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Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

1,509,231 Population
2,118.4 square miles 712.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,887 ±$1,111 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$96,096 ±$3,288 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.8% ±0.8% (116,518  ±11,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.6 minutes ±0.4 (16,029,035  ±448,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

600,306 ±4,502 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (1,485,208  ±793) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±0.7% (17,591  ±2,720) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

639,588 ±344 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$439,500 ±$7,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.6% ±1% (203,741  ±14,517.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±1.6% (962,970  ±16,187.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
52.7% ±1.1% (545,321  ±11,368.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

18.7% ±0.7% (266,104  ±9,997.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

14.4% (217,352  ±9,744) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6% ±0.4% (69,538  ±4,805) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
69,538 Total veterans ±4,805 59,507 Male ±4,279 10,031 Female ±1,748

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