2022 population: 163,462 ( 9,104 from 2010 , 2,853 from 2020)
Land area: 401.4 square miles
Population density: 407.3 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	120,436	73.68%	0.0%
Black:	13,691	8.38%	6.5%
Indian:	429	0.26%	25.4%
Asian:	7,939	4.86%	48.5%
2+ races:	3,239	1.98%	47.6%
Hispanic:	17,728	10.85%	36.0%

Total non-White:	43,026	26.32%	26.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,716	11.6
Deaths:	4,681	14.6
Net Migration:	3,496	10.9
Net Immigration:	237	0.7

Change in White population:	48	0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	9,056	5.9

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
154,358
120,388	77.99%
12,857	8.33%
342	0.22%
5,345	3.46%
2,194	1.42%
13,032	8.44%
33,970	22.01%

2000
141,685
116,326	82.10%
11,751	8.29%
302	0.21%
4,137	2.92%
1,173	0.83%
7,886	5.57%
25,359	17.90%

1990
118,412
105,950	89.48%
10,666	9.01%
227	0.19%
882	0.74%
n/a
687	0.58%
12,462	10.52%

1980
105,208
94,660	89.97%
9,606	9.13%
69	0.07%
193	0.18%
n/a
657	0.62%
10,548	10.03%

1970
90,873
81,144	89.29%
9,366	10.31%
33	0.04%
48	0.05%
n/a
262	0.29%
9,729	10.71%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
18,989	13.4
12,513	8.8
6,869	4.8
4,961	3.5

4,062	2.9
8,611	6.1

Number	Rate
1990's
17,897	15.1
11,322	9.6
10,221	8.6
1,105	0.9

10,376	8.8
12,897	10.9

Number	Rate
1980's
14,862	14.1
9,043	8.6
7,896	7.5
n/a

11,290	10.7
1,914	1.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
5,126	5.6
n/a

13,516	14.9
819	0.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Catawba 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
41.5
35,036	21.4%
128,426	78.6%
29,425	18.0%

64,442
2.46

43,661	67.8%
31,704	72.6%
4,195	9.6%
20,781	32.2%

2010
Number	Percent
39.6
36,795	23.8%
117,563	76.2%
21,773	14.1%

60,887
2.50

41,818	68.7%
31,082	74.3%
4,157	9.9%
19,069	31.3%

2000
Number	Percent
36.2
34,420	24.3%
107,265	75.7%
17,303	12.2%

55,540
2.51

39,261	70.7%
30,941	78.8%
3,464	8.8%
16,279	29.3%

1990
Number	Percent
34.3
28,251	23.9%
90,161	76.1%
14,154	12.0%

45,774
2.54

34,104	74.5%
27,896	81.8%
2,479	7.3%
11,670	25.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.6
30,199	28.7%
75,009	71.3%
10,079	9.6%

37,236
2.78

29,657	79.6%
25,109	84.7%
2,220	7.5%
7,579	20.4%

2022 Housing Data for Catawba County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,252	5.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,626	4.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,755	4.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,990	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,092	4.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,987	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,140	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,324	5.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,920	4.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,138	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,161	11.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,719	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,172	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,919	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,542	5.5%
$200,000 or more	3,705	5.7%

Median Household Income	62,070
Per Capita Income	34,369

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	90
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,064	4.8%
Public Assistance	1,726	2.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,446	13.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	64,171	70.7%
Unemployed	3,142	3.5%
In Armed Forces	27	0.0%

Total Labor Force	67,340	74.2%
Not in Labor Force	23,369	25.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	31,844	25,099	55.9%
Non-Profit	1,871	2,898	39.2%
Self-Employed	4,276	2,320	64.8%

Local Government	1,619	2,187	42.5%
State Government	1,197	1,378	46.5%
Federal Government	389	671	36.7%

Total Private + Self	36,120	27,419	56.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,076	7,134	41.6%
Total	41,196	34,553	54.4%

Pct. Govt.	9.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,451	15.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	14,872	19.6%
Professional, Technical	13,975	18.4%
Service Occupations	10,576	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	144	0.2%
All others	25,021	33.0%

White Collar		53.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	20,538	27.1%
Health care and social assistance	8,887	11.7%
Retail trade	8,526	11.2%
Accommodation and food services	5,129	6.8%
Educational services	4,837	6.4%
Other services	4,334	5.7%
Construction	4,327	5.7%
Transportation and warehousing	3,928	5.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,684	3.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,502	3.3%
Public administration	2,412	3.2%
Wholesale trade	2,217	2.9%
Finance and insurance	1,775	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,041	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	982	1.3%
Information	920	1.2%
Utilities	471	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	300	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	46	0.1%
Management	39	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,144	6.30%
Puerto Rican	1,894	1.18%
Cuban	155	0.10%
Dominican	69	0.04%

