2022 population: 812,271 ( 1,934 from 2010 , 6,149 from 2020)
Land area: 8427.6 square miles
Population density: 96.4 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	492,606	60.65%	2.7%
Black:	201,342	24.79%	5.8%
Indian:	3,767	0.46%	21.4%
Asian:	13,917	1.71%	36.8%
2+ races:	20,354	2.51%	38.7%
Hispanic:	80,285	9.88%	31.1%

Total non-White:	319,665	39.35%	5.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	23,725	14.7
Deaths:	21,984	13.6
Net Migration:	3,572	2.2
Net Immigration:	817	0.5

Change in White population:	-13,762	-1.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,696	1.9

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
810,337
506,368	62.49%
213,737	26.38%
3,104	0.38%
10,171	1.26%
14,677	1.81%
61,237	7.56%
303,969	37.51%

2000
714,520
458,596	64.18%
204,253	28.59%
2,515	0.35%
6,200	0.87%
8,028	1.12%
34,094	4.77%
255,924	35.82%

1990
649,889
439,330	67.60%
190,883	29.37%
2,226	0.34%
5,042	0.78%
n/a
12,408	1.91%
210,559	32.40%

1980
576,590
385,082	66.79%
178,350	30.93%
1,266	0.22%
2,882	0.50%
n/a
8,548	1.48%
191,508	33.21%

1970
514,032
351,689	68.42%
155,885	30.33%
618	0.12%
1,014	0.20%
n/a
4,162	0.81%
162,343	31.58%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
105,160	14.7
62,172	8.7
12,554	1.8
3,923	0.5

47,772	6.7
48,045	6.7

Number	Rate
1990's
110,027	16.9
60,342	9.3
-35,573	-5.5
3,915	0.6

19,266	3.0
45,365	7.0

Number	Rate
1980's
105,726	18.3
49,739	8.6
22,049	3.8
n/a

54,248	9.4
19,051	3.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,950	-0.6
n/a

33,393	6.5
29,165	5.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

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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
37.5
170,898	21.0%
641,373	79.0%
136,738	16.8%

316,810
2.37

202,843	64.0%
145,724	71.8%
23,423	11.5%
113,967	36.0%

2010
Number	Percent
35.6
186,859	23.1%
623,478	76.9%
107,111	13.2%

314,547
2.45

210,427	66.9%
150,503	71.5%
26,164	12.4%
104,120	33.1%

2000
Number	Percent
33.9
174,995	24.5%
539,525	75.5%
86,652	12.1%

269,423
2.50

189,666	70.4%
143,506	75.7%
21,619	11.4%
79,757	29.6%

1990
Number	Percent
30.4
164,277	25.3%
485,612	74.7%
71,196	11.0%

228,652
2.63

169,266	74.0%
133,079	78.6%
16,599	9.8%
59,386	26.0%

1980
Number	Percent
27.8
164,848	28.6%
411,742	71.4%
52,767	9.2%

188,485
2.86

146,968	78.0%
119,827	81.5%
12,483	8.5%
41,517	22.0%

2022 Housing Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	20,030	6.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,516	5.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	15,386	4.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	14,460	4.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	15,437	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	15,827	5.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	16,214	5.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	16,046	5.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	13,649	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	24,768	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	32,710	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	41,561	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	26,745	8.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	17,043	5.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,979	5.0%
$200,000 or more	13,439	4.2%

Median Household Income	55,936
Per Capita Income	30,941

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	19,131	6.0%
Public Assistance	8,117	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	50,245	15.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	274,429	60.1%
Unemployed	19,478	4.3%
In Armed Forces	35,874	7.9%

Total Labor Force	329,781	72.3%
Not in Labor Force	126,662	27.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	108,341	96,354	52.9%
Non-Profit	7,222	14,163	33.8%
Self-Employed	19,927	11,342	63.7%

Local Government	9,887	14,571	40.4%
State Government	8,557	13,889	38.1%
Federal Government	10,143	5,963	63.0%

Total Private + Self	128,268	107,696	54.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	35,809	48,586	42.4%
Total	164,077	156,282	51.2%

Pct. Govt.	19.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	40,435	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	63,777	19.9%
Professional, Technical	71,445	22.3%
Service Occupations	60,808	18.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,854	1.2%
All others	84,541	26.3%

