2022 population: 207,298 ( 29,526 from 2010 , 2,713 from 2020)
Land area: 762.1 square miles
Population density: 272.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	135,795	65.51%	10.8%
Black:	29,067	14.02%	9.4%
Indian:	1,247	0.60%	23.1%
Asian:	4,670	2.25%	29.7%
2+ races:	8,249	3.98%	41.3%
Hispanic:	28,270	13.64%	58.0%

Total non-White:	71,503	34.49%	29.5%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	8,534	20.9
Deaths:	3,332	8.1
Net Migration:	-2,458	-6.0
Net Immigration:	-18	-0.0

Change in White population:	13,237	7.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	16,289	9.2

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
177,772
122,558	68.94%
26,577	14.95%
1,013	0.57%
3,601	2.03%
5,837	3.28%
17,896	10.07%
55,214	31.06%

2000
150,355
104,600	69.57%
27,162	18.07%
971	0.65%
2,713	1.80%
3,658	2.43%
10,896	7.25%
45,755	30.43%

1990
149,838
108,770	72.59%
29,154	19.46%
995	0.66%
2,988	1.99%
n/a
7,931	5.29%
41,068	27.41%

1980
112,784
83,357	73.91%
22,617	20.05%
694	0.62%
1,656	1.47%
n/a
4,206	3.73%
29,427	26.09%

1970
103,126
84,037	81.49%
14,981	14.53%
341	0.33%
596	0.58%
n/a
2,713	2.63%
19,089	18.51%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
30,997	20.6
7,500	5.0
4,040	2.7
-4,577	-3.0

17,958	11.9
9,459	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
32,651	21.8
6,785	4.5
-52,728	-35.2
991	0.7

-4,170	-2.8
4,687	3.1

Number	Rate
1980's
31,874	28.3
5,055	4.5
11,210	9.9
n/a

25,413	22.5
11,641	10.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-14,853	-14.4
n/a

-680	-0.7
10,338	10.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Onslow 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
26.9
49,511	23.9%
157,787	76.1%
19,563	9.4%

71,009
2.58

51,051	71.9%
39,866	78.1%
5,037	9.9%
19,958	28.1%

2010
Number	Percent
25.7
44,938	25.3%
132,834	74.7%
13,262	7.5%

60,092
2.66

44,274	73.7%
34,006	76.8%
5,159	11.7%
15,818	26.3%

2000
Number	Percent
25.0
39,405	26.2%
110,950	73.8%
9,568	6.4%

48,107
2.72

36,892	76.7%
29,794	80.8%
3,709	10.1%
11,215	23.3%

1990
Number	Percent
24.6
36,272	24.2%
113,566	75.8%
6,556	4.4%

40,545
2.84

32,974	81.3%
28,058	85.1%
2,728	8.3%
7,571	18.7%

1980
Number	Percent
22.7
30,235	26.8%
82,549	73.2%
4,131	3.7%

30,531
2.94

25,089	82.2%
21,800	86.9%
1,900	7.6%
5,442	17.8%

2022 Housing Data for Onslow County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,736	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,449	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,619	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,683	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,562	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,155	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,884	5.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,741	5.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,356	4.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	6,336	8.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,854	11.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,101	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,967	9.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,122	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,756	5.3%
$200,000 or more	2,688	3.8%

Median Household Income	59,976
Per Capita Income	29,214

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,562	5.0%
Public Assistance	2,021	2.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	9,342	13.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	59,085	49.0%
Unemployed	3,898	3.2%
In Armed Forces	30,302	25.1%

Total Labor Force	93,285	77.3%
Not in Labor Force	27,372	22.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	21,525	20,986	50.6%
Non-Profit	1,070	1,556	40.7%
Self-Employed	3,685	2,425	60.3%

Local Government	2,184	3,372	39.3%
State Government	895	1,863	32.5%
Federal Government	5,099	3,130	62.0%

Total Private + Self	25,210	23,411	51.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	9,248	9,921	48.2%
Total	34,458	33,332	50.8%

Pct. Govt.	24.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	8,619	12.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	15,636	23.0%
Professional, Technical	14,514	21.4%
Service Occupations	12,920	19.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	253	0.4%
All others	16,262	23.9%

White Collar		57.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	9,862	14.5%
Health care and social assistance	7,901	11.6%
Accommodation and food services	7,048	10.4%
Educational services	6,953	10.2%
Construction	6,068	8.9%
Public administration	5,660	8.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,775	5.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,673	5.4%
Manufacturing	3,215	4.7%
Other services	3,096	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	2,996	4.4%
Finance and insurance	1,697	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,254	1.8%
Information	1,224	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,150	1.7%
Wholesale trade	1,121	1.6%
Utilities	774	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	413	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	41	0.1%
Management	30	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,362	6.07%
Puerto Rican	7,138	3.50%
Cuban	774	0.38%
Dominican	1,400	0.69%

