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Watauga County, North Carolina

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Table

	Watauga County, North Carolina
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 55,089

People
Population
Population Estimates, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 55,089
Population estimates base, April 1, 2020, (V2022)	 54,077
Population, percent change - April 1, 2020 (estimates base) to July 1, 2022, (V2022)	 1.9%
Population, Census, April 1, 2020	54,086
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	51,079
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent	 2.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent	 11.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	 17.4%
Female persons, percent	 50.2%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent	 94.3%
Black or African American alone, percent(a)	 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a)	 0.4%
Asian alone, percent(a)	 1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a)	 Z
Two or More Races, percent	 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b)	 4.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	 90.9%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2017-2021	2,750
Foreign born persons, percent, 2017-2021	3.2%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2022, (V2022)	33,236
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2017-2021	62.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2017-2021	$249,500
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2017-2021	$1,389
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2017-2021	$385
Median gross rent, 2017-2021	$948
Building permits, 2022	540
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2017-2021	20,805
Persons per household, 2017-2021	2.32
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2017-2021	73.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2017-2021	5.5%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2017-2021	92.7%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2017-2021	87.0%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2017-2021	44.4%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2017-2021	8.4%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	 12.6%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	59.7%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2017-2021	55.7%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	190,355
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	1,073,305
Total transportation and warehousing receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	17,960
Total retail sales, 2017 ($1,000)(c)	931,848
Total retail sales per capita, 2017(c)	$16,866
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2017-2021	20.7
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$48,786
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021	$28,552
Persons in poverty, percent	 21.8%

Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2021	1,679
Total employment, 2021	18,965
Total annual payroll, 2021 ($1,000)	750,684
Total employment, percent change, 2020-2021	Z
Total nonemployer establishments, 2020	5,005
All employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,445
Men-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	722
Women-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	S
Minority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	47
Nonminority-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,183
Veteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	143
Nonveteran-owned employer firms, Reference year 2017	1,071

Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2020	173.1
Population per square mile, 2010	163.4
Land area in square miles, 2020	312.44
Land area in square miles, 2010	312.56
FIPS Code	37189

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Value Notes

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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

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
-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.
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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.