2022 population: 138,832 ( 24,154 from 2010 , 5,278 from 2020)
Land area: 594.9 square miles
Population density: 233.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	82,276	59.26%	11.6%
Black:	28,975	20.87%	22.8%
Indian:	1,198	0.86%	20.9%
Asian:	1,905	1.37%	71.8%
2+ races:	4,313	3.11%	58.6%
Hispanic:	20,165	14.52%	63.2%

Total non-White:	56,556	40.74%	38.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,219	15.8
Deaths:	2,889	10.8
Net Migration:	3,619	13.5
Net Immigration:	203	0.8

Change in White population:	8,569	7.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,585	13.6

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
114,678
73,707	64.27%
23,591	20.57%
991	0.86%
1,109	0.97%
2,719	2.37%
12,359	10.78%
40,971	35.73%

2000
91,025
62,708	68.89%
20,371	22.38%
752	0.83%
621	0.68%
1,119	1.23%
5,336	5.86%
28,317	31.11%

1990
67,822
50,643	74.67%
15,201	22.41%
595	0.88%
238	0.35%
n/a
1,145	1.69%
17,179	25.33%

1980
59,570
44,527	74.75%
13,609	22.85%
468	0.79%
178	0.30%
n/a
771	1.29%
15,043	25.25%

1970
49,667
36,939	74.37%
12,159	24.48%
375	0.76%
32	0.06%
n/a
139	0.28%
12,728	25.63%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,008	15.4
7,233	7.9
16,614	18.3
1,796	2.0

10,999	12.1
12,654	13.9

Number	Rate
1990's
13,226	19.5
6,844	10.1
11,081	16.3
433	0.6

12,065	17.8
11,138	16.4

Number	Rate
1980's
10,686	17.9
5,677	9.5
3,674	6.2
n/a

6,116	10.3
2,136	3.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,660	9.4
n/a

7,588	15.3
2,315	4.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Harnett 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
35.2
34,387	24.8%
104,445	75.2%
17,740	12.8%

47,870
2.75

32,705	68.3%
24,356	74.5%
3,321	10.2%
15,165	31.7%

2010
Number	Percent
33.5
31,827	27.8%
82,851	72.2%
11,947	10.4%

41,594
2.68

29,726	71.5%
21,291	71.6%
3,796	12.8%
11,868	28.5%

2000
Number	Percent
32.6
24,405	26.8%
66,620	73.2%
9,440	10.4%

33,837
2.60

24,244	71.6%
18,150	74.9%
2,858	11.8%
9,593	28.4%

1990
Number	Percent
31.6
17,399	25.7%
50,423	74.3%
7,875	11.6%

25,186
2.59

18,747	74.4%
14,607	77.9%
1,896	10.1%
6,439	25.6%

1980
Number	Percent
28.2
17,225	28.9%
42,345	71.1%
6,014	10.1%

20,246
2.82

16,016	79.1%
13,173	82.2%
1,274	8.0%
4,230	20.9%

2022 Housing Data for Harnett County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,537	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,089	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,199	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,103	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,971	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,991	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,038	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,868	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,043	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,571	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,825	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,654	16.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,851	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,921	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,075	6.4%
$200,000 or more	2,134	4.5%

Median Household Income	64,992
Per Capita Income	29,678

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	97
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,500	5.2%
Public Assistance	684	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,859	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	45,127	60.4%
Unemployed	2,308	3.1%
In Armed Forces	4,172	5.6%

Total Labor Force	51,607	69.1%
Not in Labor Force	23,105	30.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	20,681	16,574	55.5%
Non-Profit	759	1,969	27.8%
Self-Employed	2,848	1,712	62.5%

Local Government	1,231	1,837	40.1%
State Government	946	2,292	29.2%
Federal Government	1,872	1,329	58.5%

Total Private + Self	23,529	18,286	56.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,808	7,427	39.3%
Total	28,337	25,713	52.4%

Pct. Govt.	17.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	7,254	13.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	10,638	19.6%
Professional, Technical	11,458	21.2%
Service Occupations	9,035	16.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	337	0.6%
All others	15,772	29.1%

White Collar		54.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	7,161	13.2%
Manufacturing	6,578	12.1%
Health care and social assistance	6,124	11.3%
Construction	5,729	10.6%
Educational services	5,555	10.3%
Public administration	3,924	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	3,574	6.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,001	5.5%
Other services	2,521	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	2,396	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,665	3.1%
Finance and insurance	1,442	2.7%
Information	918	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	869	1.6%
Wholesale trade	815	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	648	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	564	1.0%
Utilities	480	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	118	0.2%
Management	75	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,284	7.63%
Puerto Rican	4,149	3.08%
Cuban	787	0.58%
Dominican	339	0.25%

