North Carolina state Population Profile

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North Carolina state Population

	North Carolina	%, North Carolina	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	3,942,695	48.98%	49.06%
Female	4,106,618	51.02%	50.94%
Under 5 years	539,509	6.7%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	562,553	6.99%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	551,367	6.85%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	539,931	6.71%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	577,508	7.17%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	1,213,415	15.07%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	1,287,120	15.99%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	1,085,150	13.48%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	400,207	4.97%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	323,505	4.02%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	533,777	6.63%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	329,810	4.1%	4.39%
85 years and over	105,461	1.31%	1.51%
Median age (years)	35.3		35.3
18 years and over	6,085,266	75.6%	74.31%
- Male	2,936,570	36.48%	35.89%
- Female	3,148,696	39.12%	38.42%
21 years and over	5,733,268	71.23%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,157,861	14.38%	14.66%
65 years and over	969,048	12.04%	12.43%
- Male	389,011	4.83%	5.12%
- Female	580,037	7.21%	7.31%
RACE
One race	7,946,053	98.72%	97.57%
- White	5,804,656	72.11%	75.14%
- Black or African American	1,737,545	21.59%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	99,551	1.24%	0.88%
- Asian	113,689	1.41%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	26,197	0.33%	0.6%
- - Chinese	18,984	0.24%	0.86%
- - Filipino	9,592	0.12%	0.66%
- - Japanese	5,664	0.07%	0.28%
- - Korean	12,600	0.16%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	15,596	0.19%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	25,056	0.31%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,983	0.05%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	932	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	1,313	0.02%	0.02%
- - Samoan	823	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	915	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	290,163	3.6%	5.46%
Two or more races	103,260	1.28%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	5,884,608	73.11%	77.08%
Black or African American	1,776,283	22.07%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	131,736	1.64%	1.46%
Asian	136,212	1.69%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8,574	0.11%	0.31%
Some other race	223,222	2.77%	6.58%

	North Carolina	%, North Carolina	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	8,049,313		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	378,963	4.71%	12.55%
- Mexican	246,545	3.06%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	31,117	0.39%	1.21%
- Cuban	7,389	0.09%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	93,912	1.17%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	7,670,350	95.29%	87.45%
- White alone	5,647,155	70.16%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	8,049,313		281,421,906
In households	7,795,432	96.85%	97.24%
- Householder	3,132,013	38.91%	37.48%
- Spouse	1,645,346	20.44%	19.36%
- Child	2,218,247	27.56%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	1,744,451	21.67%	22.92%
- Other relatives	413,465	5.14%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	174,201	2.16%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	386,361	4.8%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	143,680	1.78%	1.95%
In group quarters	253,881	3.15%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	106,659	1.33%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	147,222	1.83%	1.32%

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