North Carolina

2022 population: 10,698,973 ( 1,163,490 from 2010 , 259,559 from 2020)
Land area: 48622.8 square miles
Population density: 220.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	6,584,019	61.54%	5.8%
Black:	2,267,145	21.19%	12.2%
Indian:	111,183	1.04%	2.2%
Asian:	378,147	3.53%	78.5%
2+ races:	236,470	2.21%	51.8%
Hispanic:	1,122,009	10.49%	40.2%

Total non-White:	4,114,954	38.46%	24.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	267,681	12.8
Deaths:	256,741	12.3
Net Migration:	211,867	10.1
Net Immigration:	37,031	1.8

Change in White population:	360,024	3.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	803,466	8.4

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
9,535,483
6,223,995	65.27%
2,019,854	21.18%
108,829	1.14%
211,838	2.22%
155,759	1.63%
800,120	8.39%
3,311,488	34.73%

2000
8,049,313
5,647,155	70.16%
1,723,301	21.41%
95,333	1.18%
115,581	1.44%
79,965	0.99%
378,963	4.71%
2,402,158	29.84%

1990
6,628,637
4,977,281	75.09%
1,449,378	21.87%
81,523	1.23%
51,435	0.78%
n/a
69,020	1.04%
1,651,356	24.91%

1980
5,881,766
4,430,653	75.33%
1,305,351	22.19%
63,118	1.07%
23,150	0.39%
n/a
56,039	0.95%
1,451,113	24.67%

1970
5,082,059
3,874,184	76.23%
1,132,599	22.29%
43,294	0.85%
5,585	0.11%
n/a
22,611	0.44%
1,207,875	23.77%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,143,251	14.2
685,324	8.5
675,016	8.4
214,573	2.7

576,840	7.2
909,330	11.3

Number	Rate
1990's
1,056,972	15.9
643,037	9.7
580,687	8.8
67,602	1.0

669,874	10.1
750,802	11.3

Number	Rate
1980's
901,341	15.3
527,833	9.0
407,692	6.9
n/a

546,628	9.3
200,243	3.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
311,908	6.1
n/a

556,469	10.9
243,238	4.8

Age, Family & Household Data for North Carolina

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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
39.1
2,283,888	21.3%
8,415,085	78.7%
1,747,925	16.3%

4,105,232
2.48

2,653,429	64.6%
1,952,436	73.6%
274,986	10.4%
1,451,803	35.4%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
2,281,635	23.9%
7,253,848	76.1%
1,234,079	12.9%

3,745,155
2.48

2,499,174	66.7%
1,812,029	72.5%
292,504	11.7%
1,245,981	33.3%

2000
Number	Percent
35.4
1,961,317	24.4%
6,087,996	75.6%
969,822	12.0%

3,133,282
2.49

2,173,346	69.4%
1,672,543	77.0%
223,909	10.3%
959,936	30.6%

1990
Number	Percent
33.2
1,608,493	24.3%
5,020,144	75.7%
802,057	12.1%

2,517,098
2.54

1,824,465	72.5%
1,448,156	79.4%
164,000	9.0%
692,633	27.5%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
1,659,361	28.2%
4,222,405	71.8%
601,831	10.2%

2,045,714
2.78

1,583,490	77.4%
1,301,348	82.2%
130,337	8.2%
462,224	22.6%

2022 Housing Data for North Carolina

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	209,321	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	174,876	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	163,874	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	169,020	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	173,949	4.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	177,030	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	165,233	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	174,473	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	165,140	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	312,844	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	395,402	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	528,750	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	386,100	9.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	267,051	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	295,174	7.2%
$200,000 or more	346,995	8.5%

Median Household Income	66,186
Per Capita Income	37,641

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	188,794	4.6%
Public Assistance	69,849	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	529,578	12.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	4,185,809	69.2%
Unemployed	228,897	3.8%
In Armed Forces	83,748	1.4%

Total Labor Force	4,498,454	74.4%
Not in Labor Force	1,550,845	25.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,846,604	1,554,696	54.3%
Non-Profit	129,187	233,417	35.6%
Self-Employed	292,902	180,168	61.9%

Local Government	120,450	179,877	40.1%
State Government	102,633	169,984	37.6%
Federal Government	57,175	48,251	54.2%

Total Private + Self	2,139,506	1,734,864	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	409,445	631,529	39.3%
Total	2,548,951	2,366,393	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	13.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	839,791	17.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	996,305	20.2%
Professional, Technical	1,163,994	23.6%
Service Occupations	784,753	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	24,879	0.5%
All others	1,140,657	23.2%

White Collar		60.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	670,779	13.6%
Manufacturing	584,894	11.9%
Retail trade	562,168	11.4%
Educational services	437,828	8.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	371,571	7.5%
Construction	359,844	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	347,201	7.0%
Finance and insurance	249,686	5.1%
Other services	239,127	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	214,049	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	210,065	4.3%
Public administration	200,743	4.1%
Wholesale trade	115,059	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	91,202	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	86,408	1.8%
Information	82,044	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	49,659	1.0%
Utilities	41,804	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	6,243	0.1%
Management	5,126	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	550,584	5.26%
Puerto Rican	120,765	1.15%
Cuban	30,879	0.29%
Dominican	32,871	0.31%

Total Central American	178,966	1.71%
Costa Rican	5,531	0.05%
Guatemalan	38,038	0.36%
Honduran	59,809	0.57%
Nicaraguan	6,996	0.07%
Panamanian	7,328	0.07%
Salvadoran	60,323	0.58%
Other Central American	941	0.01%

