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Craven & Carteret Counties PUMA, NC

174,426 Population
1,214.1 square miles 143.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,206 ±$2,361 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,751 ±$3,697 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±2% (18,053  ±3,325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,574,940  ±94,331) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

79,362 ±2,124 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (168,864  ±446) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±2.1% (2,277  ±712) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

103,215 ±216 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$320,800 ±$16,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±2.2% (20,585  ±3,742.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.2% ±4% (117,744  ±5,297) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35% ±2.5% (43,722  ±3,203.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7% ±0.5% (11,367  ±741.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

5% (8,666  ±1,870) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

13.2% ±1.4% (18,008  ±1,882) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,008 Total veterans ±1,882 15,123 Male ±1,715 2,885 Female ±804

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