2024 population: 2,883,370 ( 182,756 from 2020)
Land area: 5597.4 square miles
Population density: 515.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,621,618	56.24%	3.2%
Black:	650,516	22.56%	8.1%
Indian:	9,597	0.33%	6.7%
Asian:	151,104	5.24%	32.7%
2+ races:	62,996	2.18%	20.2%
Hispanic:	387,539	13.44%	24.4%

Total non-White:	1,261,752	43.76%	15.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	138,356	12.8
Deaths:	104,086	9.6
Net Migration:	121,739	11.3
Net Immigration:	70,798	6.6

Change in White population:	50,015	1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	173,193	6.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
2,660,162
1,571,603	59.08%
601,688	22.62%
8,992	0.34%
113,842	4.28%
52,431	1.97%
311,606	11.71%
1,088,559	40.92%

2010
2,277,597
1,479,866	64.97%
483,717	21.24%
7,962	0.35%
61,796	2.71%
35,285	1.55%
204,709	8.99%
797,731	35.03%

2000
1,775,472
1,278,781	72.02%
357,990	20.16%
5,985	0.34%
31,400	1.77%
15,734	0.89%
83,744	4.72%
496,691	27.98%

1990
1,393,475
1,087,426	78.04%
277,853	19.94%
5,015	0.36%
11,963	0.86%
n/a
11,218	0.81%
306,049	21.96%

1980
1,185,955
931,424	78.54%
236,514	19.94%
4,144	0.35%
4,237	0.36%
n/a
9,049	0.76%
254,531	21.46%

1970
1,028,505
821,007	79.83%
201,923	19.63%
1,664	0.16%
587	0.06%
n/a
3,005	0.29%
207,498	20.17%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
281,325	12.4
170,394	7.5
230,580	10.1
49,640	2.2

91,737	4.0
290,828	12.8

Number	Rate
2000's
279,903	15.8
140,399	7.9
290,773	16.4
59,258	3.3

201,085	11.3
301,040	17.0

Number	Rate
1990's
231,590	16.6
128,959	9.3
199,359	14.3
17,986	1.3

191,355	13.7
190,642	13.7

Number	Rate
1980's
188,007	15.9
104,016	8.8
133,356	11.2
n/a

156,002	13.2
51,518	4.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
59,579	5.8
n/a

110,417	10.7
47,033	4.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.1
628,594	11.3%
4,914,938	88.7%
381,560	6.9%

1,041,555
2.57

687,301	66.0%
508,636	74.0%
70,822	10.3%
354,254	34.0%

2010
Number	Percent
36.5
581,484	25.5%
1,696,113	74.5%
250,462	11.0%

872,334
2.57

594,610	68.2%
432,563	72.7%
69,795	11.7%
277,724	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
450,476	25.4%
1,324,996	74.6%
187,798	10.6%

681,193
2.55

478,054	70.2%
370,936	77.6%
47,174	9.9%
203,139	29.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
346,771	24.9%
1,046,704	75.1%
157,119	11.3%

526,860
2.59

385,197	73.1%
306,926	79.7%
33,124	8.6%
141,663	26.9%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
339,970	28.7%
845,985	71.3%
117,054	9.9%

417,449
2.79

324,972	77.8%
267,585	82.3%
26,658	8.2%
92,477	22.2%

2022 Housing Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	41,321	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	32,964	3.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	32,397	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	34,736	3.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	38,032	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	38,622	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	37,312	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	40,564	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	39,696	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	76,689	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	101,741	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	137,329	13.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	103,967	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	75,360	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	90,351	8.7%
$200,000 or more	120,474	11.6%

Median Household Income	76,849
Per Capita Income	42,718

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	39,253	3.8%
Public Assistance	14,447	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	105,266	10.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,173,835	73.9%
Unemployed	59,844	3.8%
In Armed Forces	2,552	0.2%

Total Labor Force	1,236,231	77.9%
Not in Labor Force	351,395	22.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	560,979	458,418	55.0%
Non-Profit	31,481	59,872	34.5%
Self-Employed	77,104	49,642	60.8%

Local Government	29,697	44,631	40.0%
State Government	15,485	29,938	34.1%
Federal Government	9,205	8,560	51.8%

Total Private + Self	638,083	508,060	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	85,868	143,001	37.5%
Total	723,951	651,061	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	10.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	277,913	20.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	291,695	21.2%
Professional, Technical	309,442	22.5%
Service Occupations	192,193	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,918	0.3%
All others	306,704	22.3%

White Collar		63.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	164,512	11.9%
Manufacturing	156,347	11.3%
Retail trade	155,386	11.3%
Finance and insurance	118,190	8.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	108,681	7.9%
Construction	101,318	7.4%
Educational services	98,708	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	87,541	6.4%
Transportation and warehousing	72,046	5.2%
Other services	68,866	5.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	63,784	4.6%
Wholesale trade	39,977	2.9%
Public administration	35,645	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	28,241	2.0%
Information	26,593	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	25,695	1.9%
Utilities	15,726	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,087	0.5%
Management	2,190	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,414	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	124,877	4.61%
Puerto Rican	27,776	1.03%
Cuban	10,897	0.40%
Dominican	13,076	0.48%