Total Central American	2,210	1.37%
Costa Rican	331	0.21%
Guatemalan	783	0.49%
Honduran	278	0.17%
Nicaraguan	213	0.13%
Panamanian	30	0.02%
Salvadoran	575	0.36%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,168	0.73%
Argentinean	190	0.12%
Bolivian	42	0.03%
Chilean	235	0.15%
Colombian	227	0.14%
Ecuadorian	237	0.15%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	88	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	145	0.09%
Other South American	4	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,027	0.64%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Hmong	4,921	3.06%
Vietnamese	464	0.29%
Laotian	217	0.13%
Thai	208	0.13%
Mien	188	0.12%
Chinese	165	0.10%
Indian	142	0.09%
Filipino	112	0.07%
Korean	73	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	132,011	86.7%
Spanish	13,302	8.7%
Other Asian	4,114	2.7%
Other Indo-European	854	0.6%
German, other Germanic	434	0.3%
Vietnamese	353	0.2%
Tagalog	332	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	321	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	279	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	24,529	15.2%
American	21,012	13.1%
English	17,949	11.1%
Irish	12,885	8.0%
European	4,825	3.0%
Italian	4,090	2.5%
Scottish	3,496	2.2%
Scotch-Irish	3,069	1.9%
French	2,406	1.5%
Dutch	2,240	1.4%
Polish	2,120	1.3%
British	1,247	0.8%
Welsh	1,171	0.7%
Russian	1,008	0.6%
Swedish	760	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	154,596	96.0%
Not a citizen	6,415	4.0%

Native	149,948	93.1%
Foreign-born	11,063	6.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,742	4.2%	9,397	8.4%	33,604	30.0%	36,561	32.6%	19,436	17.3%	8,366	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,742	4.2%
9-12 Years	9,397	8.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	33,604	30.0%
Some College	36,561	32.6%
Bach. Degree	19,436	17.3%
Grad Degree	8,366	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	71,497	68,501	2,996	4.2%	4.1%
1991	72,643	67,648	4,995	6.9%	5.9%
1992	73,930	69,305	4,625	6.3%	6.3%
1993	73,122	70,039	3,083	4.2%	5.1%
1994	74,017	71,361	2,656	3.6%	4.4%
1995	75,033	71,823	3,210	4.3%	4.4%
1996	76,472	73,397	3,075	4.0%	4.4%
1997	76,537	73,977	2,560	3.3%	3.8%
1998	75,750	73,693	2,057	2.7%	3.5%
1999	76,556	75,005	1,551	2.0%	3.3%

2000	80,294	78,070	2,224	2.8%	3.7%
2001	80,861	75,684	5,177	6.4%	5.6%
2002	79,288	72,376	6,912	8.7%	6.9%
2003	78,348	71,872	6,476	8.3%	6.7%
2004	77,874	72,472	5,402	6.9%	5.9%
2005	77,477	72,357	5,120	6.6%	5.6%
2006	77,706	73,235	4,471	5.8%	5.1%
2007	76,726	72,163	4,563	5.9%	5.1%
2008	77,036	71,548	5,488	7.1%	6.2%
2009	77,896	66,567	11,329	14.5%	11.0%

2010	78,163	68,058	10,105	12.9%	10.7%
2011	77,222	68,220	9,002	11.7%	10.3%
2012	77,247	69,223	8,024	10.4%	9.5%
2013	76,133	69,845	6,288	8.3%	7.8%
2014	74,659	70,051	4,608	6.2%	6.1%
2015	75,074	70,986	4,088	5.4%	5.7%
2016	76,648	73,016	3,632	4.7%	5.1%
2017	78,531	75,261	3,270	4.2%	4.5%
2018	78,679	75,845	2,834	3.6%	4.0%
2019	79,385	76,615	2,770	3.5%	3.8%

2020	77,852	71,632	6,220	8.0%	7.3%
2021	76,846	73,221	3,625	4.7%	4.9%
2022	79,678	76,941	2,737	3.4%	3.7%
2023	79,367	76,755	2,612	3.3%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	71,047
Median Value	$194,000

Occupied	64,442	90.7%
Vacant	6,605	9.3%

Owned	45,783	71.0%
Rented	18,659	29.0%
Median Rent	$866

Single-Family Units	50,542	71.1%
Detached	47,918	67.4%
Attached	2,624	3.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,217	10.2%
Mobile Homes	9,228	13.0%

Catawba County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Catawba County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Catawba County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Catawba County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Catawba County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Catawba County, NC