2022 population: 249,070 ( 47,778 from 2010 , 10,837 from 2020)
Land area: 632.7 square miles
Population density: 393.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	171,479	68.85%	14.2%
Black:	29,559	11.87%	27.8%
Indian:	749	0.30%	23.8%
Asian:	11,574	4.65%	250.6%
2+ races:	4,829	1.94%	74.2%
Hispanic:	30,880	12.40%	47.3%

Total non-White:	77,591	31.15%	51.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,372	11.3
Deaths:	3,981	8.4
Net Migration:	8,889	18.7
Net Immigration:	591	1.2

Change in White population:	21,381	10.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	26,397	13.1

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
201,292
150,098	74.57%
23,134	11.49%
605	0.30%
3,301	1.64%
2,772	1.38%
20,967	10.42%
51,194	25.43%

2000
123,677
98,612	79.73%
15,312	12.38%
415	0.34%
731	0.59%
885	0.72%
7,637	6.17%
25,065	20.27%

1990
84,211
69,829	82.92%
13,411	15.93%
307	0.36%
202	0.24%
n/a
462	0.55%
14,382	17.08%

1980
70,380
57,974	82.37%
11,488	16.32%
205	0.29%
130	0.18%
n/a
574	0.82%
12,406	17.63%

1970
54,714
44,280	80.93%
10,369	18.95%
31	0.06%
17	0.03%
n/a
6	0.01%
10,434	19.07%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
23,753	19.2
9,066	7.3
56,204	45.4
4,209	3.4

51,486	41.6
26,129	21.1

Number	Rate
1990's
16,585	19.7
7,211	8.6
26,621	31.6
473	0.6

28,783	34.2
10,683	12.7

Number	Rate
1980's
11,646	16.5
5,498	7.8
8,409	11.9
n/a

11,855	16.8
1,976	2.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
9,244	16.9
n/a

13,694	25.0
1,972	3.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Union 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
38.9
62,486	25.1%
186,584	74.9%
31,439	12.6%

80,271
2.96

64,310	80.1%
53,139	82.6%
3,920	6.1%
15,961	19.9%

2010
Number	Percent
36.2
60,880	30.2%
140,412	69.8%
19,466	9.7%

67,864
2.94

54,019	79.6%
43,823	81.1%
4,205	7.8%
13,845	20.4%

2000
Number	Percent
34.1
34,600	28.0%
89,077	72.0%
11,223	9.1%

43,370
2.81

34,553	79.7%
28,734	83.2%
2,457	7.1%
8,817	20.3%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
23,015	27.3%
61,196	72.7%
8,010	9.5%

29,399
2.81

23,760	80.8%
19,751	83.1%
1,647	6.9%
5,639	19.2%

1980
Number	Percent
28.6
22,292	31.7%
48,088	68.3%
6,218	8.8%

22,942
3.00

19,083	83.2%
16,514	86.5%
1,280	6.7%
3,859	16.8%

2022 Housing Data for Union County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,298	2.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,184	1.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,790	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,733	2.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,588	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,948	2.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,614	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,202	2.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,084	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,479	5.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,682	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,167	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	8,516	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	7,276	9.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,883	11.1%
$200,000 or more	13,827	17.2%

Median Household Income	95,533
Per Capita Income	43,957

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	112
Compared to U.S.	94

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,409	3.0%
Public Assistance	1,194	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,381	7.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	102,578	74.7%
Unemployed	4,818	3.5%
In Armed Forces	38	0.0%

Total Labor Force	107,434	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	29,923	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	49,985	36,612	57.7%
Non-Profit	3,175	5,278	37.6%
Self-Employed	7,840	4,937	61.4%

Local Government	2,886	5,366	35.0%
State Government	1,001	1,924	34.2%
Federal Government	931	651	58.8%

Total Private + Self	57,825	41,549	58.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,993	13,219	37.7%
Total	65,818	54,768	54.6%

Pct. Govt.	10.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	27,637	22.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	25,426	21.0%
Professional, Technical	26,784	22.1%
Service Occupations	15,455	12.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	332	0.3%
All others	25,636	21.2%

White Collar		66.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	14,190	11.7%
Retail trade	13,991	11.6%
Health care and social assistance	12,745	10.5%
Finance and insurance	11,260	9.3%
Construction	10,427	8.6%
Educational services	9,899	8.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,333	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	7,391	6.1%
Other services	6,555	5.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,891	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	4,214	3.5%
Wholesale trade	3,599	3.0%
Public administration	2,894	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,423	2.0%
Information	2,245	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,102	1.7%
Utilities	1,456	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,056	0.9%
Management	136	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	131	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	15,902	6.62%
Puerto Rican	3,073	1.28%
Cuban	717	0.30%
Dominican	402	0.17%

