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Edgecombe County, NC

48,777 Population
505.4 square miles 96.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,235 ±$1,237 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$48,480 ±$3,492 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

21.9% ±2.5% (10,516  ±1,220) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.9 minutes ±1.3 (423,705  ±30,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,533 ±400 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (48,040  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.5% ±1.9% (692  ±198) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

23,258 ±82 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$116,800 ±$5,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.6% ±1.8% (4,156  ±870.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.4% ±3.5% (28,600  ±1,196.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.7% ±1.7% (5,669  ±568.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.1% (1,531  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.5% ±1.1% (2,825  ±407) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,825 Total veterans ±407 2,464 Male ±365 361 Female ±203

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