2022 population: 173,542 ( 5,394 from 2010 , 3,301 from 2020)
Land area: 652.4 square miles
Population density: 266.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	91,471	52.71%	4.8%
Black:	61,952	35.70%	9.0%
Indian:	552	0.32%	16.5%
Asian:	3,601	2.08%	36.8%
2+ races:	3,710	2.14%	37.5%
Hispanic:	12,256	7.06%	33.2%

Total non-White:	82,071	47.29%	13.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,570	13.4
Deaths:	3,748	11.0
Net Migration:	2,178	6.4
Net Immigration:	259	0.8

Change in White population:	-4,567	-2.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	9,961	5.9

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
168,148
96,038	57.12%
56,813	33.79%
474	0.28%
2,632	1.57%
2,699	1.61%
9,202	5.47%
72,110	42.88%

2000
133,798
81,613	61.00%
44,819	33.50%
330	0.25%
1,475	1.10%
1,166	0.87%
4,216	3.15%
52,185	39.00%

1990
107,924
70,607	65.42%
35,919	33.28%
124	0.11%
699	0.65%
n/a
575	0.53%
37,317	34.58%

1980
90,146
58,422	64.81%
30,506	33.84%
70	0.08%
269	0.30%
n/a
822	0.91%
31,724	35.19%

1970
73,900
48,176	65.19%
25,449	34.44%
24	0.03%
78	0.11%
n/a
142	0.19%
25,724	34.81%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
19,654	14.7
10,109	7.6
14,080	10.5
2,471	1.8

14,425	10.8
19,925	14.9

Number	Rate
1990's
17,689	16.4
9,640	8.9
7,970	7.4
758	0.7

11,006	10.2
14,868	13.8

Number	Rate
1980's
14,518	16.1
7,684	8.5
11,671	12.9
n/a

12,185	13.5
5,593	6.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
9,025	12.2
n/a

10,246	13.9
6,000	8.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Pitt 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
33.2
36,337	20.9%
137,205	79.1%
24,072	13.9%

72,153
2.28

40,398	56.0%
25,613	63.4%
6,528	16.2%
31,755	44.0%

2010
Number	Percent
31.0
37,798	22.5%
130,350	77.5%
16,619	9.9%

67,577
2.39

39,665	58.7%
26,372	66.5%
6,278	15.8%
27,912	41.3%

2000
Number	Percent
30.8
31,437	23.5%
102,361	76.5%
12,878	9.6%

52,603
2.42

32,643	62.1%
23,092	70.7%
4,637	14.2%
19,960	37.9%

1990
Number	Percent
29.5
26,184	24.3%
81,740	75.7%
10,440	9.7%

40,432
2.54

26,529	65.6%
19,481	73.4%
3,136	11.8%
13,903	34.4%

1980
Number	Percent
26.3
23,412	26.0%
66,734	74.0%
7,721	8.6%

30,265
2.76

21,736	71.8%
16,909	77.8%
2,131	9.8%
8,529	28.2%

2022 Housing Data for Pitt County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,241	8.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,120	5.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,943	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,900	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,598	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,616	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,491	4.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	4,039	5.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,434	4.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,505	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,919	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,055	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,368	7.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,574	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,732	5.2%
$200,000 or more	3,618	5.0%

Median Household Income	54,915
Per Capita Income	32,224

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	101
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,849	5.3%
Public Assistance	1,051	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	10,931	15.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	71,631	66.5%
Unemployed	5,871	5.4%
In Armed Forces	538	0.5%

Total Labor Force	78,040	72.4%
Not in Labor Force	29,716	27.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	27,932	23,867	53.9%
Non-Profit	2,562	5,142	33.3%
Self-Employed	4,328	2,487	63.5%

Local Government	2,511	3,142	44.4%
State Government	3,403	4,647	42.3%
Federal Government	268	376	41.6%

Total Private + Self	32,260	26,354	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,744	13,307	39.7%
Total	41,004	39,661	50.8%

Pct. Govt.	17.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,824	13.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	16,089	19.9%
Professional, Technical	22,253	27.5%
Service Occupations	15,194	18.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	333	0.4%
All others	16,493	20.4%

White Collar		60.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	14,644	18.1%
Educational services	10,356	12.8%
Retail trade	9,330	11.5%
Manufacturing	8,482	10.5%
Accommodation and food services	7,360	9.1%
Construction	4,431	5.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,394	4.2%
Public administration	3,294	4.1%
Other services	3,273	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,164	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	2,826	3.5%
Finance and insurance	2,634	3.3%
Wholesale trade	1,862	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,790	2.2%
Information	1,380	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,186	1.5%
Utilities	641	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	582	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	202	0.2%
Management	22	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	8,100	4.73%
Puerto Rican	1,333	0.78%
Cuban	437	0.26%
Dominican	12	0.01%

