2024 population: 1,562,009 ( 148,034 from 2020)
Land area: 2118.4 square miles
Population density: 737.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	890,622	57.02%	5.5%
Black:	299,410	19.17%	9.4%
Indian:	4,869	0.31%	12.0%
Asian:	129,636	8.30%	41.0%
2+ races:	37,243	2.38%	21.9%
Hispanic:	200,229	12.82%	18.3%

Total non-White:	671,387	42.98%	17.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	70,673	12.5
Deaths:	40,570	7.2
Net Migration:	81,532	14.4
Net Immigration:	36,487	6.5

Change in White population:	46,481	3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	101,553	7.2

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
1,413,975
844,141	59.70%
273,673	19.35%
4,348	0.31%
91,955	6.50%
30,564	2.16%
169,294	11.97%
569,834	40.30%

2010
1,130,490
716,883	63.41%
223,870	19.80%
3,479	0.31%
49,890	4.41%
19,803	1.75%
114,512	10.13%
413,607	36.59%

2000
797,071
561,365	70.43%
155,743	19.54%
2,420	0.30%
21,896	2.75%
9,151	1.15%
45,525	5.71%
235,706	29.57%

1990
541,100
410,372	75.84%
114,599	21.18%
1,465	0.27%
8,601	1.59%
n/a
6,063	1.12%
130,728	24.16%

1980
401,981
304,205	75.68%
91,019	22.64%
514	0.13%
2,517	0.63%
n/a
3,261	0.81%
97,776	24.32%

1970
317,010
240,113	75.74%
74,576	23.52%
374	0.12%
582	0.18%
n/a
1,095	0.35%
76,897	24.26%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
144,250	12.8
66,241	5.9
146,737	13.0
34,019	3.0

127,258	11.3
156,227	13.8

Number	Rate
2000's
139,447	17.5
47,820	6.0
194,361	24.4
38,323	4.8

155,518	19.5
177,901	22.3

Number	Rate
1990's
101,288	18.7
41,519	7.7
145,539	26.9
12,893	2.4

150,993	27.9
104,978	19.4

Number	Rate
1980's
65,981	16.4
31,654	7.9
108,930	27.1
n/a

106,167	26.4
32,952	8.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
55,894	17.6
n/a

64,092	20.2
20,879	6.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC 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
37.4
334,072	11.2%
2,641,912	88.8%
180,097	6.1%

536,357
2.60

359,309	67.0%
281,108	78.2%
31,716	8.8%
177,048	33.0%

2010
Number	Percent
34.9
296,445	26.2%
834,045	73.8%
101,486	9.0%

430,577
2.57

288,839	67.1%
221,474	76.7%
31,090	10.8%
141,738	32.9%

2000
Number	Percent
33.3
201,204	25.2%
595,867	74.8%
63,402	8.0%

306,676
2.53

206,764	67.4%
166,081	80.3%
19,173	9.3%
99,912	32.6%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
126,353	23.4%
414,747	76.6%
48,233	8.9%

210,702
2.49

143,976	68.3%
117,324	81.5%
11,544	8.0%
66,726	31.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
108,187	26.9%
293,794	73.1%
33,697	8.4%

141,671
2.71

104,815	74.0%
86,563	82.6%
8,431	8.0%
36,856	26.0%

2022 Housing Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	18,309	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,668	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	13,160	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	15,258	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	14,959	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	17,540	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,637	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	17,940	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	15,833	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	35,247	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	46,257	8.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	65,694	12.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	59,221	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	46,150	8.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	61,410	11.4%
$200,000 or more	81,074	15.1%

Median Household Income	92,264
Per Capita Income	47,118

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	101

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,911	3.2%
Public Assistance	7,336	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	42,952	8.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	635,409	75.0%
Unemployed	27,055	3.2%
In Armed Forces	866	0.1%

Total Labor Force	663,330	78.3%
Not in Labor Force	183,344	21.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	292,101	228,947	56.1%
Non-Profit	20,833	33,418	38.4%
Self-Employed	39,419	26,192	60.1%

Local Government	14,719	22,671	39.4%
State Government	20,272	30,447	40.0%
Federal Government	6,118	6,031	50.4%

Total Private + Self	331,520	255,139	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	61,942	92,567	40.1%
Total	393,462	347,706	53.1%

Pct. Govt.	13.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	166,996	22.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	144,003	19.4%
Professional, Technical	219,771	29.6%
Service Occupations	95,223	12.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,621	0.2%
All others	116,199	15.7%

White Collar		71.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	114,276	15.4%
Health care and social assistance	88,199	11.9%
Retail trade	74,013	10.0%
Manufacturing	67,416	9.1%
Educational services	64,237	8.7%
Construction	51,103	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	44,844	6.0%
Finance and insurance	43,029	5.8%
Public administration	34,693	4.7%
Other services	31,208	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	29,822	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	25,144	3.4%
Information	18,718	2.5%
Wholesale trade	17,504	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	14,352	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	12,623	1.7%
Utilities	6,087	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,043	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,105	0.1%
Management	776	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	77,847	5.48%
Puerto Rican	19,426	1.37%
Cuban	5,683	0.40%
Dominican	8,368	0.59%