Total Central American	66,316	2.45%
Costa Rican	2,616	0.10%
Guatemalan	10,408	0.38%
Honduran	26,794	0.99%
Nicaraguan	2,853	0.11%
Panamanian	2,118	0.08%
Salvadoran	21,421	0.79%
Other Central American	106	0.00%

Total South American	33,891	1.25%
Argentinean	1,441	0.05%
Bolivian	390	0.01%
Chilean	1,058	0.04%
Colombian	12,126	0.45%
Ecuadorian	8,214	0.30%
Paraguayan	55	0.00%
Peruvian	4,214	0.16%
Uruguayan	936	0.03%
Venezuelan	5,268	0.19%
Other South American	189	0.01%

Other Hispanic	15,223	0.56%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	46,448	1.71%
Vietnamese	14,558	0.54%
Chinese	13,672	0.50%
Filipino	6,589	0.24%
Korean	5,348	0.20%
Hmong	4,165	0.15%
Laotian	2,143	0.08%
Burmese	2,084	0.08%
Japanese	1,953	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,181,186	85.6%
Spanish	222,827	8.7%
Other Indo-European	37,917	1.5%
Other Asian	29,895	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	12,388	0.5%
Other	12,054	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	11,395	0.4%
Chinese	9,781	0.4%
Vietnamese	9,735	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	287,178	10.6%
English	259,815	9.6%
American	237,409	8.8%
Irish	228,926	8.4%
Italian	100,769	3.7%
Scotch-Irish	64,137	2.4%
Scottish	56,879	2.1%
Polish	47,203	1.7%
European	41,699	1.5%
French	39,213	1.4%
African	28,709	1.1%
Dutch	19,867	0.7%
Swedish	15,012	0.6%
British	14,999	0.6%
Welsh	13,616	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,541,492	93.8%
Not a citizen	167,719	6.2%

Native	2,421,312	89.4%
Foreign-born	287,899	10.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
72,187	3.9%	106,257	5.8%	421,625	22.9%	544,509	29.6%	459,909	25.0%	238,018	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	72,187	3.9%
9-12 Years	106,257	5.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	421,625	22.9%
Some College	544,509	29.6%
Bach. Degree	459,909	25.0%
Grad Degree	238,018	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,541,654	1,486,647	55,007	3.6%
1991	1,560,105	1,471,960	88,145	5.6%
1992	1,585,653	1,488,554	97,099	6.1%
1993	1,611,453	1,530,046	81,407	5.1%
1994	1,647,371	1,581,250	66,121	4.0%
1995	1,684,852	1,622,900	61,952	3.7%
1996	1,745,697	1,677,450	68,247	3.9%
1997	1,786,212	1,725,994	60,218	3.4%
1998	1,798,959	1,746,649	52,310	2.9%
1999	1,861,444	1,809,719	51,725	2.8%

2000	1,912,514	1,845,239	67,275	3.5%
2001	1,957,116	1,853,421	103,695	5.3%
2002	1,977,357	1,847,084	130,273	6.6%
2003	2,016,753	1,877,418	139,335	6.9%
2004	2,020,295	1,892,986	127,309	6.3%
2005	2,053,882	1,935,043	118,839	5.8%
2006	2,141,960	2,027,576	114,384	5.3%
2007	2,189,331	2,070,566	118,765	5.4%
2008	2,226,666	2,079,125	147,541	6.6%
2009	2,246,525	1,969,325	277,200	12.3%

2010	2,332,815	2,060,201	272,614	11.7%
2011	2,359,802	2,109,103	250,699	10.6%
2012	2,405,431	2,178,520	226,911	9.4%
2013	2,415,355	2,230,552	184,803	7.7%
2014	2,450,238	2,303,359	146,879	6.0%
2015	2,518,614	2,382,426	136,188	5.4%
2016	2,588,574	2,464,084	124,490	4.8%
2017	2,658,757	2,544,508	114,249	4.3%
2018	2,706,959	2,605,233	101,726	3.8%
2019	2,779,216	2,682,476	96,740	3.5%

2020	2,747,962	2,547,360	200,602	7.3%
2021	2,771,677	2,643,281	128,396	4.6%
2022	2,893,149	2,793,802	99,347	3.4%
2023	2,958,674	2,862,606	96,068	3.2%
2024	2,986,284	2,878,052	108,232	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,133,057
Median Value	$289,805

Occupied	1,041,555	91.9%
Vacant	91,502	8.1%

Owned	689,691	66.2%
Rented	351,864	33.8%
Median Rent	$1,221

Single-Family Units	819,262	72.3%
Detached	757,756	66.9%
Attached	61,506	5.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	199,753	17.6%
Mobile Homes	73,870	6.5%

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area