Total Central American	539	0.31%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	191	0.11%
Honduran	41	0.02%
Nicaraguan	11	0.01%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	279	0.16%
Other Central American	17	0.01%

Total South American	739	0.43%
Argentinean	27	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	45	0.03%
Colombian	179	0.10%
Ecuadorian	3	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	73	0.04%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	405	0.24%
Other South American	7	0.00%

Other Hispanic	380	0.22%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	777	0.45%
Filipino	598	0.35%
Chinese	408	0.24%
Korean	385	0.22%
Japanese	315	0.18%
Vietnamese	75	0.04%
Hmong	67	0.04%
Burmese	43	0.03%
Cambodian	35	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	149,586	92.5%
Spanish	8,096	5.0%
Other Asian	1,090	0.7%
Arabic	604	0.4%
Other Indo-European	445	0.3%
German, other Germanic	340	0.2%
Tagalog	299	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	266	0.2%
Other	263	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	16,892	9.9%
Irish	10,201	6.0%
German	9,978	5.8%
American	9,479	5.5%
Scotch-Irish	3,313	1.9%
Italian	3,214	1.9%
European	2,624	1.5%
Scottish	2,180	1.3%
Polish	1,853	1.1%
French	1,679	1.0%
African	875	0.5%
British	780	0.5%
Jamaican	686	0.4%
Welsh	640	0.4%
Dutch	554	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	165,935	96.9%
Not a citizen	5,261	3.1%

Native	162,484	94.9%
Foreign-born	8,712	5.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,803	3.6%	6,518	6.2%	25,938	24.6%	34,191	32.4%	21,025	20.0%	13,891	13.2%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,803	3.6%
9-12 Years	6,518	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	25,938	24.6%
Some College	34,191	32.4%
Bach. Degree	21,025	20.0%
Grad Degree	13,891	13.2%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	57,276	54,975	2,301	4.0%	4.1%
1991	58,256	54,713	3,543	6.1%	5.9%
1992	58,228	54,421	3,807	6.5%	6.3%
1993	58,965	55,884	3,081	5.2%	5.1%
1994	60,832	57,996	2,836	4.7%	4.4%
1995	63,649	60,592	3,057	4.8%	4.4%
1996	65,206	61,893	3,313	5.1%	4.4%
1997	66,640	63,243	3,397	5.1%	3.8%
1998	66,889	63,882	3,007	4.5%	3.5%
1999	70,000	66,818	3,182	4.5%	3.3%

2000	69,930	66,991	2,939	4.2%	3.7%
2001	69,734	65,627	4,107	5.9%	5.6%
2002	69,099	64,358	4,741	6.9%	6.9%
2003	72,114	67,230	4,884	6.8%	6.7%
2004	72,474	68,078	4,396	6.1%	5.9%
2005	74,052	69,474	4,578	6.2%	5.6%
2006	76,483	72,173	4,310	5.6%	5.1%
2007	79,309	74,957	4,352	5.5%	5.1%
2008	81,320	76,059	5,261	6.5%	6.2%
2009	83,068	74,349	8,719	10.5%	11.0%

2010	86,234	77,553	8,681	10.1%	10.7%
2011	86,228	77,504	8,724	10.1%	10.3%
2012	88,465	80,207	8,258	9.3%	9.5%
2013	88,034	81,135	6,899	7.8%	7.8%
2014	87,471	82,000	5,471	6.3%	6.1%
2015	87,592	82,352	5,240	6.0%	5.7%
2016	87,935	83,032	4,903	5.6%	5.1%
2017	89,162	84,809	4,353	4.9%	4.5%
2018	89,567	85,657	3,910	4.4%	4.0%
2019	90,233	86,516	3,717	4.1%	3.8%

2020	87,450	81,504	5,946	6.8%	7.3%
2021	84,927	80,446	4,481	5.3%	4.9%
2022	88,143	84,546	3,597	4.1%	3.7%
2023	89,299	85,787	3,512	3.9%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	80,763
Median Value	$178,700

Occupied	72,153	89.3%
Vacant	8,610	10.7%

Owned	36,960	51.2%
Rented	35,193	48.8%
Median Rent	$911

Single-Family Units	47,459	58.8%
Detached	39,267	48.6%
Attached	8,192	10.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	19,800	24.5%
Mobile Homes	8,790	10.9%

Pitt County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Pitt County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Pitt County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Pitt County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Pitt County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Pitt County, NC