2024 population: 705,187 ( 29,206 from 2020)
Land area: 2009.0 square miles
Population density: 351.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	455,587	64.61%	1.0%
Black:	125,523	17.80%	4.4%
Indian:	2,334	0.33%	7.0%
Asian:	15,973	2.27%	19.2%
2+ races:	13,909	1.97%	19.0%
Hispanic:	91,861	13.03%	18.4%

Total non-White:	249,600	35.39%	10.9%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	31,561	11.7
Deaths:	34,970	12.9
Net Migration:	24,694	9.1
Net Immigration:	7,616	2.8

Change in White population:	4,680	0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	24,526	3.6

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
675,981
450,907	66.70%
120,190	17.78%
2,182	0.32%
13,405	1.98%
11,688	1.73%
77,609	11.48%
225,074	33.30%

2010
640,595
451,146	70.43%
109,416	17.08%
1,838	0.29%
9,008	1.41%
8,500	1.33%
59,682	9.32%
189,449	29.57%

2000
569,207
433,153	76.10%
96,060	16.88%
1,485	0.26%
4,675	0.82%
4,512	0.79%
28,744	5.05%
136,054	23.90%

1990
488,125
397,752	81.49%
83,718	17.15%
1,033	0.21%
2,541	0.52%
n/a
3,081	0.63%
90,373	18.51%

1980
442,969
361,646	81.64%
76,622	17.30%
913	0.21%
1,027	0.23%
n/a
2,614	0.59%
81,323	18.36%

1970
377,211
312,715	82.90%
62,671	16.61%
384	0.10%
228	0.06%
n/a
1,131	0.30%
64,496	17.10%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
68,473	10.7
58,410	9.1
21,149	3.3
4,664	0.7

-239	-0.0
35,625	5.6

Number	Rate
2000's
75,110	13.2
50,231	8.8
25,861	4.5
15,393	2.7

17,993	3.2
53,395	9.4

Number	Rate
1990's
72,562	14.9
47,340	9.7
31,331	6.4
3,129	0.6

35,401	7.3
45,681	9.4

Number	Rate
1980's
60,570	13.7
38,945	8.8
25,436	5.7
n/a

36,106	8.2
9,050	2.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
34,481	9.1
n/a

48,931	13.0
16,827	4.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Winston-Salem, 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
40.8
148,670	10.8%
1,232,498	89.2%
120,931	8.8%

271,091
2.45

175,114	64.6%
127,940	73.1%
19,344	11.0%
95,977	35.4%

2010
Number	Percent
39.0
153,483	24.0%
487,112	76.0%
89,544	14.0%

256,825
2.44

172,861	67.3%
126,432	73.1%
19,791	11.4%
83,964	32.7%

2000
Number	Percent
36.7
136,782	24.0%
432,425	76.0%
73,002	12.8%

227,943
2.44

159,093	69.8%
124,319	78.1%
15,874	10.0%
68,850	30.2%

1990
Number	Percent
34.4
113,275	23.2%
374,850	76.8%
60,301	12.4%

193,457
2.47

139,340	72.0%
111,997	80.4%
11,981	8.6%
54,117	28.0%

1980
Number	Percent
31.1
121,581	27.4%
321,388	72.6%
45,292	10.2%

160,096
2.71

123,775	77.3%
102,861	83.1%
9,987	8.1%
36,321	22.7%

2022 Housing Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,417	5.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,030	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,051	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,725	5.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,162	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,010	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,339	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	13,454	5.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,510	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	21,604	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	25,687	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	36,277	13.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	24,631	9.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,688	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,884	6.2%
$200,000 or more	16,622	6.1%

Median Household Income	60,555
Per Capita Income	34,146

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	81

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,017	4.8%
Public Assistance	4,665	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	37,021	13.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	263,410	69.0%
Unemployed	14,479	3.8%
In Armed Forces	923	0.2%

Total Labor Force	278,812	73.0%
Not in Labor Force	103,049	27.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	118,320	98,368	54.6%
Non-Profit	10,776	20,252	34.7%
Self-Employed	18,567	9,982	65.0%

Local Government	7,881	11,672	40.3%
State Government	4,191	6,989	37.5%
Federal Government	2,450	1,628	60.1%

Total Private + Self	136,887	108,350	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	25,298	40,541	38.4%
Total	162,185	148,891	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	11.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	47,005	15.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	64,833	20.8%
Professional, Technical	70,972	22.8%
Service Occupations	49,267	15.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,062	0.3%
All others	79,651	25.6%