Total Central American	2,159	1.06%
Costa Rican	73	0.04%
Guatemalan	408	0.20%
Honduran	310	0.15%
Nicaraguan	155	0.08%
Panamanian	184	0.09%
Salvadoran	1,029	0.51%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,917	0.94%
Argentinean	57	0.03%
Bolivian	20	0.01%
Chilean	196	0.10%
Colombian	549	0.27%
Ecuadorian	452	0.22%
Paraguayan	112	0.05%
Peruvian	211	0.10%
Uruguayan	19	0.01%
Venezuelan	301	0.15%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,310	0.64%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	916	0.45%
Chinese	676	0.33%
Korean	651	0.32%
Japanese	432	0.21%
Indian	324	0.16%
Vietnamese	292	0.14%
Cambodian	114	0.06%
Hmong	86	0.04%
Okinawan	74	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	167,837	89.7%
Spanish	13,647	7.3%
Other Asian	1,085	0.6%
Other Indo-European	681	0.4%
Tagalog	655	0.4%
German, other Germanic	634	0.3%
Other	631	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	494	0.3%
Chinese	455	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	27,513	13.5%
German	25,824	12.7%
English	25,419	12.5%
Italian	12,570	6.2%
American	9,954	4.9%
Scottish	3,909	1.9%
Polish	3,826	1.9%
French	3,467	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	3,433	1.7%
European	3,113	1.5%
Swedish	1,974	1.0%
Scandinavian	1,858	0.9%
French Canadian	1,664	0.8%
Dutch	1,622	0.8%
Welsh	1,577	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	200,698	98.5%
Not a citizen	2,988	1.5%

Native	195,730	96.1%
Foreign-born	7,956	3.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,576	2.3%	6,224	5.6%	32,713	29.7%	40,421	36.7%	19,410	17.6%	8,870	8.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,576	2.3%
9-12 Years	6,224	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	32,713	29.7%
Some College	40,421	36.7%
Bach. Degree	19,410	17.6%
Grad Degree	8,870	8.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	41,624	39,577	2,047	4.9%	4.1%
1991	41,988	39,724	2,264	5.4%	5.9%
1992	41,740	39,625	2,115	5.1%	6.3%
1993	42,456	40,397	2,059	4.8%	5.1%
1994	42,965	41,073	1,892	4.4%	4.4%
1995	43,520	41,784	1,736	4.0%	4.4%
1996	45,439	43,580	1,859	4.1%	4.4%
1997	47,754	46,112	1,642	3.4%	3.8%
1998	48,144	46,408	1,736	3.6%	3.5%
1999	50,147	48,336	1,811	3.6%	3.3%

2000	53,232	50,903	2,329	4.4%	3.7%
2001	54,193	51,187	3,006	5.5%	5.6%
2002	53,797	50,156	3,641	6.8%	6.9%
2003	54,242	50,577	3,665	6.8%	6.7%
2004	55,768	52,550	3,218	5.8%	5.9%
2005	56,406	53,193	3,213	5.7%	5.6%
2006	58,402	55,603	2,799	4.8%	5.1%
2007	60,085	57,173	2,912	4.8%	5.1%
2008	63,263	59,670	3,593	5.7%	6.2%
2009	66,352	60,483	5,869	8.8%	11.0%

2010	63,590	58,387	5,203	8.2%	10.7%
2011	63,019	57,804	5,215	8.3%	10.3%
2012	64,123	58,859	5,264	8.2%	9.5%
2013	64,175	59,787	4,388	6.8%	7.8%
2014	64,023	60,243	3,780	5.9%	6.1%
2015	63,680	59,974	3,706	5.8%	5.7%
2016	63,519	60,018	3,501	5.5%	5.1%
2017	64,456	61,066	3,390	5.3%	4.5%
2018	64,349	61,182	3,167	4.9%	4.0%
2019	64,975	62,059	2,916	4.5%	3.8%

2020	63,899	59,276	4,623	7.2%	7.3%
2021	65,582	62,160	3,422	5.2%	4.9%
2022	68,204	65,295	2,909	4.3%	3.7%
2023	69,558	66,767	2,791	4.0%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	84,531
Median Value	$196,800

Occupied	71,009	84.0%
Vacant	13,522	16.0%

Owned	41,845	58.9%
Rented	29,164	41.1%
Median Rent	$1,132

Single-Family Units	61,979	73.3%
Detached	53,570	63.4%
Attached	8,409	9.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,515	8.9%
Mobile Homes	11,078	13.1%

Onslow County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Onslow County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Onslow County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Onslow County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Onslow County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Onslow County, NC