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Edgecombe County, NC

48,736 Population
505.4 square miles 96.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,085 ±$1,335 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,265 ±$3,893 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.7% ±2.6% (10,407  ±1,237) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±1 (417,200  ±28,106) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,652 ±475 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (47,974  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±2.1% (820  ±226) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,281 ±41 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,100 ±$7,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±1.8% (4,221  ±839.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±3.6% (28,798  ±1,222.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±1.9% (5,930  ±638) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% (1,613  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.1% (2,878  ±403) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,878 Total veterans ±403 2,539 Male ±356 339 Female ±189

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