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Lenoir County, North Carolina; United States

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Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021)

	Lenoir County, North Carolina
Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021)	 54,706

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population Estimates, July 1 2021, (V2021)	 54,706
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 NA
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2021)	 55,122
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 NA
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2021, (V2021)	 -0.8%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	55,122
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	59,495
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 5.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 22.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 20.9%
Female persons, percent	 52.2%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 54.9%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 41.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 0.7%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent	 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 8.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 48.1%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	4,323
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	4.0%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2021, (V2021)	26,698
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	57.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$91,600
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$1,114
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$413
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$725
Building permits, 2021	112
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	22,767
Persons per household, 2017-2021	2.38
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	86.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	7.6%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	86.9%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	77.5%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	14.0%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	18.0%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 13.5%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	56.3%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	51.6%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	94,172
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	323,849
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	83,007
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	760,197
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$13,421
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	23.4
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$41,092
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$25,473
Persons in poverty, percent	 21.1%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2020	1,180
Total employment, 2020	23,724
Total annual payroll, 2020 ($1,000)	898,351
Total employment, percent change, 2019-2020	-1.7%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2019	3,222
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,150
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	600
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	252
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	96
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	877
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	S
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	849

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	138.1
Population per square mile, 2010	148.5
Land area in square miles, 2020	399.09
Land area in square miles, 2010	400.59
FIPS Code	37107

For places on the map, populations of 5,000 or more are shown

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83,100,000

166,200,000

249,300,000

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Lenoir County, North Carolina

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54,706

United States

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332,031,554

83,100,000

166,200,000

249,300,000

332,400,000

Value Notes

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Fact Notes

(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories

Value Flags

-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
FFewer than 25 firms
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
XNot applicable
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
NANot available
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

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