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Brunswick County, NC

137,303 Population
850.1 square miles 161.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,528 ±$1,094 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$59,763 ±$1,672 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.1% ±1.2% (15,137  ±1,650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24.8 minutes ±0.9 (1,217,100  ±58,928) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

59,416 ±977 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0 (136,387  ±217) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.4% ±1.3% (1,007  ±299) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

92,178 ±124 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$220,400 ±$6,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.7% ±1.2% (18,656  ±1,645.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92% ±2.2% (100,301  ±2,382.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
29.5% ±1.2% (32,133  ±1,336.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

3.4% ±0.4% (4,697  ±587) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

11.6% ±0.7% (13,451  ±774) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
13,451 Total veterans ±774 12,583 Male ±749 868 Female ±233

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