Raleigh, North Carolina Neighborhood Info

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Raleigh, North Carolina QuickFacts

	Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
Total population	276,093	281,421,906
State	North Carolina
City	raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina Population

	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
Male	136,648	49.49%	49.06%
Female	139,445	50.51%	50.94%
Median age (years)	30.9		35.3

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	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
18 years and over	218,487	79.14%	74.31%
21 years and over	200,345	72.56%	69.97%
62 years and over	27,249	9.87%	14.66%
65 years and over	22,995	8.33%	12.43%

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	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
White	174,786	63.31%	75.14%
Black or African American	76,756	27.8%	12.32%
Asian	9,327	3.38%	3.64%
Some other race	10,045	3.64%	5.46%
Two or more races	5,179	1.88%	2.43%

Raleigh, North Carolina Housing

	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
Total households	112,608		105,480,101
Family households (families)	61,327	54.46%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	51,281	45.54%	31.94%

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	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
Total housing units	120,683		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	8,091	6.7%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	112,608	93.31%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	58,079	48.13%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	54,529	45.18%	30.77%

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	Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	513	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	6,990	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	16,765	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,756	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	9,221	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	4,211	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,479	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	178	0.57%
Median (dollars)	156,000	119,600

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	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	35,943	31.92%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	38,419	34.12%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	14,852	13.19%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	11,507	10.22%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	6,131	5.44%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	5,705	5.07%	9.65%

Raleigh, North Carolina Education

	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	81,414		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	5,322	6.54%	6.47%
Kindergarten	3,758	4.62%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	25,957	31.88%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	11,083	13.61%	21.38%
College or graduate school	35,294	43.35%	22.81%

Raleigh, North Carolina Economy

	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	224,128		217,168,077
In labor force	162,974	72.71%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	162,712	72.6%	63.39%
- - Employed	154,114	68.76%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	8,598	3.84%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	262	0.12%	0.53%
Not in labor force	61,154	27.29%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	114,364	51.03%	51.66%
In labor force	76,283	34.04%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	76,250	34.02%	29.65%
- - Employed	72,296	32.26%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	19,798	8.83%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	11,824		12,787,501

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	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	112,727		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	8,113	7.2%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,154	4.57%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	12,758	11.32%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	14,896	13.21%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	19,062	16.91%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	23,007	20.41%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	13,262	11.76%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	10,843	9.62%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,081	2.73%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	2,551	2.26%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,612		41,994

	Raleigh, North Carolina	%, Raleigh, North Carolina	United States
With earnings	99,869	44.56%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	57,502		56,604
With Social Security income	18,177	8.11%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,672		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	2,398	1.07%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,135		6,320
With public assistance income	2,131	0.95%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,514		3,032
With retirement income	13,716	6.12%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,082		17,376

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