Number	Percent
45.8
12,575	18.9%
53,894	81.1%
12,659	19.0%

28,870
2.27

19,007	65.8%
14,684	77.3%
1,565	8.2%
9,863	34.2%

2000
Number	Percent
42.3
12,236	20.6%
47,147	79.4%
10,182	17.1%

25,225
2.31

17,504	69.4%
14,495	82.8%
1,330	7.6%
7,721	30.6%

1990
Number	Percent
36.0
11,789	22.4%
40,767	77.6%
7,542	14.4%

21,221
2.43

15,351	72.3%
12,974	84.5%
1,028	6.7%
5,870	27.7%

1980
Number	Percent
31.6
10,885	26.5%
30,207	73.5%
4,759	11.6%

15,150
2.65

11,627	76.7%
9,861	84.8%
816	7.0%
3,523	23.3%

2022 Housing Data for Carteret County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,433	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,150	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,152	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,472	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,445	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,234	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,216	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,265	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,375	4.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	1,996	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,287	10.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,042	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,136	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,739	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,412	7.9%
$200,000 or more	2,060	6.8%

Median Household Income	66,965
Per Capita Income	39,817

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	105
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,185	3.9%
Public Assistance	386	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	2,825	9.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	26,273	67.8%
Unemployed	1,446	3.7%
In Armed Forces	593	1.5%

Total Labor Force	28,312	73.1%
Not in Labor Force	10,414	26.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	9,008	8,881	50.4%
Non-Profit	609	1,158	34.5%
Self-Employed	2,817	1,494	65.3%

Local Government	691	1,279	35.1%
State Government	725	938	43.6%
Federal Government	1,634	749	68.6%

Total Private + Self	11,825	10,375	53.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	3,659	4,124	47.0%
Total	15,484	14,499	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	20.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	4,559	15.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	6,259	20.8%
Professional, Technical	6,904	23.0%
Service Occupations	5,802	19.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	279	0.9%
All others	6,505	21.7%

White Collar		59.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	4,010	13.4%
Health care and social assistance	3,789	12.6%
Accommodation and food services	2,670	8.9%
Educational services	2,364	7.9%
Public administration	2,341	7.8%
Construction	2,326	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,773	5.9%
Manufacturing	1,761	5.9%
Other services	1,608	5.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,387	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	1,206	4.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,151	3.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,026	3.4%
Finance and insurance	774	2.6%
Wholesale trade	539	1.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	482	1.6%
Information	383	1.3%
Utilities	358	1.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	70	0.2%
Management	11	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,377	2.01%
Puerto Rican	620	0.91%
Cuban	132	0.19%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	489	0.72%
Costa Rican	33	0.05%
Guatemalan	128	0.19%
Honduran	182	0.27%
Nicaraguan	4	0.01%
Panamanian	1	0.00%
Salvadoran	141	0.21%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	245	0.36%
Argentinean	162	0.24%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	5	0.01%
Colombian	41	0.06%
Ecuadorian	10	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	13	0.02%
Uruguayan	5	0.01%
Venezuelan	9	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	239	0.35%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	279	0.41%
Indian	170	0.25%
Filipino	137	0.20%
Japanese	99	0.14%
Chinese	64	0.09%
Thai	18	0.03%
Burmese	14	0.02%
Taiwanese	9	0.01%
Korean	3	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	62,194	94.6%
Spanish	2,120	3.2%
German, other Germanic	427	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	292	0.4%
Vietnamese	211	0.3%
Other Indo-European	148	0.2%
Other Asian	94	0.1%
Other	78	0.1%
Chinese	54	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	15,336	22.4%
German	9,180	13.4%
Irish	8,915	13.0%
American	6,544	9.6%
Italian	3,352	4.9%
Scottish	1,975	2.9%
Polish	1,969	2.9%
Scotch-Irish	1,763	2.6%
French	1,721	2.5%
European	1,025	1.5%
Dutch	835	1.2%
British	587	0.9%
Norwegian	488	0.7%
Welsh	445	0.7%
Russian	409	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	67,371	98.6%
Not a citizen	982	1.4%

Native	66,306	97.0%
Foreign-born	2,047	3.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
980	1.9%	3,130	6.0%	12,317	23.6%	19,110	36.6%	10,353	19.8%	6,272	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	980	1.9%
9-12 Years	3,130	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	12,317	23.6%
Some College	19,110	36.6%
Bach. Degree	10,353	19.8%
Grad Degree	6,272	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	25,653	24,580	1,073	4.2%	4.1%
1991	26,395	24,869	1,526	5.8%	5.9%
1992	27,324	25,577	1,747	6.4%	6.3%
1993	27,327	25,508	1,819	6.7%	5.1%
1994	27,356	25,753	1,603	5.9%	4.4%
1995	28,241	26,621	1,620	5.7%	4.4%
1996	29,144	27,712	1,432	4.9%	4.4%
1997	30,247	28,819	1,428	4.7%	3.8%
1998	30,070	28,685	1,385	4.6%	3.5%
1999	30,128	28,901	1,227	4.1%	3.3%

2000	29,617	28,387	1,230	4.2%	3.7%
2001	29,722	28,115	1,607	5.4%	5.6%
2002	30,177	28,316	1,861	6.2%	6.9%
2003	31,507	29,755	1,752	5.6%	6.7%
2004	31,970	30,384	1,586	5.0%	5.9%
2005	32,469	30,862	1,607	4.9%	5.6%
2006	33,023	31,553	1,470	4.5%	5.1%
2007	33,324	31,880	1,444	4.3%	5.1%
2008	32,879	31,109	1,770	5.4%	6.2%
2009	32,898	29,922	2,976	9.0%	11.0%

2010	31,496	28,511	2,985	9.5%	10.7%
2011	31,130	28,112	3,018	9.7%	10.3%
2012	31,763	28,859	2,904	9.1%	9.5%
2013	31,237	28,867	2,370	7.6%	7.8%
2014	31,079	29,208	1,871	6.0%	6.1%
2015	31,300	29,472	1,828	5.8%	5.7%
2016	31,473	29,850	1,623	5.2%	5.1%
2017	31,882	30,464	1,418	4.4%	4.5%
2018	31,897	30,488	1,409	4.4%	4.0%
2019	32,314	31,019	1,295	4.0%	3.8%

2020	31,320	29,373	1,947	6.2%	7.3%
2021	31,133	29,818	1,315	4.2%	4.9%
2022	32,247	31,131	1,116	3.5%	3.7%
2023	32,691	31,631	1,060	3.2%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	51,096
Median Value	$277,400

Occupied	30,414	59.5%
Vacant	20,682	40.5%

Owned	22,174	72.9%
Rented	8,240	27.1%
Median Rent	$1,009

Single-Family Units	33,087	64.8%
Detached	30,996	60.7%
Attached	2,091	4.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,855	13.4%
Mobile Homes	8,554	16.7%

Carteret County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Carteret County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Carteret County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Carteret County, NC

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Carteret County, NC

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Carteret County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Carteret County, NC