2022 population: 100,670 ( 2,592 from 2010 , 1,149 from 2020)
Land area: 464.2 square miles
Population density: 216.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	72,092	71.61%	1.0%
Black:	20,536	20.40%	1.5%
Indian:	281	0.28%	45.6%
Asian:	1,139	1.13%	50.5%
2+ races:	1,939	1.93%	52.9%
Hispanic:	4,683	4.65%	69.9%

Total non-White:	28,578	28.39%	13.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,516	12.6
Deaths:	3,423	17.2
Net Migration:	2,050	10.3
Net Immigration:	9	0.0

Change in White population:	-701	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	3,293	3.4

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
98,078
72,793	74.22%
20,237	20.63%
193	0.20%
757	0.77%
1,268	1.29%
2,756	2.81%
25,285	25.78%

2000
96,287
73,357	76.19%
20,010	20.78%
137	0.14%
656	0.68%
610	0.63%
1,433	1.49%
22,930	23.81%

1990
84,714
66,131	78.06%
17,679	20.87%
168	0.20%
456	0.54%
n/a
280	0.33%
18,583	21.94%

1980
83,435
65,446	78.44%
17,235	20.66%
123	0.15%
132	0.16%
n/a
481	0.58%
17,989	21.56%

1970
72,556
57,397	79.11%
15,056	20.75%
19	0.03%
26	0.04%
n/a
46	0.06%
15,159	20.89%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
11,280	11.7
9,530	9.9
1,415	1.5
559	0.6

-564	-0.6
2,355	2.4

Number	Rate
1990's
13,143	15.5
9,194	10.9
5,859	6.9
391	0.5

7,226	8.5
4,347	5.1

Number	Rate
1980's
11,647	14.0
7,791	9.3
-2,066	-2.5
n/a

685	0.8
594	0.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,917	5.4
n/a

8,049	11.1
2,830	3.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Cleveland 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
41.4
22,037	21.9%
78,633	78.1%
18,573	18.4%

36,567
2.67

24,939	68.2%
17,055	68.4%
2,595	10.4%
11,628	31.8%

2010
Number	Percent
40.3
22,998	23.4%
75,080	76.6%
14,677	15.0%

38,555
2.49

26,979	70.0%
19,158	71.0%
3,071	11.4%
11,576	30.0%

2000
Number	Percent
36.6
24,248	25.2%
72,039	74.8%
13,150	13.7%

37,047
2.53

27,176	73.4%
20,694	76.1%
2,767	10.2%
9,871	26.6%

1990
Number	Percent
34.7
20,821	24.6%
63,893	75.4%
11,489	13.6%

31,980
2.59

24,317	76.0%
19,060	78.4%
2,167	8.9%
7,663	24.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
24,823	29.8%
58,612	70.2%
9,064	10.9%

28,482
2.88

22,989	80.7%
18,915	82.3%
1,930	8.4%
5,493	19.3%

2022 Housing Data for Cleveland County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,617	7.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,190	6.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,875	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,991	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,832	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,173	5.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,874	5.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,473	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,067	5.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,622	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,355	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,516	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,278	9.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,521	4.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,733	4.7%
$200,000 or more	1,450	4.0%

Median Household Income	50,723
Per Capita Income	27,522

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	86
Compared to U.S.	73

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,903	5.2%
Public Assistance	736	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,244	19.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	38,537	65.0%
Unemployed	2,654	4.5%
In Armed Forces	73	0.1%

Total Labor Force	41,264	69.6%
Not in Labor Force	17,991	30.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	15,391	14,412	51.6%
Non-Profit	1,807	1,762	50.6%
Self-Employed	2,748	1,265	68.5%

Local Government	1,385	2,197	38.7%
State Government	860	984	46.6%
Federal Government	164	201	44.9%

Total Private + Self	18,139	15,677	53.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,216	5,144	45.0%
Total	22,355	20,821	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	13.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	4,833	11.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	8,544	19.7%
Professional, Technical	8,784	20.3%
Service Occupations	7,279	16.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	128	0.3%
All others	13,854	32.0%

