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Kinston, NC Urban Area

21,029 Population
17.9 square miles 1,173.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,485 ±$3,816 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$36,534 ±$4,315 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

28.1% ±3.8% (5,723  ±785) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.8 minutes ±2.4 (144,115  ±21,028) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,380 ±454 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (20,257  ±477) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

13.2% ±5% (580  ±227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,266 ±473 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$105,500 ±$9,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.1% ±2.6% (2,510  ±536.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

81.7% ±5.3% (11,726  ±839.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.6% ±2.4% (2,232  ±351.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.8% ±1.4% (792  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

10.6% ±2% (1,681  ±328) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,681 Total veterans ±328 1,487 Male ±301 194 Female ±113

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