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State Senate District 2, NC

198,892 Population
1,938.4 square miles 102.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,598 ±$825 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,486 ±$1,527 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±0.9% (33,313  ±1,711) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±0.8 (1,859,215  ±68,092) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

88,282 ±866 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (193,633  ±343) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±0.9% (1,844  ±336) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

123,338 ±245 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,200 ±$7,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±0.8% (21,510  ±1,641.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±1.5% (131,688  ±2,255) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.2% ±0.8% (36,062  ±1,134.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds of 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

2.6% (5,254  ±500) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±0.5% (15,327  ±786) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15,327 Total veterans ±786 13,834 Male ±740 1,493 Female ±235

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