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Mecklenburg County, NC

1,093,901 Population
523.6 square miles 2,089.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,367 ±$911 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $30,737 ±$288
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$63,967 ±$2,090 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $53,855 ±$573
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

11.7% ±0.9% (126,135  ±10,164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,417,873 (±0.4% / ±35,989)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

26.6 minutes ±0.8 (14,037,865  ±471,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 113,268,765 (±0.2 / ±994,713)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

418,135 ±4,115 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,011,462 ±16,617
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0 (1,079,210  ±1,956) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,108,186 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.5% ±0.7% (16,249  ±2,119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,280 (±0.2% / ±5,997)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

454,104 ±770 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,684,962 ±408
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$253,000 ±$5,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $180,600 ±$1,360
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

17% ±1% (183,680  ±10,731.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 15.1% 1,551,139 (±0.3% / ±35,246.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

90.1% ±1.8% (664,178  ±13,121.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 88.2% 6,267,264 (±0.6% / ±40,013)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
45.5% ±1.2% (335,382  ±8,925.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.9% 2,266,801 (±0.3% / ±23,777.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

20.6% ±0.7% (210,198  ±6,608.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12% 1,178,235 (±0.2% / ±18,280)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

15.2% ±0.7% (166,427  ±7,270) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 824,177 (±0.2% / ±16,876)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

5.9% ±0.4% (49,037  ±3,573) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 667,035 (±0.2% / ±12,146)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
49,037 Total veterans ±3,573 43,366 Male ±3,102 5,671 Female ±1,168

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