Asheville, North Carolina Population Profile

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Asheville, North Carolina Population

	Asheville, North Carolina	%, Asheville, North Carolina	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	32,207	46.75%	49.06%
Female	36,682	53.25%	50.94%
Under 5 years	3,699	5.37%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	3,789	5.5%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	3,761	5.46%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	4,080	5.92%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	5,283	7.67%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	9,869	14.33%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	9,895	14.36%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	9,653	14.01%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	3,365	4.88%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	2,898	4.21%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	5,894	8.56%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	4,958	7.2%	4.39%
85 years and over	1,745	2.53%	1.51%
Median age (years)	39.2		35.3
18 years and over	55,397	80.41%	74.31%
- Male	25,277	36.69%	35.89%
- Female	30,120	43.72%	38.42%
21 years and over	52,483	76.18%	69.97%
62 years and over	14,286	20.74%	14.66%
65 years and over	12,597	18.29%	12.43%
- Male	4,671	6.78%	5.12%
- Female	7,926	11.51%	7.31%
RACE
One race	67,798	98.42%	97.57%
- White	53,701	77.95%	75.14%
- Black or African American	12,129	17.61%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	240	0.35%	0.88%
- Asian	635	0.92%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	175	0.25%	0.6%
- - Chinese	99	0.14%	0.86%
- - Filipino	106	0.15%	0.66%
- - Japanese	41	0.06%	0.28%
- - Korean	67	0.1%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	54	0.08%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	93	0.13%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	39	0.06%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	7	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	18	0.03%	0.02%
- - Samoan	4	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	10	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	1,333	1.93%	5.46%
Two or more races	1,091	1.58%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	54,663	79.35%	77.08%
Black or African American	12,530	18.19%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	574	0.83%	1.46%
Asian	803	1.17%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	78	0.11%	0.31%
Some other race	1,413	2.05%	6.58%

	Asheville, North Carolina	%, Asheville, North Carolina	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	68,889		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	2,589	3.76%	12.55%
- Mexican	1,488	2.16%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	195	0.28%	1.21%
- Cuban	76	0.11%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	830	1.2%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,300	96.24%	87.45%
- White alone	52,340	75.98%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	68,889		281,421,906
In households	65,678	95.34%	97.24%
- Householder	30,690	44.55%	37.48%
- Spouse	11,692	16.97%	19.36%
- Child	15,304	22.22%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	11,806	17.14%	22.92%
- Other relatives	3,227	4.68%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	1,227	1.78%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	4,765	6.92%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	1,644	2.39%	1.95%
In group quarters	3,211	4.66%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	1,363	1.98%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	1,848	2.68%	1.32%

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