Total Central American	22,264	1.57%
Costa Rican	593	0.04%
Guatemalan	3,436	0.24%
Honduran	6,919	0.49%
Nicaraguan	1,233	0.09%
Panamanian	934	0.07%
Salvadoran	8,833	0.62%
Other Central American	316	0.02%

Total South American	12,873	0.91%
Argentinean	804	0.06%
Bolivian	172	0.01%
Chilean	542	0.04%
Colombian	4,421	0.31%
Ecuadorian	1,770	0.12%
Paraguayan	136	0.01%
Peruvian	2,162	0.15%
Uruguayan	245	0.02%
Venezuelan	2,486	0.17%
Other South American	135	0.01%

Other Hispanic	9,822	0.69%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	48,559	3.42%
Chinese	13,629	0.96%
Vietnamese	6,618	0.47%
Korean	5,729	0.40%
Filipino	4,926	0.35%
Japanese	1,265	0.09%
Bangladeshi	1,148	0.08%
Taiwanese	823	0.06%
Thai	502	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,112,815	83.2%
Spanish	111,682	8.3%
Other Indo-European	31,121	2.3%
Other Asian	20,915	1.6%
Chinese	11,514	0.9%
Other	10,224	0.8%
Arabic	8,620	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	8,319	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6,258	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	175,254	12.3%
German	139,643	9.8%
Irish	126,988	8.9%
American	104,305	7.3%
Italian	64,090	4.5%
Scottish	33,839	2.4%
European	30,841	2.2%
Polish	28,214	2.0%
French	26,199	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	24,168	1.7%
African	12,060	0.8%
British	11,612	0.8%
Dutch	11,084	0.8%
Welsh	10,032	0.7%
Swedish	9,874	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,324,998	93.3%
Not a citizen	95,827	6.7%

Native	1,244,483	87.6%
Foreign-born	176,342	12.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
30,123	3.1%	37,674	3.9%	166,686	17.4%	249,802	26.0%	293,994	30.6%	181,630	18.9%
Average years of education: 14.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	30,123	3.1%
9-12 Years	37,674	3.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	166,686	17.4%
Some College	249,802	26.0%
Bach. Degree	293,994	30.6%
Grad Degree	181,630	18.9%
Average years of education: 14.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	636,438	618,068	18,370	2.9%
1991	654,822	629,796	25,026	3.8%
1992	679,446	651,920	27,526	4.1%
1993	697,232	673,894	23,338	3.3%
1994	721,856	702,218	19,638	2.7%
1995	747,758	728,774	18,984	2.5%
1996	797,478	779,522	17,956	2.3%
1997	836,630	820,326	16,304	1.9%
1998	863,838	848,712	15,126	1.8%
1999	892,722	878,728	13,994	1.6%

2000	909,738	886,656	23,082	2.5%
2001	936,416	897,902	38,514	4.1%
2002	943,224	887,072	56,152	6.0%
2003	963,756	909,834	53,922	5.6%
2004	976,440	930,558	45,882	4.7%
2005	1,007,940	962,914	45,026	4.5%
2006	1,058,770	1,016,432	42,338	4.0%
2007	1,089,982	1,047,208	42,774	3.9%
2008	1,127,620	1,073,050	54,570	4.8%
2009	1,139,710	1,037,620	102,090	9.0%

2010	1,185,014	1,083,694	101,320	8.6%
2011	1,202,850	1,104,170	98,680	8.2%
2012	1,238,192	1,143,980	94,212	7.6%
2013	1,250,760	1,174,808	75,952	6.1%
2014	1,275,842	1,212,768	63,074	4.9%
2015	1,311,534	1,248,890	62,644	4.8%
2016	1,351,048	1,291,686	59,362	4.4%
2017	1,393,566	1,338,056	55,510	4.0%
2018	1,427,362	1,376,936	50,426	3.5%
2019	1,457,524	1,408,292	49,232	3.4%

2020	1,426,828	1,334,910	91,918	6.4%
2021	1,456,848	1,396,800	60,048	4.1%
2022	1,546,922	1,498,652	48,270	3.1%
2023	1,589,228	1,540,802	48,426	3.0%
2024	1,693,148	1,640,350	52,798	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	581,802
Median Value	$355,344

Occupied	536,357	92.2%
Vacant	45,445	7.8%

Owned	358,214	66.8%
Rented	178,143	33.2%
Median Rent	$1,325

Single-Family Units	412,519	70.9%
Detached	359,450	61.8%
Attached	53,069	9.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	116,135	20.0%
Mobile Homes	32,356	5.6%

Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area