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Kinston, NC

19,576 Population
18.3 square miles 1,071.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,843 ±$4,055 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $28,409 ±$1,635
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$35,250 ±$3,430 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $44,795 ±$2,264
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

28.9% ±3.8% (5,462  ±717) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 22.5% 12,100 (±2.2% / ±1,164)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.1 minutes ±2.5 (126,410  ±19,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 24.2 522,745 (±1.2 / ±32,144)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

8,827 ±402 Number of households
  • the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 22,930 ±519
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.1 (18,770  ±79) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 2.3 53,692 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

13.9% ±5.5% (567  ±228) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 8.5% † 997 (±2% / ±234)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

10,653 ±406 Number of housing units
  • the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 26,767 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$108,300 ±$10,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: $111,400 ±$5,370
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.9% ±2.8% (2,496  ±536.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 10% † 5,413 (±1.6% / ±876.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

81.2% ±5.7% (10,885  ±817.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 82.5% 31,465 (±3.5% / ±1,320.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.1% ±2.5% (2,158  ±344.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 15.8% 6,032 (±1.5% / ±587.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

3.7% ±1.4% (715  ±274) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 4.2% 2,328
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10% ±2.1% (1,482  ±313) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kinston, NC Micro Area: 8.8% † 3,716 (±1.1% / ±463)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,482 Total veterans ±313 1,305 Male ±278 177 Female ±114

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