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State Senate District 5, NC

220,263 Population
1,157.8 square miles 190.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,796 ±$944 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$52,974 ±$2,092 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

20.5% ±1.1% (43,630  ±2,320) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

21.5 minutes ±0.7 (1,972,735  ±82,230) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

91,503 ±1,010 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0 (213,096  ±168) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

3.7% ±0.7% (2,168  ±389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

103,992 ±116 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$157,100 ±$6,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

17% ±1% (37,097  ±2,253.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

89.1% ±1.9% (124,238  ±2,711.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
29.4% ±1.1% (40,970  ±1,541.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% (10,201  ±796) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

7.7% ±0.5% (13,184  ±933) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
13,184 Total veterans ±933 11,495 Male ±737 1,689 Female ±496

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