2022 population: 93,095 ( 14,830 from 2010 , 6,279 from 2020)
Land area: 295.8 square miles
Population density: 314.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	77,556	83.31%	15.5%
Black:	5,349	5.75%	25.3%
Indian:	291	0.31%	31.1%
Asian:	966	1.04%	125.7%
2+ races:	1,399	1.50%	59.0%
Hispanic:	7,534	8.09%	43.8%

Total non-White:	15,539	16.69%	39.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,003	11.5
Deaths:	2,366	13.6
Net Migration:	6,446	37.1
Net Immigration:	211	1.2

Change in White population:	10,417	13.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	4,413	5.6

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
78,265
67,139	85.78%
4,269	5.45%
222	0.28%
428	0.55%
880	1.12%
5,238	6.69%
11,126	14.22%

2000
63,780
55,290	86.69%
4,067	6.38%
154	0.24%
196	0.31%
360	0.56%
3,656	5.73%
8,490	13.31%

1990
50,319
45,333	90.09%
4,060	8.07%
155	0.31%
180	0.36%
n/a
591	1.17%
4,986	9.91%

1980
42,372
38,268	90.31%
3,832	9.04%
54	0.13%
18	0.04%
n/a
200	0.47%
4,104	9.69%

1970
32,682
29,157	89.21%
3,460	10.59%
2	0.01%
5	0.02%
n/a
52	0.16%
3,525	10.79%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
8,256	12.9
5,649	8.9
7,906	12.4
2,088	3.3

11,849	18.6
2,636	4.1

Number	Rate
1990's
7,603	15.1
4,619	9.2
5,505	10.9
398	0.8

9,957	19.8
3,504	7.0

Number	Rate
1980's
6,168	14.6
3,535	8.3
5,560	13.1
n/a

7,065	16.7
882	2.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
6,531	20.0
n/a

9,111	27.9
579	1.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln 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
44.3
18,255	19.6%
74,840	80.4%
16,371	17.6%

34,910
2.50

25,151	72.0%
19,815	78.8%
1,678	6.7%
9,759	28.0%

2010
Number	Percent
40.4
18,481	23.6%
59,784	76.4%
10,361	13.2%

30,343
2.56

22,221	73.2%
17,352	78.1%
1,818	8.2%
8,122	26.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.7
15,803	24.8%
47,977	75.2%
7,380	11.6%

24,060
2.61

18,294	76.0%
15,145	82.8%
1,210	6.6%
5,766	24.0%

1990
Number	Percent
33.9
12,589	25.0%
37,730	75.0%
5,905	11.7%

18,750
2.65

14,741	78.6%
12,438	84.4%
962	6.5%
4,009	21.4%

1980
Number	Percent
30.6
12,464	29.4%
29,908	70.6%
4,098	9.7%

14,692
2.86

12,129	82.6%
10,517	86.7%
731	6.0%
2,563	17.4%

2022 Housing Data for Lincoln County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,122	3.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,571	4.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,223	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,169	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,390	4.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,270	3.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,083	3.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,433	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,249	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	2,905	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	2,844	8.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,343	15.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,808	10.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,170	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,529	7.2%
$200,000 or more	3,801	10.9%

Median Household Income	75,672
Per Capita Income	40,574

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	99
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,448	4.1%
Public Assistance	485	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	3,889	11.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	37,167	72.2%
Unemployed	1,886	3.7%
In Armed Forces	67	0.1%

Total Labor Force	39,120	76.0%
Not in Labor Force	12,344	24.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	17,130	13,362	56.2%
Non-Profit	1,065	1,600	40.0%
Self-Employed	2,904	1,563	65.0%

Local Government	1,507	1,454	50.9%
State Government	355	1,065	25.0%
Federal Government	389	240	61.8%

Total Private + Self	20,034	14,925	57.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	3,316	4,359	43.2%
Total	23,350	19,284	54.8%

Pct. Govt.	11.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	7,792	18.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,403	22.0%
Professional, Technical	8,336	19.5%
Service Occupations	5,765	13.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	146	0.3%
All others	11,414	26.7%

White Collar		59.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	7,558	17.7%
Health care and social assistance	5,162	12.1%
Retail trade	4,846	11.3%
Construction	3,953	9.3%
Educational services	2,918	6.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,572	6.0%
Transportation and warehousing	2,526	5.9%
Accommodation and food services	2,341	5.5%
Other services	2,006	4.7%
Finance and insurance	1,728	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,614	3.8%
Public administration	1,390	3.3%
Wholesale trade	1,210	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	726	1.7%
Utilities	693	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	595	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	483	1.1%
Information	331	0.8%
Management	32	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	26	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,690	4.20%
Puerto Rican	388	0.44%
Cuban	250	0.28%
Dominican	192	0.22%

