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North Carolina Population
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People QuickFacts |
North Carolina |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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8,683,242 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
7.9% |
| Population, 2000
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8,049,313 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
21.4% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
7.0% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
24.8% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
12.1% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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50.8% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
74.1% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
21.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
1.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.0% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
6.1% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
68.6% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
53.0% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
5.3% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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8.0% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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78.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
22.5% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
1,540,365 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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24.0 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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3,860,078 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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69.4% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
16.1% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$108,300 |
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| Households, 2000
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3,132,013 |
| Persons per household, 2000
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2.49 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$20,307 |
| Median household income, 2003
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$39,438 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
13.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
North Carolina |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
208,3871 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
3,338,2311 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
-1.4%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
523,391 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
156,821,943 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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88,821,486 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$10,686 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
10.8% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
24.5% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
93,077 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
55,233,4201 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
North Carolina |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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48,711 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
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165.2 |
| FIPS Code
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37 |
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