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State Senate District 5, NC

225,929 Population
1,157.8 square miles 195.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,850 ±$923 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,619 ±$2,046 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

20.3% ±1% (44,322  ±2,111) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±0.7 (2,024,045  ±78,796) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

94,185 ±912 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (219,103  ±145) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±0.9% (2,919  ±558) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

105,919 ±82 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$186,900 ±$5,903 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

16.1% ±1% (35,949  ±2,241.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±2% (126,413  ±2,792.1) 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)
29.9% ±1.2% (42,288  ±1,651.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

5.3% (11,863  ±954) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±0.5% (11,978  ±798) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
11,978 Total veterans ±798 10,454 Male ±763 1,524 Female ±379

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