2022 population: 195,897 ( 36,460 from 2010 , 9,198 from 2020)
Land area: 574.4 square miles
Population density: 341.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	145,353	74.20%	17.1%
Black:	23,373	11.93%	24.7%
Indian:	562	0.29%	35.1%
Asian:	5,331	2.72%	81.6%
2+ races:	4,023	2.05%	82.1%
Hispanic:	17,255	8.81%	59.1%

Total non-White:	50,544	25.80%	43.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,307	11.5
Deaths:	4,387	11.7
Net Migration:	8,952	24.0
Net Immigration:	453	1.2

Change in White population:	21,246	13.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,214	9.5

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
159,437
124,107	77.84%
18,748	11.76%
416	0.26%
2,935	1.84%
2,209	1.39%
10,844	6.80%
35,330	22.16%

2000
122,660
99,027	80.73%
16,620	13.55%
296	0.24%
1,557	1.27%
892	0.73%
4,182	3.41%
23,633	19.27%

1990
92,931
76,942	82.79%
14,649	15.76%
180	0.19%
427	0.46%
n/a
733	0.79%
15,989	17.21%

1980
82,538
67,524	81.81%
14,050	17.02%
102	0.12%
105	0.13%
n/a
752	0.91%
15,014	18.19%

1970
72,197
59,684	82.67%
12,305	17.04%
56	0.08%
35	0.05%
n/a
109	0.15%
12,513	17.33%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
17,778	14.5
11,257	9.2
26,753	21.8
2,783	2.3

25,080	20.4
11,697	9.5

Number	Rate
1990's
14,899	16.0
9,726	10.5
21,211	22.8
626	0.7

22,085	23.8
7,644	8.2

Number	Rate
1980's
11,556	14.0
7,865	9.5
7,212	8.7
n/a

9,418	11.4
975	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,660	6.5
n/a

7,840	10.9
2,501	3.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Iredell 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
40.8
42,207	21.5%
153,690	78.5%
30,690	15.7%

72,296
2.58

51,845	71.7%
39,742	76.7%
4,445	8.6%
20,451	28.3%

2010
Number	Percent
38.9
40,585	25.5%
118,852	74.5%
20,445	12.8%

61,215
2.58

43,945	71.8%
33,535	76.3%
4,172	9.5%
17,270	28.2%

2000
Number	Percent
36.5
31,281	25.5%
91,379	74.5%
15,099	12.3%

47,375
2.56

34,811	73.5%
27,948	80.3%
3,114	8.9%
12,564	26.5%

1990
Number	Percent
34.8
22,509	24.2%
70,422	75.8%
12,214	13.1%

35,481
2.60

26,854	75.7%
21,896	81.5%
2,019	7.5%
8,627	24.3%

1980
Number	Percent
31.5
23,868	28.9%
58,670	71.1%
9,399	11.4%

29,145
2.81

23,348	80.1%
19,647	84.1%
1,561	6.7%
5,797	19.9%

2022 Housing Data for Iredell County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,472	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,997	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,301	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,588	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,034	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,837	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,473	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,195	4.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,562	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,438	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,117	11.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,924	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,945	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,236	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,660	7.8%
$200,000 or more	7,517	10.4%

Median Household Income	73,103
Per Capita Income	40,959

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	106
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,356	3.3%
Public Assistance	1,224	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,782	8.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	80,036	72.6%
Unemployed	4,135	3.8%
In Armed Forces	54	0.0%

Total Labor Force	84,225	76.4%
Not in Labor Force	26,032	23.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	39,306	29,785	56.9%
Non-Profit	1,673	4,035	29.3%
Self-Employed	6,197	3,576	63.4%

Local Government	1,969	2,639	42.7%
State Government	1,065	1,862	36.4%
Federal Government	395	440	47.3%

Total Private + Self	45,503	33,361	57.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,102	8,976	36.2%
Total	50,605	42,337	54.4%

Pct. Govt.	9.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	16,124	17.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	21,404	22.9%
Professional, Technical	18,531	19.9%
Service Occupations	12,708	13.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	571	0.6%
All others	24,516	26.3%

White Collar		60.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	15,952	17.1%
Retail trade	13,354	14.3%
Health care and social assistance	11,982	12.8%
Educational services	6,529	7.0%
Construction	6,024	6.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,217	5.6%
Accommodation and food services	5,043	5.4%
Other services	4,920	5.3%
Transportation and warehousing	4,388	4.7%
Finance and insurance	3,825	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,777	4.0%
Wholesale trade	3,523	3.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,146	2.3%
Public administration	2,008	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,421	1.5%
Information	1,176	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	919	1.0%
Utilities	803	0.9%
Management	238	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	38	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,832	4.17%
Puerto Rican	1,495	0.80%
Cuban	365	0.19%
Dominican	427	0.23%

