2022 population: 1,175,021 ( 274,028 from 2010 , 45,628 from 2020)
Land area: 834.6 square miles
Population density: 1407.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	684,722	58.27%	22.2%
Black:	230,859	19.65%	26.3%
Indian:	3,318	0.28%	30.8%
Asian:	103,802	8.83%	113.6%
2+ races:	27,918	2.38%	65.7%
Hispanic:	124,402	10.59%	41.5%

Total non-White:	490,299	41.73%	44.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	28,947	12.8
Deaths:	15,725	7.0
Net Migration:	24,940	11.0
Net Immigration:	7,350	3.3

Change in White population:	124,186	13.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	149,842	16.6

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
900,993
560,536	62.21%
182,793	20.29%
2,537	0.28%
48,604	5.39%
16,846	1.87%
87,922	9.76%
340,457	37.79%

2000
627,846
439,160	69.95%
122,648	19.53%
1,821	0.29%
21,361	3.40%
8,029	1.28%
33,985	5.41%
188,686	30.05%

1990
423,380
321,714	75.99%
87,359	20.63%
1,028	0.24%
8,385	1.98%
n/a
4,894	1.16%
101,666	24.01%

1980
301,327
230,651	76.55%
65,209	21.64%
353	0.12%
2,387	0.79%
n/a
2,262	0.75%
70,676	23.45%

1970
228,453
175,985	77.03%
50,362	22.04%
334	0.15%
546	0.24%
n/a
970	0.42%
52,468	22.97%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
111,601	17.8
33,984	5.4
153,320	24.4
33,348	5.3

121,376	19.3
151,771	24.2

Number	Rate
1990's
79,929	18.9
28,747	6.8
111,055	26.2
12,165	2.9

117,446	27.7
87,020	20.6

Number	Rate
1980's
51,198	17.0
21,256	7.1
95,356	31.6
n/a

91,063	30.2
30,990	10.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
49,328	21.6
n/a

54,666	23.9
18,208	8.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Wake 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
37.0
264,406	22.5%
910,615	77.5%
138,567	11.8%

430,497
2.58

282,074	65.5%
221,243	78.4%
24,886	8.8%
148,423	34.5%

2010
Number	Percent
34.4
234,613	26.0%
666,380	74.0%
76,549	8.5%

345,645
2.55

227,117	65.7%
174,737	76.9%
24,909	11.0%
118,528	34.3%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
157,237	25.0%
470,609	75.0%
46,121	7.3%

242,133
2.51

159,824	66.0%
128,768	80.6%
14,983	9.4%
82,309	34.0%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
97,496	23.0%
325,884	77.0%
32,951	7.8%

165,760
2.46

110,452	66.6%
90,941	82.3%
8,802	8.0%
55,308	33.4%

1980
Number	Percent
28.7
79,224	26.3%
222,103	73.7%
22,086	7.3%

106,548
2.67

77,054	72.3%
63,944	83.0%
6,380	8.3%
29,494	27.7%

2022 Housing Data for Wake County, NC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,020	3.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,731	2.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	9,249	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	12,095	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	10,339	2.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,916	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,461	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	13,588	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,004	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	27,524	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	35,260	8.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	51,760	12.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	46,430	10.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	36,376	8.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	52,423	12.2%
$200,000 or more	74,321	17.3%

Median Household Income	96,734
Per Capita Income	50,188

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	123
Compared to U.S.	104

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	11,521	2.7%
Public Assistance	5,750	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	29,056	6.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	518,287	75.7%
Unemployed	21,942	3.2%
In Armed Forces	633	0.1%

Total Labor Force	540,862	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	144,001	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	237,902	186,279	56.1%
Non-Profit	17,976	28,440	38.7%
Self-Employed	30,797	21,309	59.1%

Local Government	9,596	17,712	35.1%
State Government	16,951	23,897	41.5%
Federal Government	4,895	4,665	51.2%

Total Private + Self	268,699	207,588	56.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	49,418	74,714	39.8%
Total	318,117	282,302	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	12.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	144,437	24.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	114,396	19.0%
Professional, Technical	190,495	31.7%
Service Occupations	73,246	12.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	909	0.2%
All others	78,715	13.1%

White Collar		74.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	105,540	17.6%
Health care and social assistance	71,576	11.9%
Retail trade	57,120	9.5%
Educational services	52,919	8.8%
Manufacturing	51,879	8.6%
Finance and insurance	36,637	6.1%
Accommodation and food services	35,894	6.0%
Construction	34,832	5.8%
Public administration	25,888	4.3%
Other services	24,692	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	23,183	3.9%
Transportation and warehousing	19,557	3.3%
Information	16,472	2.7%
Wholesale trade	13,494	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	12,256	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	11,291	1.9%
Utilities	4,767	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,721	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	945	0.2%
Management	626	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	53,347	4.71%
Puerto Rican	15,865	1.40%
Cuban	4,555	0.40%
Dominican	7,431	0.66%

