NC Complete Count Committee
The US Census is required by the Constitution. The once a decade count determines how many representatives North Carolina will have in Congress and where state, county, town, and other local districts are drawn.
The Census is the largest and most reliable picture of our communities and is vital to planning for future services like schools, streets and utilities, hospitals and clinics, shopping and more.
Census data brings your tax dollars back to your community. More than $1,623 per person in federal aid and $205 in state aid are distributed annually based on the census count. CHIP, Medicare and Medicaid, SNAP (Food Stamps), Head Start, Foster Care and National School Lunch Program grants, and Highway planning and construction grants (including the NC Powell Bill) rely on census information.
North Carolina Census Information
2010 Population: | 9,535,483 |
2018 Population: | 10,389,148 |
2020 Population: | 10,630,691 |
Median Income: | $42,708 |
High school graduate or higher: | 83.3% |
Persons in poverty: | 19.0% |
Persons 65 years and over: | 18.0% |
Persons under 5 years: | 5.4% |
Foreign-born persons: | 4.9% |
2000 Census Response Rate: | 64.0% |
2010 Census Response Rate: | 75.8% |
Race
White alone |
72.3% |
Black or African American alone |
20.4% |
Some Other Race alone |
2.4% |
Two or more races |
2.1% |
American Indian and Alaska Native alone |
1.6% |
Asian alone |
1.1% |
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander alone |
0.1% |
Hispanic or Latino Origin
%
Language Spoken
English only | 92.3% |
Spanish | 5.9% |
Indo-European | 0.9% |
Asian language | 0.8% |
Other language | 0.2% |