Total Central American	3,187	1.33%
Costa Rican	132	0.05%
Guatemalan	1,246	0.52%
Honduran	707	0.29%
Nicaraguan	66	0.03%
Panamanian	93	0.04%
Salvadoran	943	0.39%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	3,516	1.46%
Argentinean	43	0.02%
Bolivian	18	0.01%
Chilean	26	0.01%
Colombian	940	0.39%
Ecuadorian	1,009	0.42%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	607	0.25%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	840	0.35%
Other South American	33	0.01%

Other Hispanic	1,523	0.63%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	5,108	2.13%
Chinese	995	0.41%
Vietnamese	847	0.35%
Filipino	718	0.30%
Hmong	341	0.14%
Korean	293	0.12%
Burmese	216	0.09%
Taiwanese	68	0.03%
Indonesian	40	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	191,812	84.4%
Spanish	21,640	9.5%
Other Indo-European	4,357	1.9%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,873	1.3%
Other Asian	2,660	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	759	0.3%
Chinese	707	0.3%
Other	634	0.3%
German, other Germanic	468	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	27,808	11.6%
German	25,021	10.4%
Irish	23,029	9.6%
American	16,750	7.0%
Italian	10,647	4.4%
Polish	5,516	2.3%
Scotch-Irish	5,178	2.2%
Scottish	5,112	2.1%
European	4,244	1.8%
French	3,882	1.6%
Dutch	1,872	0.8%
Russian	1,851	0.8%
Ukrainian	1,670	0.7%
Swedish	1,595	0.7%
British	1,549	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	226,777	94.4%
Not a citizen	13,332	5.6%

Native	214,135	89.2%
Foreign-born	25,974	10.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,069	3.9%	8,703	5.6%	35,354	22.9%	45,057	29.1%	39,363	25.5%	20,093	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,069	3.9%
9-12 Years	8,703	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	35,354	22.9%
Some College	45,057	29.1%
Bach. Degree	39,363	25.5%
Grad Degree	20,093	13.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	46,346	45,043	1,303	2.8%	4.1%
1991	47,151	44,736	2,415	5.1%	5.9%
1992	48,302	45,622	2,680	5.5%	6.3%
1993	49,725	47,634	2,091	4.2%	5.1%
1994	51,790	50,073	1,717	3.3%	4.4%
1995	53,669	52,242	1,427	2.7%	4.4%
1996	56,434	55,022	1,412	2.5%	4.4%
1997	58,462	57,000	1,462	2.5%	3.8%
1998	59,945	58,555	1,390	2.3%	3.5%
1999	63,275	61,981	1,294	2.0%	3.3%

2000	67,255	65,370	1,885	2.8%	3.7%
2001	70,841	67,927	2,914	4.1%	5.6%
2002	73,948	69,874	4,074	5.5%	6.9%
2003	76,864	72,689	4,175	5.4%	6.7%
2004	79,066	75,037	4,029	5.1%	5.9%
2005	82,852	78,898	3,954	4.8%	5.6%
2006	89,219	85,420	3,799	4.3%	5.1%
2007	91,931	87,999	3,932	4.3%	5.1%
2008	95,972	90,687	5,285	5.5%	6.2%
2009	96,241	86,204	10,037	10.4%	11.0%

2010	101,531	91,462	10,069	9.9%	10.7%
2011	102,947	93,573	9,374	9.1%	10.3%
2012	105,081	96,627	8,454	8.0%	9.5%
2013	105,927	99,180	6,747	6.4%	7.8%
2014	108,842	103,296	5,546	5.1%	6.1%
2015	112,222	106,848	5,374	4.8%	5.7%
2016	115,411	110,320	5,091	4.4%	5.1%
2017	118,928	114,149	4,779	4.0%	4.5%
2018	121,615	117,279	4,336	3.6%	4.0%
2019	124,867	120,622	4,245	3.4%	3.8%

2020	121,173	113,926	7,247	6.0%	7.3%
2021	123,609	118,702	4,907	4.0%	4.9%
2022	130,308	126,207	4,101	3.1%	3.7%
2023	132,893	128,911	3,982	3.0%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	84,798
Median Value	$336,600

Occupied	80,271	94.7%
Vacant	4,527	5.3%

Owned	66,252	82.5%
Rented	14,019	17.5%
Median Rent	$1,274

Single-Family Units	75,756	89.3%
Detached	73,391	86.5%
Attached	2,365	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,907	3.4%
Mobile Homes	4,256	5.0%

Union County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Union County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Union County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Union County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Union County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Union County, NC