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Bladen County, NC

29,807 Population
875 square miles 34.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,544 ±$2,811 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$40,476 ±$4,526 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380
  • about half the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

24.4% ±3.3% (7,188  ±963) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

26.9 minutes ±1.9 (268,320  ±28,411) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

11,386 ±422 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.1 (29,349  ±8) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.4% ±2.4% (266  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

15,348 ±53 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$115,900 ±$10,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

8.1% ±1.8% (2,387  ±520) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

88.2% ±4.9% (18,822  ±1,060.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
20.3% ±2.7% (4,323  ±,576.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

2.4% (724  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

9.5% ±1.4% (2,263  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
2,263 Total veterans ±321 2,009 Male ±328 254 Female ±132

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