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Cumberland County, NC

337,890 Population
652.6 square miles 517.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,150 ±$1,179 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,643 ±$1,996 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.1% ±1.5% (48,163  ±4,723) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.9 minutes ±0.7 (3,273,080  ±136,647) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

131,421 ±1,575 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (319,560  ±423) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.6% ±1.5% (6,350  ±1,241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

144,638 ±176 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$214,600 ±$6,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.8% ±1.9% (62,455  ±6,132.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.6% ±2.8% (195,319  ±5,973.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.7% ±1.6% (60,615  ±3,442.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

7% (23,610  ±2,487) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

19% ±1.2% (41,513  ±2,698) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
41,513 Total veterans ±2,698 30,978 Male ±2,023 10,535 Female ±1,532

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