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Kinston, NC Micro Area

54,919 Population
399.1 square miles 137.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,431 ±$1,792 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,143 ±$2,547 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22% ±2.4% (11,854  ±1,280) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±1.5 (517,725  ±37,030) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,351 ±486 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (53,691  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.3% ±2.5% (1,069  ±292) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,879 ±37 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,500 ±$7,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±1.5% (5,188  ±832.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.9% ±3.4% (31,659  ±1,308.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±1.5% (6,243  ±558.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% (2,400  ±387) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±0.9% (3,539  ±387) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,539 Total veterans ±387 3,083 Male ±317 456 Female ±154

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