Total Central American	2,712	1.44%
Costa Rican	47	0.03%
Guatemalan	293	0.16%
Honduran	947	0.50%
Nicaraguan	259	0.14%
Panamanian	47	0.03%
Salvadoran	1,119	0.60%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,904	1.01%
Argentinean	27	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	14	0.01%
Colombian	877	0.47%
Ecuadorian	358	0.19%
Paraguayan	15	0.01%
Peruvian	93	0.05%
Uruguayan	14	0.01%
Venezuelan	355	0.19%
Other South American	151	0.08%

Other Hispanic	814	0.43%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,798	0.96%
Hmong	724	0.39%
Japanese	459	0.24%
Chinese	452	0.24%
Korean	397	0.21%
Vietnamese	325	0.17%
Laotian	187	0.10%
Filipino	161	0.09%
Cambodian	56	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	159,954	89.9%
Spanish	11,387	6.4%
Other Asian	2,227	1.3%
Other Indo-European	1,381	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	578	0.3%
Arabic	492	0.3%
German, other Germanic	477	0.3%
Chinese	293	0.2%
Vietnamese	286	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	25,605	13.6%
English	20,641	11.0%
Irish	19,625	10.4%
American	16,961	9.0%
Italian	10,205	5.4%
Scotch-Irish	5,276	2.8%
Scottish	4,325	2.3%
French	3,811	2.0%
Polish	3,488	1.9%
European	3,426	1.8%
Dutch	2,876	1.5%
Swedish	909	0.5%
French Canadian	902	0.5%
Welsh	881	0.5%
Norwegian	798	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	180,010	95.8%
Not a citizen	7,829	4.2%

Native	174,600	93.0%
Foreign-born	13,239	7.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,051	3.1%	7,863	6.0%	34,473	26.4%	41,338	31.7%	29,342	22.5%	13,282	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,051	3.1%
9-12 Years	7,863	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	34,473	26.4%
Some College	41,338	31.7%
Bach. Degree	29,342	22.5%
Grad Degree	13,282	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	52,436	50,402	2,034	3.9%	4.1%
1991	53,806	50,309	3,497	6.5%	5.9%
1992	54,685	51,682	3,003	5.5%	6.3%
1993	54,776	52,709	2,067	3.8%	5.1%
1994	55,860	54,186	1,674	3.0%	4.4%
1995	57,757	55,822	1,935	3.4%	4.4%
1996	59,581	57,476	2,105	3.5%	4.4%
1997	61,399	59,627	1,772	2.9%	3.8%
1998	62,309	60,636	1,673	2.7%	3.5%
1999	65,038	63,483	1,555	2.4%	3.3%

2000	65,973	63,650	2,323	3.5%	3.7%
2001	66,361	62,485	3,876	5.8%	5.6%
2002	67,221	62,572	4,649	6.9%	6.9%
2003	69,804	65,076	4,728	6.8%	6.7%
2004	71,722	67,616	4,106	5.7%	5.9%
2005	72,906	68,985	3,921	5.4%	5.6%
2006	76,912	73,280	3,632	4.7%	5.1%
2007	80,127	76,150	3,977	5.0%	5.1%
2008	79,170	74,098	5,072	6.4%	6.2%
2009	79,729	69,159	10,570	13.3%	11.0%

2010	78,940	68,868	10,072	12.8%	10.7%
2011	78,947	69,966	8,981	11.4%	10.3%
2012	79,950	71,826	8,124	10.2%	9.5%
2013	79,556	73,084	6,472	8.1%	7.8%
2014	79,951	75,063	4,888	6.1%	6.1%
2015	82,099	77,644	4,455	5.4%	5.7%
2016	84,300	80,244	4,056	4.8%	5.1%
2017	86,366	82,687	3,679	4.3%	4.5%
2018	87,863	84,618	3,245	3.7%	4.0%
2019	90,393	87,204	3,189	3.5%	3.8%

2020	88,855	82,336	6,519	7.3%	7.3%
2021	90,134	85,931	4,203	4.7%	4.9%
2022	94,600	91,399	3,201	3.4%	3.7%
2023	96,551	93,417	3,134	3.2%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	79,853
Median Value	$261,200

Occupied	72,296	90.5%
Vacant	7,557	9.5%

Owned	51,820	71.7%
Rented	20,476	28.3%
Median Rent	$1,105

Single-Family Units	60,322	75.5%
Detached	57,469	72.0%
Attached	2,853	3.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,188	9.0%
Mobile Homes	9,763	12.2%

Iredell County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Iredell County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Iredell County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Iredell County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Iredell County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Iredell County, NC