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Mecklenburg County, NC

1,163,701 Population
523.6 square miles 2,222.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,859 ±$1,298 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$84,593 ±$2,032 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10% ±1% (114,424  ±11,682) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.8 minutes ±0.3 (11,680,125  ±373,498) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

474,611 ±3,927 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,147,678  ±808) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±0.7% (14,507  ±2,258) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

513,772 ±382 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$441,900 ±$6,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.9% ±1.2% (170,893  ±13,526.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.5% ±1.9% (726,397  ±14,878.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
51.7% ±1.3% (410,068  ±10,258.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

22.7% ±0.9% (247,370  ±10,061.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,411,694 (±0.3% / ±27,186.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

16.9% (196,586  ±9,575) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5% ±0.4% (44,802  ±3,544) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
44,802 Total veterans ±3,544 38,129 Male ±3,323 6,673 Female ±1,589

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