Total Central American	1,410	1.05%
Costa Rican	72	0.05%
Guatemalan	317	0.24%
Honduran	379	0.28%
Nicaraguan	134	0.10%
Panamanian	124	0.09%
Salvadoran	384	0.29%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	382	0.28%
Argentinean	4	0.00%
Bolivian	6	0.00%
Chilean	9	0.01%
Colombian	165	0.12%
Ecuadorian	106	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	84	0.06%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	8	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,126	0.84%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	527	0.39%
Vietnamese	296	0.22%
Chinese	164	0.12%
Korean	134	0.10%
Indian	106	0.08%
Thai	63	0.05%
Laotian	35	0.03%
Japanese	32	0.02%
Hmong	31	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	110,782	88.5%
Spanish	11,975	9.6%
German, other Germanic	431	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	429	0.3%
Other Indo-European	300	0.2%
Other Asian	231	0.2%
Korean	208	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	190	0.2%
Tagalog	176	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	12,267	9.1%
German	11,185	8.3%
Irish	10,541	7.8%
American	8,061	6.0%
Italian	4,560	3.4%
Scottish	3,033	2.3%
Scotch-Irish	2,504	1.9%
Polish	2,341	1.7%
European	1,965	1.5%
French	1,928	1.4%
British	1,022	0.8%
African	764	0.6%
Jamaican	664	0.5%
Norwegian	642	0.5%
Swedish	601	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	129,833	96.4%
Not a citizen	4,885	3.6%

Native	126,686	94.0%
Foreign-born	8,032	6.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,981	4.5%	6,445	7.3%	25,715	29.0%	32,242	36.4%	13,404	15.1%	6,745	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,981	4.5%
9-12 Years	6,445	7.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	25,715	29.0%
Some College	32,242	36.4%
Bach. Degree	13,404	15.1%
Grad Degree	6,745	7.6%
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	31,649	30,200	1,449	4.6%	4.1%
1991	31,588	29,662	1,926	6.1%	5.9%
1992	31,864	29,827	2,037	6.4%	6.3%
1993	32,043	30,478	1,565	4.9%	5.1%
1994	32,569	31,408	1,161	3.6%	4.4%
1995	34,449	33,163	1,286	3.7%	4.4%
1996	35,980	34,595	1,385	3.8%	4.4%
1997	37,638	36,296	1,342	3.6%	3.8%
1998	37,778	36,346	1,432	3.8%	3.5%
1999	36,849	35,560	1,289	3.5%	3.3%

2000	42,309	40,695	1,614	3.8%	3.7%
2001	43,009	40,329	2,680	6.2%	5.6%
2002	43,255	39,898	3,357	7.8%	6.9%
2003	44,144	41,130	3,014	6.8%	6.7%
2004	44,628	42,080	2,548	5.7%	5.9%
2005	45,642	43,061	2,581	5.7%	5.6%
2006	46,905	44,422	2,483	5.3%	5.1%
2007	48,130	45,607	2,523	5.2%	5.1%
2008	48,082	44,901	3,181	6.6%	6.2%
2009	48,724	42,949	5,775	11.9%	11.0%

2010	48,948	43,463	5,485	11.2%	10.7%
2011	49,398	43,788	5,610	11.4%	10.3%
2012	50,163	44,712	5,451	10.9%	9.5%
2013	49,742	45,276	4,466	9.0%	7.8%
2014	49,363	45,824	3,539	7.2%	6.1%
2015	50,188	46,864	3,324	6.6%	5.7%
2016	51,302	48,328	2,974	5.8%	5.1%
2017	52,496	49,808	2,688	5.1%	4.5%
2018	52,890	50,365	2,525	4.8%	4.0%
2019	53,744	51,333	2,411	4.5%	3.8%

2020	52,873	48,916	3,957	7.5%	7.3%
2021	52,926	50,080	2,846	5.4%	4.9%
2022	55,036	52,781	2,255	4.1%	3.7%
2023	55,643	53,470	2,173	3.9%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	53,252
Median Value	$195,900

Occupied	47,870	89.9%
Vacant	5,382	10.1%

Owned	32,728	68.4%
Rented	15,142	31.6%
Median Rent	$1,022

Single-Family Units	38,662	72.6%
Detached	37,354	70.1%
Attached	1,308	2.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,470	2.8%
Mobile Homes	10,183	19.1%

Harnett County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Harnett County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Harnett County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Harnett County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Harnett County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Harnett County, NC