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North Carolina; Charlotte city, North Carolina; Raleigh city, North Carolina

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North Carolina
Charlotte city, North Carolina
Raleigh city, North Carolina
Population per square mile, 2010 196.1 2,457.1 2,826.3
People
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2017, (V2017) 10,273,419 NA NA
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 10,146,788 842,051 458,880
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2017) 9,535,721 NA NA
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2016) 9,535,688 735,612 404,054
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2017, (V2017) 7.7% NA NA
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2016, (V2016) 6.4% 14.5% 13.6%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 9,535,483 731,424 403,892
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent
6.0%
7.1%
6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent
22.7%
24.5%
21.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent
15.5%
9.4%
9.4%
Female persons, percent
51.4%
52.1%
51.9%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent(a)
71.0%
50.7%
59.6%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)
22.2%
35.3%
28.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
Asian alone, percent(a)
2.9%
6.0%
4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Two or More Races, percent
2.2%
2.8%
2.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)
9.2%
13.7%
10.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent
63.5%
42.8%
53.6%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2012-2016 683,221 36,073 20,888
Foreign born persons, percent, 2012-2016 7.7% 16.0% 13.1%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 4,540,498 X X
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2012-2016 64.8% 53.3% 51.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2012-2016 $157,100 $178,000 $218,200
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2012-2016 $1,243 $1,372 $1,432
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2012-2016 $376 $466 $491
Median gross rent, 2012-2016 $816 $966 $966
Building permits, 2016 60,550 X X
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2012-2016 3,815,392 310,041 174,014
Persons per household, 2012-2016 2.54 2.57 2.42
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2012-2016 84.7% 79.5% 78.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2012-2016 11.3% 20.8% 16.9%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 86.3% 88.4% 91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2012-2016 29.0% 42.0% 49.2%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2012-2016 9.7% 6.3% 6.2%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent
12.2%
16.6%
13.7%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 61.5% 72.0% 70.9%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2012-2016 57.4% 66.5% 66.4%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 18,622,258 2,413,557 1,237,121
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 55,227,505 7,031,767 3,698,100
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 202,344,646 9,376,077 1,842,032
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 105,275,586 19,884,597 5,399,766
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 120,691,007 10,901,026 7,268,468
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $12,376 $14,062 $17,176
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2012-2016 24.1 25.1 22.7
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $48,256 $55,599 $58,641
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2016 dollars), 2012-2016 $26,779 $33,050 $33,682
Persons in poverty, percent
15.4%
15.8%
14.9%
Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2016 227,3471 X X
Total employment, 2016 3,794,9261 X X
Total annual payroll, 2016 ($1,000) 170,980,0331 X X
Total employment, percent change, 2015-2016 3.4%1 X X
Total nonemployer establishments, 2015 722,639 X X
All firms, 2012 805,985 81,973 43,895
Men-owned firms, 2012 435,677 41,600 23,259
Women-owned firms, 2012 287,058 32,008 15,599
Minority-owned firms, 2012 183,380 32,449 13,214
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 603,182 45,269 28,507
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 86,571 7,655 4,049
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 684,743 69,136 37,312
Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2010 196.1 2,457.1 2,826.3
Land area in square miles, 2010 48,617.91 297.68 142.90
FIPS Code 37 3712000 3755000
Value Notes
  • 1Includes data not distributed by county.

Estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels due to methodology differences that may exist between different data sources.

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2017) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2017). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Fact Notes
  • (a)Includes persons reporting only one race
  • (b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
  • (c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
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.
  • DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
  • FFewer than 25 firms
  • FNFootnote on this item in place of data
  • NANot available
  • SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
  • XNot applicable
  • ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.

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