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Harnett County, NC

146,096 Population
595.1 square miles 245.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,772 ±$2,062 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,391 ±$4,823 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±2.7% (19,128  ±3,795) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.8 minutes ±0.8 (1,798,235  ±59,497) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

53,103 ±1,193 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (143,130  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.6% ±2.7% (2,409  ±988) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,868 ±43 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$281,200 ±$14,609 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.9% ±2.9% (15,659  ±4,204.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.1% ±4.9% (88,300  ±4,830.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.3% ±2.5% (25,500  ±2,458.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.9% (8,578  ±1,635) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

13.4% ±2% (14,129  ±2,106) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,129 Total veterans ±2,106 11,129 Male ±1,615 3,000 Female ±1,068

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