2022 population: 234,215 ( 28,129 from 2010 , 6,273 from 2020)
Land area: 355.8 square miles
Population density: 658.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	159,259	68.00%	1.9%
Black:	43,800	18.70%	41.3%
Indian:	845	0.36%	19.5%
Asian:	4,215	1.80%	68.2%
2+ races:	5,187	2.21%	68.0%
Hispanic:	20,909	8.93%	71.4%

Total non-White:	74,956	32.00%	50.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,920	13.0
Deaths:	6,549	14.4
Net Migration:	6,411	14.1
Net Immigration:	427	0.9

Change in White population:	2,949	1.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	25,180	12.2

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
206,086
156,310	75.85%
31,002	15.04%
707	0.34%
2,506	1.22%
3,087	1.50%
12,201	5.92%
49,776	24.15%

2000
190,365
154,922	81.38%
25,843	13.58%
495	0.26%
1,844	0.97%
1,386	0.73%
5,719	3.00%
35,443	18.62%

1990
175,093
150,410	85.90%
22,441	12.82%
398	0.23%
882	0.50%
n/a
962	0.55%
24,683	14.10%

1980
162,568
141,103	86.80%
19,597	12.05%
300	0.18%
324	0.20%
n/a
1,167	0.72%
21,465	13.20%

1970
148,415
130,003	87.59%
17,998	12.13%
133	0.09%
54	0.04%
n/a
185	0.12%
18,412	12.41%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
24,586	12.9
18,227	9.6
8,847	4.6
4,424	2.3

1,388	0.7
14,333	7.5

Number	Rate
1990's
26,302	15.0
17,491	10.0
2,073	1.2
1,002	0.6

4,512	2.6
10,760	6.1

Number	Rate
1980's
24,451	15.0
14,779	9.1
3,979	2.4
n/a

9,307	5.7
3,218	2.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-684	-0.5
n/a

11,100	7.5
3,053	2.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Gaston 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
39.9
51,134	21.8%
183,081	78.2%
37,437	16.0%

90,427
2.50

59,412	65.7%
41,998	70.7%
6,051	10.2%
31,015	34.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.9
49,241	23.9%
156,845	76.1%
27,294	13.2%

79,867
2.54

55,952	70.1%
39,241	70.1%
6,465	11.6%
23,915	29.9%

2000
Number	Percent
36.4
46,807	24.6%
143,558	75.4%
24,112	12.7%

73,836
2.54

53,660	72.7%
41,401	77.2%
4,978	9.3%
20,176	27.3%

1990
Number	Percent
33.5
44,408	25.4%
130,685	74.6%
21,094	12.0%

65,194
2.65

49,894	76.5%
39,435	79.0%
4,084	8.2%
15,300	23.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
47,816	29.4%
114,752	70.6%
16,554	10.2%

56,472
2.85

45,700	80.9%
37,625	82.3%
3,488	7.6%
10,772	19.1%

2022 Housing Data for Gaston County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,709	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,104	4.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,786	4.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,192	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,567	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,157	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,924	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,943	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,667	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,760	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	9,396	10.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,787	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,325	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,963	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,943	6.6%
$200,000 or more	5,204	5.8%

Median Household Income	62,628
Per Capita Income	33,806

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	99
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	5,169	5.7%
Public Assistance	1,590	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	14,184	15.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	95,196	70.5%
Unemployed	5,159	3.8%
In Armed Forces	187	0.1%

Total Labor Force	100,542	74.4%
Not in Labor Force	34,578	25.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	44,494	37,213	54.5%
Non-Profit	2,509	5,397	31.7%
Self-Employed	5,060	3,100	62.0%

Local Government	3,102	3,973	43.8%
State Government	1,076	1,928	35.8%
Federal Government	469	476	49.6%

Total Private + Self	49,554	40,313	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,156	11,774	37.8%
Total	56,710	52,087	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	10.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,754	15.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	23,020	21.1%
Professional, Technical	21,160	19.4%
Service Occupations	16,428	15.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	370	0.3%
All others	31,771	29.1%

White Collar		55.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	16,864	15.5%
Health care and social assistance	14,029	12.9%
Retail trade	13,668	12.5%
Construction	9,042	8.3%
Educational services	7,339	6.7%
Transportation and warehousing	6,733	6.2%
Accommodation and food services	6,273	5.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,712	5.2%
Other services	5,581	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,962	4.5%
Finance and insurance	4,933	4.5%
Public administration	3,390	3.1%
Wholesale trade	2,807	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,061	1.9%
Utilities	1,731	1.6%
Information	1,686	1.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,614	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	474	0.4%
Management	206	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	28	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,144	3.56%
Puerto Rican	2,413	1.05%
Cuban	625	0.27%
Dominican	743	0.32%

