Census Reporter

Wilmington, NC Metro Area

297,533 Population
1,063.5 square miles 279.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,372 ±$1,311 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $32,021 ±$259
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$57,667 ±$3,282 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $57,341 ±$611
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

12.5% ±1.6% (36,006  ±4,728) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.6% 1,386,122 (±0.3% / ±34,891)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

23.6 minutes ±1 (3,090,045  ±176,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 118,198,690 (±0.2 / ±1,142,481)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

121,734 ±2,712 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,046,348 ±15,467
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0.1 (288,264  ±1,716) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,207,193 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.7% ±1.8% (3,494  ±1,329) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 129,358 (±0.3% / ±7,231)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

144,853 ±747 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,748,148 ±509
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$257,100 ±$9,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $193,200 ±$1,582
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

16.9% ±1.9% (49,720  ±5,617.2) 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

92.2% ±3.5% (190,166  ±7,437.9) 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)
39.3% ±2.2% (80,976  ±4,587.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 32.3% 2,321,185 (±0.3% / ±23,254.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

5% ±0.7% (14,749  ±2,094) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 884,631 (±0.2% / ±20,561)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.9% ±1% (21,357  ±2,457) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 641,993 (±0.2% / ±12,304)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
21,357 Total veterans ±2,457 17,971 Male ±2,311 3,386 Female ±1,197

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