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Charlotte, NC--SC Urban Area

1,488,249 Population
657.6 square miles 2,263.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,127 ±$1,206 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$93,794 ±$2,991 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.9% ±0.7% (144,471  ±10,746) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27 minutes ±0.3 (16,868,480  ±414,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

586,662 ±5,551 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (1,467,110  ±9,909) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±0.6% (17,542  ±2,404) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

632,560 ±4,122 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$463,100 ±$6,642 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14% ±0.9% (205,949  ±12,573.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.5% ±1.6% (926,964  ±17,616.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
50.3% ±1.1% (509,528  ±11,904.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

22.5% ±1.1% (314,393  ±15,315.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

17.3% ±0.7% (257,436  ±10,211) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.4% (53,444  ±4,666) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
53,444 Total veterans ±4,666 46,903 Male ±4,284 6,541 Female ±1,411

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