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Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

1,390,785 Population
2,117.8 square miles 656.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,209 ±$827 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $32,021 ±$259
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$80,096 ±$2,432 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $57,341 ±$611
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

8.9% ±1% (121,022  ±12,967) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.6% 1,386,122 (±0.3% / ±34,891)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

27.4 minutes ±0.4 (17,576,705  ±409,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 118,198,690 (±0.2 / ±1,142,481)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

519,648 ±4,397 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,046,348 ±15,467
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.6 ±0 (1,366,012  ±2,878) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,207,193 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.9% ±0.7% (17,506  ±2,590) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 129,358 (±0.3% / ±7,231)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

562,945 ±1,088 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,748,148 ±509
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$285,600 ±$4,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $193,200 ±$1,582
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

16.8% ±1.1% (230,741  ±14,868.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.8% 1,537,525 (±0.4% / ±35,831.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

92.3% ±1.8% (863,079  ±16,479.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.6% 6,368,153 (±0.6% / ±41,056.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
48% ±1.1% (448,718  ±10,431.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 32.3% 2,321,185 (±0.3% / ±23,254.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

17.1% ±0.7% (223,528  ±8,979.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,214,237 (±0.2% / ±21,037.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

12.8% ±0.7% (178,012  ±9,203) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 884,631 (±0.2% / ±20,561)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

6.4% ±0.5% (68,175  ±5,067) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 641,993 (±0.2% / ±12,304)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
68,175 Total veterans ±5,067 60,632 Male ±4,649 7,543 Female ±1,644

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