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Congressional District 12, NC

801,527 Population
273.3 square miles 2,932.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,555 ±$1,813 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,180 ±$3,248 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±1.3% (103,839  ±10,221) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.7 minutes ±0.5 (8,302,025  ±364,509) 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

330,922 ±5,454 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (786,874  ±11,569) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±0.8% (10,091  ±1,815) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

364,447 ±4,141 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$396,300 ±$8,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.5% ±1.3% (130,026  ±10,200) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.6% ±2% (477,912  ±12,782.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
45.9% ±1.3% (247,751  ±8,106.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

25% ±2% (187,405  ±14,885.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.4% 1,498,438 (±0.2% / ±24,912)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

18.9% ±1.2% (151,048  ±10,192) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±0.5% (24,262  ±2,808) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
24,262 Total veterans ±2,808 20,808 Male ±2,724 3,454 Female ±1,072

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