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Brunswick County, NC

130,897 Population
849.2 square miles 154.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,099 ±$1,487 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $29,560 ±$232
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$56,181 ±$3,843 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $52,752 ±$510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

11.5% ±2.1% (14,906  ±2,690) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,471,339 (±0.4% / ±35,219)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

24.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,082,735  ±42,242) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.3 105,134,780 (±0.1 / ±496,041)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

56,399 ±2,486 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 3,955,069 ±14,774
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.3 ±0.1 (129,956  ±943) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,006,648 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

7.5% ±4.3% (1,661  ±967) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 127,760 (±0.2% / ±5,742)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

88,972 ±411 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,622,656 ±769
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$214,300 ±$16,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $171,200 ±$1,016
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

18.1% ±3.2% (23,515  ±4,207.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.9% 1,509,156 (±0.3% / ±34,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

91.5% ±4.3% (94,099  ±4,487.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,137,396 (±0.5% / ±36,896.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
30.3% ±2.3% (31,171  ±2,418.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,190,679 (±0.3% / ±21,578.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

3.4% ±0.8% (4,454  ±1,016) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.1% 829,416 (±0.2% / ±17,576)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

11.6% ±1.2% (12,778  ±1,350) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 656,044 (±0.2% / ±11,702)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
12,778 Total veterans ±1,350 12,158 Male ±1,314 620 Female ±269

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