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Wake County, NC

1,190,275 Population
834.6 square miles 1,426.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,866 ±$1,217 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$102,918 ±$2,846 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.1% ±0.8% (82,810  ±8,927) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.2 minutes ±0.5 (11,698,130  ±374,161) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

481,294 ±4,227 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,169,609  ±737) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.3% ±0.7% (13,130  ±2,141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

512,256 ±323 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$482,100 ±$7,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.3% ±1.1% (168,570  ±12,638.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

94.1% ±1.8% (768,336  ±14,824.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
58.8% ±1.3% (480,484  ±10,787.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

19.8% ±0.8% (221,773  ±9,202.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,411,694 (±0.3% / ±27,186.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

15.7% ±7,327.9% (186,874  ±8,762) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.7% ±0.4% (52,315  ±3,983) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
52,315 Total veterans ±3,983 44,719 Male ±3,476 7,596 Female ±1,582

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