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Mecklenburg County, NC

1,206,285 Population
523.6 square miles 2,303.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.1 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

$54,731 ±$1,517 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$90,494 ±$2,373 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.5% ±0.8% (124,766  ±9,960) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.9 minutes ±0.4 (13,025,700  ±370,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

486,412 ±4,693 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (1,188,325  ±387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±0.7% (14,765  ±2,141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

527,259 ±185 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$457,200 ±$8,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.6% ±1% (173,496  ±11,542.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.1% ±1.9% (750,574  ±15,808.7) 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)
50.7% ±1.3% (417,556  ±11,007.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

23.5% ±0.7% (265,025  ±7,954.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.4% 1,498,438 (±0.2% / ±24,912)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

18.2% (220,031  ±9,941) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±0.4% (41,259  ±3,963) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
41,259 Total veterans ±3,963 35,848 Male ±3,643 5,411 Female ±1,359

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