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Congressional District 5, NC

755,224 Population
4,201 square miles 179.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,985 ±$1,032 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$59,041 ±$2,522 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.9% ±1.3% (114,835  ±9,378) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.7 minutes ±0.9 (7,597,185  ±352,770) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

317,146 ±5,064 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (723,717  ±10,497) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±1.2% (8,805  ±2,185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

362,859 ±4,434 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$245,700 ±$6,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.9% ±1.1% (89,286  ±8,626.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.6% ±1.9% (459,419  ±11,690) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.3% ±1.2% (148,115  ±6,645.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10.3% ±0.7% (73,785  ±5,186.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

7% ±0.7% (52,676  ±5,494) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±0.5% (35,705  ±3,245) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
35,705 Total veterans ±3,245 31,914 Male ±2,872 3,791 Female ±1,050

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