Total Central American	1,655	1.88%
Costa Rican	1,131	1.29%
Guatemalan	61	0.07%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	11	0.01%
Panamanian	19	0.02%
Salvadoran	433	0.49%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	196	0.22%
Argentinean	11	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	94	0.11%
Ecuadorian	12	0.01%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	79	0.09%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	271	0.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	289	0.33%
Chinese	162	0.18%
Filipino	115	0.13%
Hmong	77	0.09%
Laotian	32	0.04%
Japanese	21	0.02%
Indian	14	0.02%
Korean	9	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	77,072	92.2%
Spanish	5,058	6.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	437	0.5%
Vietnamese	269	0.3%
German, other Germanic	204	0.2%
Other Indo-European	193	0.2%
Other Asian	94	0.1%
Arabic	64	0.1%
Tagalog	61	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	15,945	18.1%
American	10,882	12.4%
English	9,808	11.2%
Irish	9,080	10.3%
Italian	2,748	3.1%
Scottish	2,131	2.4%
Scotch-Irish	1,830	2.1%
Polish	1,720	2.0%
European	1,556	1.8%
French	1,520	1.7%
Dutch	1,060	1.2%
Swedish	752	0.9%
Norwegian	676	0.8%
French Canadian	667	0.8%
Yugoslavian	405	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	85,718	97.5%
Not a citizen	2,215	2.5%

Native	83,667	95.1%
Foreign-born	4,266	4.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,097	3.3%	4,327	6.9%	19,029	30.2%	21,187	33.6%	11,737	18.6%	4,702	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,097	3.3%
9-12 Years	4,327	6.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	19,029	30.2%
Some College	21,187	33.6%
Bach. Degree	11,737	18.6%
Grad Degree	4,702	7.5%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	28,168	27,004	1,164	4.1%	4.1%
1991	28,366	26,547	1,819	6.4%	5.9%
1992	28,681	27,009	1,672	5.8%	6.3%
1993	29,374	28,105	1,269	4.3%	5.1%
1994	30,349	29,207	1,142	3.8%	4.4%
1995	30,854	29,381	1,473	4.8%	4.4%
1996	31,871	30,231	1,640	5.1%	4.4%
1997	31,992	30,828	1,164	3.6%	3.8%
1998	31,977	30,899	1,078	3.4%	3.5%
1999	32,721	31,756	965	2.9%	3.3%

2000	34,807	33,489	1,318	3.8%	3.7%
2001	35,577	33,180	2,397	6.7%	5.6%
2002	35,610	32,965	2,645	7.4%	6.9%
2003	36,277	33,625	2,652	7.3%	6.7%
2004	35,929	33,629	2,300	6.4%	5.9%
2005	36,486	34,301	2,185	6.0%	5.6%
2006	37,974	35,925	2,049	5.4%	5.1%
2007	39,920	37,796	2,124	5.3%	5.1%
2008	39,507	36,641	2,866	7.3%	6.2%
2009	39,633	33,910	5,723	14.4%	11.0%

2010	40,121	35,064	5,057	12.6%	10.7%
2011	40,014	35,545	4,469	11.2%	10.3%
2012	40,285	36,321	3,964	9.8%	9.5%
2013	39,944	36,739	3,205	8.0%	7.8%
2014	39,640	37,271	2,369	6.0%	6.1%
2015	40,572	38,396	2,176	5.4%	5.7%
2016	40,966	39,033	1,933	4.7%	5.1%
2017	41,848	40,157	1,691	4.0%	4.5%
2018	42,642	41,140	1,502	3.5%	4.0%
2019	44,300	42,781	1,519	3.4%	3.8%

2020	43,262	40,410	2,852	6.6%	7.3%
2021	44,077	42,258	1,819	4.1%	4.9%
2022	46,383	44,923	1,460	3.1%	3.7%
2023	47,301	45,881	1,420	3.0%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	37,715
Median Value	$241,200

Occupied	34,910	92.6%
Vacant	2,805	7.4%

Owned	27,431	78.6%
Rented	7,479	21.4%
Median Rent	$928

Single-Family Units	28,621	75.9%
Detached	27,779	73.7%
Attached	842	2.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,305	3.5%
Mobile Homes	6,567	17.4%

Lincoln County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Lincoln County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lincoln County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lincoln County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Lincoln County, NC