Total Central American	17,107	1.51%
Costa Rican	459	0.04%
Guatemalan	2,946	0.26%
Honduran	4,152	0.37%
Nicaraguan	442	0.04%
Panamanian	930	0.08%
Salvadoran	7,862	0.69%
Other Central American	316	0.03%

Total South American	10,908	0.96%
Argentinean	703	0.06%
Bolivian	64	0.01%
Chilean	520	0.05%
Colombian	3,743	0.33%
Ecuadorian	1,420	0.13%
Paraguayan	136	0.01%
Peruvian	1,676	0.15%
Uruguayan	223	0.02%
Venezuelan	2,335	0.21%
Other South American	88	0.01%

Other Hispanic	8,782	0.78%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	48,336	4.27%
Chinese	13,088	1.16%
Vietnamese	6,542	0.58%
Korean	5,477	0.48%
Filipino	4,499	0.40%
Japanese	1,220	0.11%
Bangladeshi	1,148	0.10%
Taiwanese	817	0.07%
Thai	462	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	875,090	82.1%
Spanish	83,024	7.8%
Other Indo-European	30,008	2.8%
Other Asian	20,460	1.9%
Chinese	11,149	1.0%
Other	9,811	0.9%
French, Haitian, Cajun	7,851	0.7%
Arabic	7,686	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5,825	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	142,317	12.6%
German	119,136	10.5%
Irish	103,493	9.1%
American	73,296	6.5%
Italian	53,361	4.7%
Scottish	28,441	2.5%
European	26,069	2.3%
Polish	23,543	2.1%
French	21,142	1.9%
Scotch-Irish	19,104	1.7%
African	10,570	0.9%
British	10,310	0.9%
Dutch	9,521	0.8%
Swedish	8,867	0.8%
Russian	7,806	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,049,972	92.7%
Not a citizen	82,131	7.3%

Native	975,821	86.2%
Foreign-born	156,282	13.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
20,856	2.7%	25,258	3.3%	111,859	14.6%	181,241	23.7%	258,183	33.8%	167,522	21.9%
Average years of education: 14.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	20,856	2.7%
9-12 Years	25,258	3.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	111,859	14.6%
Some College	181,241	23.7%
Bach. Degree	258,183	33.8%
Grad Degree	167,522	21.9%
Average years of education: 14.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	254,679	248,247	6,432	2.5%	4.1%
1991	261,700	253,306	8,394	3.2%	5.9%
1992	272,509	262,657	9,852	3.6%	6.3%
1993	280,866	272,023	8,843	3.1%	5.1%
1994	291,766	284,090	7,676	2.6%	4.4%
1995	302,038	294,906	7,132	2.4%	4.4%
1996	322,213	315,517	6,696	2.1%	4.4%
1997	338,017	332,072	5,945	1.8%	3.8%
1998	348,848	343,367	5,481	1.6%	3.5%
1999	360,221	355,090	5,131	1.4%	3.3%

2000	366,355	357,475	8,880	2.4%	3.7%
2001	377,396	362,208	15,188	4.0%	5.6%
2002	379,880	357,422	22,458	5.9%	6.9%
2003	388,096	366,611	21,485	5.5%	6.7%
2004	393,001	374,804	18,197	4.6%	5.9%
2005	406,455	388,671	17,784	4.4%	5.6%
2006	428,162	411,379	16,783	3.9%	5.1%
2007	442,662	425,915	16,747	3.8%	5.1%
2008	457,854	436,760	21,094	4.6%	6.2%
2009	462,756	422,898	39,858	8.6%	11.0%

2010	482,446	442,867	39,579	8.2%	10.7%
2011	490,446	451,953	38,493	7.8%	10.3%
2012	506,466	469,451	37,015	7.3%	9.5%
2013	512,481	482,605	29,876	5.8%	7.8%
2014	523,736	498,730	25,006	4.8%	6.1%
2015	539,009	513,915	25,094	4.7%	5.7%
2016	554,963	531,092	23,871	4.3%	5.1%
2017	572,462	550,037	22,425	3.9%	4.5%
2018	585,506	565,174	20,332	3.5%	4.0%
2019	596,307	576,542	19,765	3.3%	3.8%

2020	584,088	546,490	37,598	6.4%	7.3%
2021	594,548	570,431	24,117	4.1%	4.9%
2022	631,370	612,045	19,325	3.1%	3.7%
2023	648,814	629,344	19,470	3.0%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	466,760
Median Value	$385,700

Occupied	430,497	92.2%
Vacant	36,263	7.8%

Owned	276,942	64.3%
Rented	153,555	35.7%
Median Rent	$1,412

Single-Family Units	325,554	69.7%
Detached	274,981	58.9%
Attached	50,573	10.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	111,262	23.8%
Mobile Homes	12,462	2.7%

Wake County, NC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Wake County, NC

2022 Housing Data for Wake County, NC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Wake County, NC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Wake County, NC

Historical Labor Force Data for Wake County, NC