White Collar		51.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	8,731	20.2%
Retail trade	6,138	14.2%
Health care and social assistance	5,833	13.5%
Educational services	3,544	8.2%
Construction	2,930	6.8%
Accommodation and food services	2,834	6.5%
Other services	2,593	6.0%
Transportation and warehousing	2,231	5.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,948	4.5%
Public administration	1,720	4.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,175	2.7%
Finance and insurance	614	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	581	1.3%
Wholesale trade	532	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	463	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	459	1.1%
Utilities	441	1.0%
Information	429	1.0%
Management	55	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	43	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,019	3.03%
Puerto Rican	573	0.58%
Cuban	180	0.18%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	118	0.12%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	17	0.02%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	12	0.01%
Salvadoran	89	0.09%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	123	0.12%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	67	0.07%
Ecuadorian	21	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	35	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	100	0.10%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Laotian	280	0.28%
Chinese	130	0.13%
Indian	113	0.11%
Japanese	93	0.09%
Filipino	78	0.08%
Indonesian	48	0.05%
Thai	30	0.03%
Vietnamese	3	0.00%
Korean	2	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	89,673	95.5%
Spanish	3,088	3.3%
Other Asian	398	0.4%
Other Indo-European	212	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	154	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	117	0.1%
Chinese	82	0.1%
German, other Germanic	80	0.1%
Tagalog	39	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	26,464	26.6%
English	9,061	9.1%
German	7,715	7.8%
Irish	6,389	6.4%
Scottish	2,034	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	1,514	1.5%
European	1,490	1.5%
French	1,022	1.0%
Italian	974	1.0%
Polish	668	0.7%
African	660	0.7%
British	458	0.5%
Swedish	367	0.4%
Welsh	335	0.3%
Scandinavian	323	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	98,247	98.7%
Not a citizen	1,280	1.3%

Native	97,026	97.5%
Foreign-born	2,501	2.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,921	4.3%	6,146	9.0%	23,802	34.7%	22,453	32.7%	8,415	12.3%	4,891	7.1%
Average years of education: 12.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,921	4.3%
9-12 Years	6,146	9.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	23,802	34.7%
Some College	22,453	32.7%
Bach. Degree	8,415	12.3%
Grad Degree	4,891	7.1%
Average years of education: 12.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	45,837	43,801	2,036	4.4%	4.1%
1991	46,514	43,076	3,438	7.4%	5.9%
1992	46,277	42,739	3,538	7.6%	6.3%
1993	45,650	43,157	2,493	5.5%	5.1%
1994	45,494	43,441	2,053	4.5%	4.4%
1995	46,759	44,296	2,463	5.3%	4.4%
1996	48,007	44,475	3,532	7.4%	4.4%
1997	47,466	44,736	2,730	5.8%	3.8%
1998	46,250	43,677	2,573	5.6%	3.5%
1999	45,187	42,796	2,391	5.3%	3.3%

2000	49,013	46,578	2,435	5.0%	3.7%
2001	49,941	45,284	4,657	9.3%	5.6%
2002	49,074	43,893	5,181	10.6%	6.9%
2003	48,529	44,162	4,367	9.0%	6.7%
2004	47,639	43,871	3,768	7.9%	5.9%
2005	47,833	44,281	3,552	7.4%	5.6%
2006	48,122	44,843	3,279	6.8%	5.1%
2007	49,586	46,392	3,194	6.4%	5.1%
2008	49,045	45,002	4,043	8.2%	6.2%
2009	49,153	41,446	7,707	15.7%	11.0%

2010	45,779	39,084	6,695	14.6%	10.7%
2011	46,118	40,419	5,699	12.4%	10.3%
2012	46,165	40,947	5,218	11.3%	9.5%
2013	46,592	42,291	4,301	9.2%	7.8%
2014	45,968	42,710	3,258	7.1%	6.1%
2015	46,037	43,129	2,908	6.3%	5.7%
2016	46,669	44,114	2,555	5.5%	5.1%
2017	47,415	45,216	2,199	4.6%	4.5%
2018	47,902	45,971	1,931	4.0%	4.0%
2019	48,989	47,106	1,883	3.8%	3.8%

2020	48,435	44,634	3,801	7.8%	7.3%
2021	47,678	45,125	2,553	5.4%	4.9%
2022	49,133	47,245	1,888	3.8%	3.7%
2023	49,621	47,901	1,720	3.5%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	43,782
Median Value	$155,000

Occupied	36,567	83.5%
Vacant	7,215	16.5%

Owned	25,481	69.7%
Rented	11,086	30.3%
Median Rent	$794

Single-Family Units	30,769	70.3%
Detached	30,317	69.2%
Attached	452	1.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,289	5.2%
Mobile Homes	8,540	19.5%

Cleveland County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Cleveland County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Cleveland County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Cleveland County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Cleveland County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Cleveland County, NC