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Mecklenburg County, NC

1,122,276 Population
523.6 square miles 2,143.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,371 ±$1,301 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$74,890 ±$2,150 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.9% ±0.9% (109,956  ±9,815) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.3 minutes ±0.5 (9,465,250  ±312,676) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

458,344 ±3,745 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,108,065  ±2,417) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.1% ±0.8% (15,446  ±2,512) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

492,255 ±1,008 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$335,100 ±$5,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

16.9% ±1.3% (187,476  ±13,846.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.1% ±1.9% (697,511  ±14,195.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
49.8% ±1.3% (380,931  ±10,175.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

21% ±0.8% (220,568  ±8,192.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.4% 1,236,489 (±0.2% / ±20,364.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

16% ±0.7% (180,036  ±7,340) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.1% ±0.4% (43,841  ±3,141) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
43,841 Total veterans ±3,141 38,371 Male ±2,742 5,470 Female ±1,219

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