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Mecklenburg County, NC

1,076,837 Population
523.6 square miles 2,056.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,687 ±$973 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $29,560 ±$232
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$65,588 ±$1,706 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $52,752 ±$510
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

11.1% ±1.1% (118,337  ±11,168) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,471,339 (±0.4% / ±35,219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

26.2 minutes ±0.6 (13,470,580  ±352,716) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,653,370 (±0.2 / ±1,144,284)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

410,770 ±3,975 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 3,955,069 ±14,774
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (1,062,348  ±1,840) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,006,648 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.2% ±0.8% (12,382  ±2,279) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 127,760 (±0.2% / ±5,742)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

443,743 ±716 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,622,656 ±769
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$234,100 ±$5,190 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $171,200 ±$1,016
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

17.4% ±1.1% (185,015  ±11,486) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.9% 1,509,156 (±0.3% / ±34,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.9% ±1.8% (656,842  ±12,672.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,137,396 (±0.5% / ±36,896.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
46.1% ±1.2% (333,058  ±8,387) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,190,679 (±0.3% / ±21,578.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

20.1% ±0.7% (201,863  ±7,448.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 11.8% 1,137,733 (±0.2% / ±21,100.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

15.6% ±0.8% (168,138  ±8,105) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 8.1% 829,416 (±0.2% / ±17,576)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

5.9% ±0.4% (48,113  ±3,121) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 656,044 (±0.2% / ±11,702)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
48,113 Total veterans ±3,121 43,262 Male ±2,929 4,851 Female ±1,020

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