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Brunswick County, NC

144,215 Population
850.1 square miles 169.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,548 ±$3,496 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$65,374 ±$6,614 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

8.7% ±2.1% (12,444  ±2,948) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.7 minutes ±0.9 (1,172,985  ±53,818) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

65,337 ±2,335 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.2 ±0.1 (143,335  ±643) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

7% ±2.7% (1,667  ±653) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

92,887 ±298 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$281,800 ±$12,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.3% ±2.4% (17,535  ±3,388.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.9% ±4.6% (109,472  ±5,340.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
35.4% ±2.6% (40,843  ±2,993.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

3.8% ±0.8% (5,492  ±1,165) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

11.6% ±1.5% (14,426  ±1,868) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
14,426 Total veterans ±1,868 13,692 Male ±1,849 734 Female ±402

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