Total South American	78,823	0.75%
Argentinean	4,991	0.05%
Bolivian	1,092	0.01%
Chilean	4,349	0.04%
Colombian	29,684	0.28%
Ecuadorian	13,087	0.12%
Paraguayan	445	0.00%
Peruvian	10,337	0.10%
Uruguayan	1,696	0.02%
Venezuelan	12,140	0.12%
Other South American	1,002	0.01%

Other Hispanic	58,120	0.56%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	114,761	1.10%
Chinese	47,817	0.46%
Vietnamese	35,432	0.34%
Filipino	26,729	0.26%
Korean	22,941	0.22%
Hmong	12,970	0.12%
Japanese	8,034	0.08%
Burmese	5,576	0.05%
Laotian	5,244	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	8,663,829	87.7%
Spanish	774,886	7.8%
Other Indo-European	102,777	1.0%
Other Asian	82,015	0.8%
Other	39,928	0.4%
Chinese	38,296	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	38,024	0.4%
Arabic	30,931	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	27,594	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	1,179,326	11.3%
German	991,258	9.5%
American	977,484	9.3%
Irish	855,171	8.2%
Italian	335,066	3.2%
Scottish	229,601	2.2%
Scotch-Irish	213,857	2.0%
European	179,380	1.7%
French	151,653	1.4%
Polish	149,977	1.4%
Dutch	75,227	0.7%
African	74,005	0.7%
British	61,893	0.6%
Welsh	56,735	0.5%
Swedish	54,970	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	9,969,261	95.2%
Not a citizen	500,953	4.8%

Native	9,602,268	91.7%
Foreign-born	867,946	8.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
286,553	4.0%	471,586	6.6%	1,804,406	25.2%	2,180,677	30.4%	1,533,552	21.4%	895,338	12.5%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	286,553	4.0%
9-12 Years	471,586	6.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,804,406	25.2%
Some College	2,180,677	30.4%
Bach. Degree	1,533,552	21.4%
Grad Degree	895,338	12.5%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	3,478,918	3,336,196	142,722	4.1%
1991	3,538,571	3,329,504	209,067	5.9%
1992	3,603,494	3,377,859	225,635	6.3%
1993	3,622,823	3,437,973	184,850	5.1%
1994	3,679,619	3,516,760	162,859	4.4%
1995	3,753,062	3,589,640	163,422	4.4%
1996	3,880,834	3,711,509	169,325	4.4%
1997	3,962,745	3,810,692	152,053	3.8%
1998	3,972,105	3,831,503	140,602	3.5%
1999	4,046,239	3,912,969	133,270	3.3%

2000	4,127,483	3,972,819	154,664	3.7%
2001	4,191,976	3,956,133	235,843	5.6%
2002	4,209,289	3,917,225	292,064	6.9%
2003	4,285,408	3,997,955	287,453	6.7%
2004	4,287,970	4,036,224	251,746	5.9%
2005	4,348,840	4,105,118	243,722	5.6%
2006	4,461,103	4,232,801	228,302	5.1%
2007	4,528,607	4,297,696	230,911	5.1%
2008	4,578,481	4,296,606	281,875	6.2%
2009	4,613,205	4,104,080	509,125	11.0%

2010	4,633,703	4,135,786	497,917	10.7%
2011	4,657,881	4,180,077	477,804	10.3%
2012	4,720,207	4,271,387	448,820	9.5%
2013	4,701,398	4,336,385	365,013	7.8%
2014	4,698,291	4,410,647	287,644	6.1%
2015	4,763,826	4,493,884	269,942	5.7%
2016	4,844,854	4,598,461	246,393	5.1%
2017	4,928,329	4,705,373	222,956	4.5%
2018	4,986,852	4,786,173	200,679	4.0%
2019	5,077,502	4,885,616	191,886	3.8%

2020	4,950,868	4,587,410	363,458	7.3%
2021	4,954,795	4,712,872	241,923	4.9%
2022	5,159,334	4,970,999	188,335	3.7%
2023	5,231,648	5,050,876	180,772	3.5%

Migration Data for North Carolina

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Florida	283,850
Virginia	259,781
South Carolina	240,782
New York	204,465
Georgia	159,019
California	150,458
Texas	144,164
Pennsylvania	104,744
New Jersey	97,099
Maryland	85,028
Ohio	84,288
Tennessee	76,685
Illinois	61,380
Michigan	49,129
Massachusetts	46,615

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
South Carolina	286,254
Florida	262,016
Virginia	223,594
Texas	163,168
Georgia	156,931
California	130,744
New York	115,884
Tennessee	82,184
Pennsylvania	75,675
Ohio	66,330
Maryland	65,229
New Jersey	50,292
Colorado	48,562
Illinois	42,776
Washington	41,246

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	4,739,881
Median Value	$234,900

Occupied	4,105,232	86.6%
Vacant	634,649	13.4%

Owned	2,717,961	66.2%
Rented	1,387,271	33.8%
Median Rent	$1,093

Single-Family Units	3,306,567	69.8%
Detached	3,095,491	65.3%
Attached	211,076	4.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	659,035	13.9%
Mobile Homes	547,736	11.6%

Counties in North Carolina

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for North Carolina

2022 Housing Data for North Carolina

2022 Income & Employment Data for North Carolina

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for North Carolina

2022 Educational Attainment Data for North Carolina

Historical Labor Force Data for North Carolina

Migration Data for North Carolina

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