White Collar		54.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	48,157	1237.0%
Retail trade	38,392	986.2%
Manufacturing	33,825	868.9%
Educational services	31,014	796.7%
Accommodation and food services	27,776	713.5%
Construction	24,584	631.5%
Public administration	20,674	531.1%
Other services	14,981	384.8%
Transportation and warehousing	13,540	347.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,380	343.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	13,359	343.2%
Finance and insurance	8,571	220.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,225	185.6%
Wholesale trade	6,585	169.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,167	158.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,766	122.4%
Information	4,090	105.1%
Utilities	2,675	68.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,106	28.4%
Management	139	3.6%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	43,233	5.44%
Puerto Rican	12,460	1.57%
Cuban	2,486	0.31%
Dominican	1,759	0.22%

Total Central American	8,933	1.12%
Costa Rican	231	0.03%
Guatemalan	2,294	0.29%
Honduran	3,504	0.44%
Nicaraguan	206	0.03%
Panamanian	222	0.03%
Salvadoran	2,459	0.31%
Other Central American	17	0.00%

Total South American	3,819	0.48%
Argentinean	285	0.04%
Bolivian	20	0.00%
Chilean	319	0.04%
Colombian	1,209	0.15%
Ecuadorian	636	0.08%
Paraguayan	198	0.02%
Peruvian	395	0.05%
Uruguayan	24	0.00%
Venezuelan	726	0.09%
Other South American	7	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,692	0.46%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	2,184	0.27%
Korean	1,724	0.22%
Indian	1,412	0.18%
Chinese	1,411	0.18%
Vietnamese	1,130	0.14%
Japanese	1,085	0.14%
Burmese	928	0.12%
Cambodian	304	0.04%
Hmong	169	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	679,757	91.0%
Spanish	50,484	6.8%
Other Asian	3,474	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,148	0.3%
German, other Germanic	1,923	0.3%
Other Indo-European	1,736	0.2%
Tagalog	1,335	0.2%
Other	1,293	0.2%
Korean	1,035	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	96,562	12.2%
Irish	69,807	8.8%
German	65,555	8.3%
American	61,451	7.7%
Italian	25,679	3.2%
Scottish	14,069	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	11,742	1.5%
French	11,078	1.4%
European	10,914	1.4%
Polish	10,663	1.3%
African	6,254	0.8%
Dutch	4,503	0.6%
British	4,103	0.5%
Swedish	3,826	0.5%
Welsh	3,762	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	773,453	97.4%
Not a citizen	20,847	2.6%

Native	758,024	95.4%
Foreign-born	36,276	4.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
20,601	4.0%	39,928	7.8%	148,022	28.7%	179,885	34.9%	80,756	15.7%	45,726	8.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	20,601	4.0%
9-12 Years	39,928	7.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	148,022	28.7%
Some College	179,885	34.9%
Bach. Degree	80,756	15.7%
Grad Degree	45,726	8.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	275,863	262,968	12,895	4.7%
1991	281,489	263,948	17,541	6.2%
1992	285,561	265,728	19,833	6.9%
1993	282,893	265,476	17,417	6.2%
1994	285,615	269,338	16,277	5.7%
1995	293,975	277,363	16,612	5.7%
1996	301,153	284,124	17,029	5.7%
1997	308,139	292,614	15,525	5.0%
1998	306,876	290,923	15,953	5.2%
1999	314,061	297,902	16,159	5.1%

2000	312,883	298,152	14,731	4.7%
2001	311,864	292,137	19,727	6.3%
2002	311,304	288,854	22,450	7.2%
2003	321,914	299,773	22,141	6.9%
2004	324,406	304,975	19,431	6.0%
2005	328,059	308,600	19,459	5.9%
2006	333,127	315,220	17,907	5.4%
2007	341,853	324,063	17,790	5.2%
2008	342,988	321,488	21,500	6.3%
2009	349,513	313,317	36,196	10.4%

2010	346,850	311,738	35,112	10.1%
2011	346,557	311,492	35,065	10.1%
2012	350,938	317,294	33,644	9.6%
2013	347,423	319,434	27,989	8.1%
2014	344,568	322,252	22,316	6.5%
2015	344,415	323,426	20,989	6.1%
2016	344,849	325,526	19,323	5.6%
2017	345,850	328,760	17,090	4.9%
2018	344,435	328,829	15,606	4.5%
2019	347,167	332,674	14,493	4.2%

2020	338,330	315,946	22,384	6.6%
2021	334,804	318,006	16,798	5.0%
2022	345,563	331,908	13,655	4.0%
2023	349,715	336,624	13,091	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	389,011
Median Value	$178,733

Occupied	316,810	81.4%
Vacant	72,201	18.6%

Owned	198,536	62.7%
Rented	118,274	37.3%
Median Rent	$952

Single-Family Units	257,451	66.2%
Detached	234,809	60.4%
Attached	22,642	5.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	42,462	10.9%
Mobile Homes	69,469	17.9%

Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC Market Area