North Carolina Census Data: Occupied Housing

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North Carolina Census Data: Occupied Housing

Occupied Housing statistics for North Carolina counties are shown in this easy-to-read table and chart combination.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Census.

North Carolina Census Data: Occupied Housing
Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
North Carolina	8,049,313	3,132,013	2,172,355	959,658	2.49	69.4	25.4	19.8	North Carolina
Alamance Co.	130,800	51,584	36,180	15,404	2.46	70.1	26.0	22.8	Alamance Co.
Alexander Co.	33,603	13,137	10,571	2,566	2.54	80.5	21.9	19.6	Alexander Co.
Alleghany Co.	10,677	4,593	3,624	969	2.28	78.9	27.8	30.2	Alleghany Co.
Anson Co.	25,275	9,204	6,990	2,214	2.59	75.9	25.1	25.9	Anson Co.
Ashe Co.	24,384	10,411	8,428	1,983	2.31	81.0	25.8	28.3	Ashe Co.
Avery Co.	17,167	6,532	5,265	1,267	2.34	80.6	26.6	27.2	Avery Co.
Beaufort Co.	44,958	18,319	13,745	4,574	2.42	75.0	25.7	25.7	Beaufort Co.
Bertie Co.	19,773	7,743	5,797	1,946	2.53	74.9	27.0	28.0	Bertie Co.
Bladen Co.	32,278	12,897	10,036	2,861	2.45	77.8	27.7	24.1	Bladen Co.
Brunswick Co.	73,143	30,438	25,013	5,425	2.38	82.2	22.9	25.9	Brunswick Co.
Buncombe Co.	206,330	85,776	60,295	25,481	2.33	70.3	28.9	23.6	Buncombe Co.
Burke Co.	89,148	34,528	25,589	8,939	2.48	74.1	25.5	22.1	Burke Co.
Cabarrus Co.	131,063	49,519	36,998	12,521	2.60	74.7	21.8	19.0	Cabarrus Co.
Caldwell Co.	77,415	30,768	23,053	7,715	2.48	74.9	23.1	21.5	Caldwell Co.
Camden Co.	6,885	2,662	2,219	443	2.58	83.4	20.7	24.5	Camden Co.
Carteret Co.	59,383	25,204	19,316	5,888	2.31	76.6	26.1	25.7	Carteret Co.
Caswell Co.	23,501	8,670	6,878	1,792	2.56	79.3	23.2	22.8	Caswell Co.
Catawba Co.	141,685	55,533	40,284	15,249	2.51	72.5	24.6	20.4	Catawba Co.
Chatham Co.	49,329	19,741	15,239	4,502	2.47	77.2	24.5	24.0	Chatham Co.
Cherokee Co.	24,298	10,336	8,492	1,844	2.32	82.2	25.7	30.2	Cherokee Co.
Chowan Co.	14,526	5,580	4,031	1,549	2.48	72.2	25.3	29.0	Chowan Co.
Clay Co.	8,775	3,847	3,251	596	2.25	84.5	26.3	33.4	Clay Co.
Cleveland Co.	96,287	37,046	26,984	10,062	2.53	72.8	23.6	22.1	Cleveland Co.
Columbus Co.	54,749	21,308	16,281	5,027	2.50	76.4	26.5	24.3	Columbus Co.
Craven Co.	91,436	34,582	23,083	11,499	2.50	66.7	23.4	22.8	Craven Co.
Cumberland Co.	302,963	107,358	63,736	43,622	2.65	59.4	22.4	14.0	Cumberland Co.
Currituck Co.	18,190	6,902	5,630	1,272	2.61	81.6	19.4	20.0	Currituck Co.
Dare Co.	29,967	12,690	9,460	3,230	2.34	74.5	25.0	21.0	Dare Co.
Davidson Co.	147,246	58,156	43,143	15,013	2.50	74.2	22.9	20.6	Davidson Co.
Davie Co.	34,835	13,750	11,454	2,296	2.51	83.3	22.2	22.6	Davie Co.

Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
North Carolina	8,049,313	3,132,013	2,172,355	959,658	2.49	69.4	25.4	19.8	North Carolina
Duplin Co.	49,063	18,267	13,685	4,582	2.63	74.9	24.5	23.2	Duplin Co.
Durham Co.	223,314	89,015	48,300	40,715	2.40	54.3	30.0	15.1	Durham Co.
Edgecombe Co.	55,606	20,392	13,063	7,329	2.67	64.1	24.0	22.3	Edgecombe Co.
Forsyth Co.	306,067	123,851	81,233	42,618	2.39	65.6	28.9	20.2	Forsyth Co.
Franklin Co.	47,260	17,843	13,877	3,966	2.58	77.8	23.5	18.7	Franklin Co.
Gaston Co.	190,365	73,936	50,901	23,035	2.53	68.8	23.3	20.5	Gaston Co.
Gates Co.	10,516	3,901	3,202	699	2.66	82.1	21.7	25.9	Gates Co.
Graham Co.	7,993	3,354	2,773	581	2.35	82.7	26.0	28.4	Graham Co.
Granville Co.	48,498	16,654	12,487	4,167	2.58	75.0	23.9	20.8	Granville Co.
Greene Co.	18,974	6,696	5,001	1,695	2.65	74.7	22.6	22.9	Greene Co.
Guilford Co.	421,048	168,667	105,691	62,976	2.41	62.7	27.9	18.8	Guilford Co.
Halifax Co.	57,370	22,122	14,821	7,301	2.51	67.0	27.7	25.8	Halifax Co.
Harnett Co.	91,025	33,800	23,752	10,048	2.61	70.3	23.3	18.0	Harnett Co.
Haywood Co.	54,033	23,100	17,869	5,231	2.30	77.4	26.7	28.7	Haywood Co.
Henderson Co.	89,173	37,414	29,487	7,927	2.33	78.8	25.7	31.7	Henderson Co.
Hertford Co.	22,601	8,953	6,267	2,686	2.48	70.0	26.9	26.0	Hertford Co.
Hoke Co.	33,646	11,373	8,530	2,843	2.86	75.0	19.0	14.3	Hoke Co.
Hyde Co.	5,826	2,185	1,713	472	2.36	78.4	30.6	29.3	Hyde Co.
Iredell Co.	122,660	47,360	35,693	11,667	2.56	75.4	22.7	20.1	Iredell Co.
Jackson Co.	33,121	13,191	9,566	3,625	2.30	72.5	27.0	22.8	Jackson Co.
Johnston Co.	121,965	46,595	34,213	12,382	2.58	73.4	23.1	17.2	Johnston Co.
Jones Co.	10,381	4,061	3,239	822	2.53	79.8	24.5	25.9	Jones Co.
Lee Co.	49,040	18,466	13,235	5,231	2.61	71.7	23.5	21.9	Lee Co.
Lenoir Co.	59,648	23,862	15,984	7,878	2.43	67.0	28.4	24.2	Lenoir Co.
Lincoln Co.	63,780	24,041	18,873	5,168	2.62	78.5	20.1	18.9	Lincoln Co.
McDowell Co.	42,151	16,604	12,822	3,782	2.45	77.2	24.3	23.5	McDowell Co.
Macon Co.	29,811	12,828	10,432	2,396	2.28	81.3	27.0	33.6	Macon Co.
Madison Co.	19,635	8,000	6,130	1,870	2.34	76.6	26.3	25.7	Madison Co.
Martin Co.	25,593	10,020	7,198	2,822	2.53	71.8	25.7	26.1	Martin Co.
Mecklenburg Co.	695,454	273,416	170,393	103,023	2.49	62.3	27.6	13.5	Mecklenburg Co.

Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
North Carolina	8,049,313	3,132,013	2,172,355	959,658	2.49	69.4	25.4	19.8	North Carolina
Mitchell Co.	15,687	6,551	5,294	1,257	2.37	80.8	25.2	28.8	Mitchell Co.
Montgomery Co.	26,822	9,848	7,554	2,294	2.61	76.7	24.1	24.4	Montgomery Co.
Moore Co.	74,769	30,713	24,157	6,556	2.38	78.7	24.9	31.8	Moore Co.
Nash Co.	87,420	33,644	22,792	10,852	2.54	67.7	25.0	21.0	Nash Co.
New Hanover Co.	160,307	68,183	44,109	24,074	2.29	64.7	28.9	19.7	New Hanover Co.
Northampton Co.	22,086	8,691	6,692	1,999	2.44	77.0	28.4	28.5	Northampton Co.
Onslow Co.	150,355	48,122	27,973	20,149	2.72	58.1	18.6	12.7	Onslow Co.
Orange Co.	118,227	45,863	26,415	19,448	2.36	57.6	28.1	13.8	Orange Co.
Pamlico Co.	12,934	5,178	4,256	922	2.38	82.2	25.0	31.1	Pamlico Co.
Pasquotank Co.	34,897	12,907	8,478	4,429	2.52	65.7	25.4	24.2	Pasquotank Co.
Pender Co.	41,082	16,054	13,260	2,794	2.49	82.6	22.9	22.7	Pender Co.
Perquimans Co.	11,368	4,645	3,649	996	2.42	78.6	24.1	30.4	Perquimans Co.
Person Co.	35,623	14,085	10,505	3,580	2.50	74.6	24.2	22.7	Person Co.
Pitt Co.	133,798	52,539	30,541	21,998	2.43	58.1	28.3	15.7	Pitt Co.
Polk Co.	18,324	7,908	6,222	1,686	2.28	78.7	28.9	34.6	Polk Co.
Randolph Co.	130,454	50,659	38,788	11,871	2.55	76.6	22.5	20.0	Randolph Co.
Richmond Co.	46,564	17,873	12,857	5,016	2.51	71.9	26.3	23.7	Richmond Co.
Robeson Co.	123,339	43,677	31,781	11,896	2.75	72.8	22.7	18.9	Robeson Co.
Rockingham Co.	91,928	36,989	27,259	9,730	2.45	73.7	25.7	23.9	Rockingham Co.
Rowan Co.	130,340	49,940	36,732	13,208	2.52	73.6	24.7	22.6	Rowan Co.
Rutherford Co.	62,899	25,191	18,764	6,427	2.44	74.5	25.5	25.1	Rutherford Co.
Sampson Co.	60,161	22,273	16,361	5,912	2.64	73.5	23.7	22.7	Sampson Co.
Scotland Co.	35,998	13,399	9,276	4,123	2.61	69.2	24.4	19.7	Scotland Co.
Stanly Co.	58,100	22,223	16,947	5,276	2.53	76.3	24.3	24.0	Stanly Co.
Stokes Co.	44,711	17,579	14,431	3,148	2.51	82.1	22.8	19.2	Stokes Co.
Surry Co.	71,219	28,408	21,685	6,723	2.46	76.3	25.0	24.7	Surry Co.
Swain Co.	12,968	5,137	3,946	1,191	2.44	76.8	25.8	25.0	Swain Co.
Transylvania Co.	29,334	12,320	9,781	2,539	2.30	79.4	26.1	31.9	Transylvania Co.
Tyrrell Co.	4,149	1,537	1,151	386	2.42	74.9	28.2	30.9	Tyrrell Co.
Union Co.	123,677	43,390	34,937	8,453	2.81	80.5	17.0	15.8	Union Co.

Location	Total population	Occupied housing units							Location
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Percent
		Total	Owner	Renter	Average household size	Owner	1-person households	With householder 65 years and over
United States	281,421,906	105,480,101	69,815,753	35,664,348	2.59	66.2	25.8	21.0	United States
North Carolina	8,049,313	3,132,013	2,172,355	959,658	2.49	69.4	25.4	19.8	North Carolina
Vance Co.	42,954	16,199	10,734	5,465	2.60	66.3	24.2	22.0	Vance Co.
Wake Co.	627,846	242,040	159,446	82,594	2.51	65.9	25.7	11.8	Wake Co.
Warren Co.	19,972	7,708	5,967	1,741	2.48	77.4	26.2	28.8	Warren Co.
Washington Co.	13,723	5,367	3,950	1,417	2.52	73.6	24.7	26.7	Washington Co.
Watauga Co.	42,695	16,540	10,406	6,134	2.26	62.9	28.6	18.8	Watauga Co.
Wayne Co.	113,329	42,612	27,853	14,759	2.55	65.4	24.5	19.9	Wayne Co.
Wilkes Co.	65,632	26,650	20,772	5,878	2.43	77.9	24.5	22.9	Wilkes Co.
Wilson Co.	73,814	28,613	17,500	11,113	2.51	61.2	26.4	21.5	Wilson Co.
Yadkin Co.	36,348	14,505	11,643	2,862	2.47	80.3	24.0	23.4	Yadkin Co.
Yancey Co.	17,774	7,472	5,996	1,476	2.36	80.2	25.4	29.0	Yancey Co.

Reading the Chart:

Total Population counts people. Here the colored bars represent percentages of the highest population of any county in the state. For example, the county with the highest population will have a colored bar that fills the cell. A county with half that many people will have a colored bar that fills half the cell. For small percentages the bar does not appear.

Under the Occupied housing units heading, the Total, Owner, and Renter subheadings are counts of housing units. The Owner and Renter values add up to the Total value. Similarly to Total Population, the colored bars represent percentages of the highest housing count of any county in the state.

The entries under the Average household size heading are averages of the number of people in each housing unit. Here the colored bars indicate a percentage of an arbitrary maximum (5). For example, the colored bar for an average family size of 2.5 fills half of the table cell.

The entries under the Percent heading are percentages. The colored bars fill the cells in proportion to the percentage value.

Census Department definitions:

Housing unit. A housing unit may be a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters.

Occupied housing unit. A housing unit is occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of enumeration or if the occupants are only temporarily absent; that is, away on vacation or business. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters.

Abbreviations used in location names: Co.=County, C.A.=Census Area, Pa.=Parish, Mu.=Municipio.

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