White Collar		58.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	49,831	16.0%
Manufacturing	46,173	14.8%
Retail trade	35,379	11.3%
Educational services	26,226	8.4%
Construction	23,299	7.5%
Accommodation and food services	19,154	6.1%
Other services	16,200	5.2%
Finance and insurance	15,772	5.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	15,426	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	15,372	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	15,022	4.8%
Public administration	9,829	3.2%
Wholesale trade	7,588	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,900	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,879	1.2%
Information	3,673	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,670	0.5%
Utilities	1,611	0.5%
Management	490	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	234	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	45,178	6.66%
Puerto Rican	7,283	1.07%
Cuban	1,461	0.22%
Dominican	1,807	0.27%

Total Central American	10,030	1.48%
Costa Rican	95	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,627	0.24%
Honduran	1,530	0.23%
Nicaraguan	360	0.05%
Panamanian	303	0.04%
Salvadoran	6,115	0.90%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	4,997	0.74%
Argentinean	255	0.04%
Bolivian	30	0.00%
Chilean	220	0.03%
Colombian	2,469	0.36%
Ecuadorian	160	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	696	0.10%
Uruguayan	227	0.03%
Venezuelan	940	0.14%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	4,039	0.60%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,973	0.44%
Chinese	2,655	0.39%
Filipino	1,570	0.23%
Vietnamese	921	0.14%
Cambodian	780	0.12%
Korean	522	0.08%
Japanese	459	0.07%
Taiwanese	379	0.06%
Thai	246	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	566,074	88.2%
Spanish	56,920	8.9%
Other Indo-European	4,610	0.7%
Other Asian	2,986	0.5%
Chinese	2,431	0.4%
German, other Germanic	1,592	0.2%
Other	1,534	0.2%
Tagalog	1,184	0.2%
Arabic	1,151	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	82,590	12.2%
German	75,545	11.1%
Irish	55,379	8.2%
American	54,882	8.1%
Italian	16,222	2.4%
Scottish	15,203	2.2%
Scotch-Irish	12,317	1.8%
European	11,540	1.7%
Polish	7,433	1.1%
French	7,377	1.1%
Dutch	5,425	0.8%
Welsh	3,733	0.6%
British	3,296	0.5%
Norwegian	2,587	0.4%
Swedish	2,561	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	648,211	95.6%
Not a citizen	30,032	4.4%

Native	630,163	92.9%
Foreign-born	48,080	7.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
19,340	4.1%	35,354	7.6%	134,644	28.8%	145,516	31.1%	84,030	18.0%	48,541	10.4%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	19,340	4.1%
9-12 Years	35,354	7.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	134,644	28.8%
Some College	145,516	31.1%
Bach. Degree	84,030	18.0%
Grad Degree	48,541	10.4%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	543,096	521,142	21,954	4.0%
1991	541,910	514,822	27,088	5.0%
1992	549,130	519,126	30,004	5.5%
1993	551,236	528,618	22,618	4.1%
1994	559,836	540,210	19,626	3.5%
1995	566,994	548,258	18,736	3.3%
1996	585,102	566,350	18,752	3.2%
1997	593,946	577,076	16,870	2.8%
1998	592,776	576,646	16,130	2.7%
1999	597,704	583,222	14,482	2.4%

2000	605,834	585,582	20,252	3.3%
2001	613,824	581,762	32,062	5.2%
2002	616,628	578,118	38,510	6.2%
2003	621,302	581,800	39,502	6.4%
2004	617,518	582,006	35,512	5.8%
2005	623,068	589,690	33,378	5.4%
2006	636,334	604,322	32,012	5.0%
2007	634,738	602,438	32,300	5.1%
2008	640,630	601,862	38,768	6.1%
2009	645,508	574,652	70,856	11.0%

2010	632,160	563,714	68,446	10.8%
2011	630,336	565,790	64,546	10.2%
2012	638,174	578,470	59,704	9.4%
2013	634,794	587,004	47,790	7.5%
2014	629,416	592,408	37,008	5.9%
2015	634,570	600,356	34,214	5.4%
2016	641,616	610,808	30,808	4.8%
2017	647,192	619,324	27,868	4.3%
2018	654,174	629,318	24,856	3.8%
2019	664,246	640,496	23,750	3.6%

2020	642,880	596,362	46,518	7.2%
2021	639,404	608,776	30,628	4.8%
2022	661,734	637,964	23,770	3.6%
2023	659,720	637,162	22,558	3.4%
2024	649,468	625,812	23,656	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	303,193
Median Value	$196,112

Occupied	271,091	89.4%
Vacant	32,102	10.6%

Owned	183,586	67.7%
Rented	87,505	32.3%
Median Rent	$897

Single-Family Units	219,021	72.2%
Detached	209,677	69.2%
Attached	9,344	3.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	41,121	13.6%
Mobile Homes	28,165	9.3%

Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area