Total Central American	2,528	1.10%
Costa Rican	158	0.07%
Guatemalan	562	0.25%
Honduran	582	0.25%
Nicaraguan	512	0.22%
Panamanian	47	0.02%
Salvadoran	667	0.29%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,798	1.22%
Argentinean	203	0.09%
Bolivian	23	0.01%
Chilean	318	0.14%
Colombian	1,773	0.77%
Ecuadorian	187	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	59	0.03%
Uruguayan	11	0.00%
Venezuelan	224	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,132	0.49%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	744	0.32%
Vietnamese	586	0.26%
Filipino	435	0.19%
Hmong	328	0.14%
Indonesian	319	0.14%
Chinese	299	0.13%
Laotian	215	0.09%
Korean	197	0.09%
Burmese	119	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	197,561	91.5%
Spanish	13,546	6.3%
Other Indo-European	1,193	0.6%
Other Asian	982	0.5%
Vietnamese	451	0.2%
German, other Germanic	360	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	314	0.1%
Arabic	285	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	265	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	40,857	17.8%
German	23,618	10.3%
English	21,037	9.2%
Irish	18,418	8.0%
Scotch-Irish	6,254	2.7%
Scottish	4,716	2.1%
Italian	4,378	1.9%
European	3,395	1.5%
French	2,840	1.2%
Polish	2,743	1.2%
African	2,537	1.1%
Dutch	1,936	0.8%
British	1,241	0.5%
Welsh	861	0.4%
Norwegian	654	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	222,514	97.2%
Not a citizen	6,458	2.8%

Native	217,168	94.8%
Foreign-born	11,804	5.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,995	3.8%	13,662	8.6%	46,809	29.4%	52,779	33.2%	27,972	17.6%	11,769	7.4%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,995	3.8%
9-12 Years	13,662	8.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	46,809	29.4%
Some College	52,779	33.2%
Bach. Degree	27,972	17.6%
Grad Degree	11,769	7.4%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	95,517	91,643	3,874	4.1%	4.1%
1991	96,135	89,664	6,471	6.7%	5.9%
1992	96,587	89,668	6,919	7.2%	6.3%
1993	96,319	91,208	5,111	5.3%	5.1%
1994	97,163	92,950	4,213	4.3%	4.4%
1995	98,131	94,035	4,096	4.2%	4.4%
1996	101,414	96,018	5,396	5.3%	4.4%
1997	101,186	96,944	4,242	4.2%	3.8%
1998	99,500	96,035	3,465	3.5%	3.5%
1999	101,778	97,973	3,805	3.7%	3.3%

2000	100,086	94,556	5,530	5.5%	3.7%
2001	101,946	94,167	7,779	7.6%	5.6%
2002	100,273	92,225	8,048	8.0%	6.9%
2003	99,264	91,733	7,531	7.6%	6.7%
2004	96,905	90,345	6,560	6.8%	5.9%
2005	96,839	90,541	6,298	6.5%	5.6%
2006	98,478	92,635	5,843	5.9%	5.1%
2007	98,017	91,999	6,018	6.1%	5.1%
2008	100,046	92,453	7,593	7.6%	6.2%
2009	100,933	86,442	14,491	14.4%	11.0%

2010	101,585	87,999	13,586	13.4%	10.7%
2011	101,008	89,038	11,970	11.9%	10.3%
2012	101,897	90,989	10,908	10.7%	9.5%
2013	100,951	92,165	8,786	8.7%	7.8%
2014	100,806	94,143	6,663	6.6%	6.1%
2015	102,672	96,576	6,096	5.9%	5.7%
2016	105,324	99,700	5,624	5.3%	5.1%
2017	107,635	102,647	4,988	4.6%	4.5%
2018	109,090	104,720	4,370	4.0%	4.0%
2019	110,926	106,717	4,209	3.8%	3.8%

2020	109,526	100,744	8,782	8.0%	7.3%
2021	109,532	103,827	5,705	5.2%	4.9%
2022	114,660	110,448	4,212	3.7%	3.7%
2023	116,898	112,933	3,965	3.4%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	98,616
Median Value	$206,700

Occupied	90,427	91.7%
Vacant	8,189	8.3%

Owned	60,619	67.0%
Rented	29,808	33.0%
Median Rent	$1,005

Single-Family Units	75,577	76.6%
Detached	72,969	74.0%
Attached	2,608	2.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,614	9.7%
Mobile Homes	8,138	8.3%

Gaston County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Gaston County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Gaston County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Gaston County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Gaston County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Gaston County, NC