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State Senate District 42, NC

211,718 Population
78.1 square miles 2,710.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$64,561 ±$1,737 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$111,473 ±$3,783 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

5.6% ±0.7% (11,801  ±1,400) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.5 minutes ±1.4 (2,117,555  ±71,869) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

84,282 ±1,508 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0 (210,883  ±4,264) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.8% ±0.7% (2,437  ±347) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

89,355 ±1,399 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$502,700 ±$11,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

15% ±1.1% (31,319  ±2,382.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

95.9% ±0.7% (141,171  ±2,907.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
63.3% ±0.9% (93,087  ±2,215.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±,180,792.5)

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

17.8% ±1% (37,580  ±2,198) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.8% ±0.4% (7,702  ±575) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
7,702 Total veterans ±575 6,976 Male ±527 726 Female ±214

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