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Brunswick County, NC

136,744 Population
849.2 square miles 161 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,280 ±$1,771 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $30,737 ±$288
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$60,496 ±$2,848 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $53,855 ±$573
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

9.3% ±2.1% (12,657  ±2,805) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,417,873 (±0.4% / ±35,989)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

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

56,752 ±2,253 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,011,462 ±16,617
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.4 ±0.1 (135,881  ±723) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,108,186 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

2.9% ±2% (657  ±462) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,280 (±0.2% / ±5,997)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

92,284 ±305 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,684,962 ±408
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$218,200 ±$15,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $180,600 ±$1,360
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

13.9% ±2.6% (18,796  ±3,519.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 15.1% 1,551,139 (±0.3% / ±35,246.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

92.6% ±4.3% (99,375  ±4,673.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.2% 6,267,264 (±0.6% / ±40,013)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
32.3% ±2.6% (34,714  ±2,779.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 31.9% 2,266,801 (±0.3% / ±23,777.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

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

3.6% ±1% (4,943  ±1,422) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 824,177 (±0.2% / ±16,876)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

11.9% ±1.5% (13,728  ±1,673) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 667,035 (±0.2% / ±12,146)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
13,728 Total veterans ±1,673 12,889 Male ±1,553 839 Female ±387

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