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Carteret, Beaufort & Pamlico Counties PUMA, NC

129,134 Population
1,673.4 square miles 77.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,294 ±$787 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$52,603 ±$1,695 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

13% ±1% (16,373  ±1,293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,242,720  ±48,120) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

55,785 ±838 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0 (126,770  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.9% ±1.1% (1,200  ±278) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

84,616 ±155 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$181,800 ±$5,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

10.3% ±0.8% (13,223  ±1,036.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

90.4% ±1.9% (87,746  ±1,860.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
25% ±0.9% (24,301  ±916.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

5.7% ±0.4% (7,044  ±523.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 11.8% 1,155,636 (±0.1% / ±9,111.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

2.9% ±0.3% (3,775  ±343) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

11.8% ±0.5% (12,406  ±506) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
12,406 Total veterans ±506 11,278 Male ±478 1,128 Female ±201

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