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State Senate District 21, NC

225,311 Population
837.5 square miles 269 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.3 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

$39,144 ±$873 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,408 ±$2,274 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±0.8% (23,512  ±1,745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±0.4 (2,236,960  ±56,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

83,632 ±1,040 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (210,665  ±1,807) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±0.7% (2,869  ±351) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

94,187 ±643 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$293,200 ±$6,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±0.9% (33,322  ±2,029.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±1.5% (136,635  ±2,475.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.4% ±0.9% (50,327  ±1,432.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • a little less than 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

4.8% ±0.4% (10,908  ±930) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.1% ±0.7% (23,901  ±1,006) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
23,901 Total veterans ±1,006 19,211 Male ±892 4,690 Female ±417

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