2024 population: 3,612,473 ( 240,312 from 2020)
Land area: 10354.9 square miles
Population density: 348.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,172,876	60.15%	2.4%
Black:	733,942	20.32%	7.3%
Indian:	12,985	0.36%	7.7%
Asian:	168,422	4.66%	30.0%
2+ races:	77,080	2.13%	19.6%
Hispanic:	447,168	12.38%	23.9%

Total non-White:	1,439,597	39.85%	15.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	166,656	12.4
Deaths:	144,380	10.7
Net Migration:	143,000	10.6
Net Immigration:	74,144	5.5

Change in White population:	51,510	1.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	188,802	5.6

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
3,372,161
2,121,366	62.91%
683,808	20.28%
12,060	0.36%
129,525	3.84%
64,451	1.91%
360,951	10.70%
1,250,795	37.09%

2010
2,957,650
2,011,975	68.03%
572,899	19.37%
10,626	0.36%
73,578	2.49%
44,070	1.49%
239,568	8.10%
945,675	31.97%

2000
2,412,463
1,794,324	74.38%
443,316	18.38%
7,993	0.33%
40,980	1.70%
20,371	0.84%
103,137	4.28%
618,139	25.62%

1990
1,951,195
1,561,717	80.04%
354,653	18.18%
6,638	0.34%
14,380	0.74%
n/a
13,807	0.71%
389,478	19.96%

1980
1,717,538
1,383,640	80.56%
310,459	18.08%
5,115	0.30%
5,000	0.29%
n/a
12,627	0.74%
333,898	19.44%

1970
1,481,137
1,203,649	81.27%
270,565	18.27%
1,959	0.13%
813	0.05%
n/a
3,713	0.25%
277,488	18.73%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
348,961	11.8
242,096	8.2
239,004	8.1
53,705	1.8

109,391	3.7
305,120	10.3

Number	Rate
2000's
353,956	14.7
199,428	8.3
299,918	12.4
69,429	2.9

217,651	9.0
327,536	13.6

Number	Rate
1990's
311,370	16.0
185,119	9.5
233,762	12.0
20,921	1.1

232,607	11.9
228,661	11.7

Number	Rate
1980's
259,328	15.1
150,745	8.8
137,529	8.0
n/a

178,077	10.4
55,580	3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
95,930	6.5
n/a

179,991	12.2
56,410	3.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market 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
38.9
762,549	10.9%
2,849,924	78.9%
512,395	7.3%

1,305,125
2.55

860,552	65.9%
633,832	73.7%
87,111	10.1%
444,573	34.1%

2010
Number	Percent
37.2
733,041	24.8%
2,224,609	75.2%
351,844	11.9%

1,140,573
2.54

776,049	68.0%
564,769	72.8%
88,369	11.4%
364,524	32.0%

2000
Number	Percent
35.3
601,683	24.9%
1,810,780	75.1%
271,565	11.3%

929,536
2.53

654,043	70.4%
506,936	77.5%
63,693	9.7%
275,493	29.6%

1990
Number	Percent
33.3
480,648	24.6%
1,470,547	75.4%
228,874	11.7%

738,557
2.59

542,854	73.5%
433,964	79.9%
45,474	8.4%
195,703	26.5%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
494,178	28.8%
1,223,360	71.2%
172,494	10.0%

601,117
2.80

470,732	78.3%
389,539	82.8%
36,947	7.8%
130,385	21.7%

2022 Housing Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	57,707	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	47,411	3.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	47,100	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	48,886	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	51,533	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	52,235	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	49,072	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	53,511	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	52,336	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	97,419	7.5%
$60,000 to $74,999	128,217	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	170,106	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	125,479	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	90,142	6.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	102,819	7.9%
$200,000 or more	131,152	10.0%

Median Household Income	72,150
Per Capita Income	40,147

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	53,691	4.1%
Public Assistance	19,377	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	145,057	11.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,435,930	72.3%
Unemployed	78,099	3.9%
In Armed Forces	2,954	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,516,983	76.4%
Not in Labor Force	468,728	23.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	676,168	551,643	55.1%
Non-Profit	39,275	72,003	35.3%
Self-Employed	96,656	59,080	62.1%

Local Government	38,310	57,341	40.1%
State Government	23,467	40,516	36.7%
Federal Government	10,523	10,430	50.2%

Total Private + Self	772,824	610,723	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	111,575	180,290	38.2%
Total	884,399	791,013	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	10.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	316,403	18.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	350,125	20.8%
Professional, Technical	365,114	21.7%
Service Occupations	242,965	14.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,708	0.3%
All others	404,657	24.1%

White Collar		61.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	220,571	13.1%
Health care and social assistance	202,404	12.1%
Retail trade	191,937	11.4%
Educational services	124,547	7.4%
Finance and insurance	124,228	7.4%
Construction	121,417	7.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	117,642	7.0%
Accommodation and food services	110,011	6.6%
Transportation and warehousing	85,716	5.1%
Other services	85,381	5.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	73,947	4.4%
Public administration	48,067	2.9%
Wholesale trade	47,382	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	32,324	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	29,940	1.8%
Information	29,887	1.8%
Utilities	18,265	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,534	0.7%
Management	2,369	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,695	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	150,765	4.46%
Puerto Rican	32,706	0.97%
Cuban	11,746	0.35%
Dominican	13,217	0.39%

Total Central American	73,530	2.17%
Costa Rican	3,031	0.09%
Guatemalan	13,532	0.40%
Honduran	28,269	0.84%
Nicaraguan	3,117	0.09%
Panamanian	2,273	0.07%
Salvadoran	23,148	0.68%
Other Central American	160	0.00%

Total South American	36,162	1.07%
Argentinean	1,653	0.05%
Bolivian	452	0.01%
Chilean	1,434	0.04%
Colombian	13,030	0.39%
Ecuadorian	8,548	0.25%
Paraguayan	55	0.00%
Peruvian	4,376	0.13%
Uruguayan	938	0.03%
Venezuelan	5,483	0.16%
Other South American	193	0.01%

Other Hispanic	18,102	0.54%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	47,034	1.39%
Vietnamese	15,401	0.46%
Chinese	14,688	0.43%
Hmong	11,263	0.33%
Filipino	7,491	0.22%
Korean	5,819	0.17%
Laotian	3,011	0.09%
Japanese	2,201	0.07%
Burmese	2,130	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,771,217	86.9%
Spanish	257,264	8.1%
Other Indo-European	40,095	1.3%
Other Asian	36,899	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	13,178	0.4%
Other	12,673	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	12,274	0.4%
Chinese	10,464	0.3%
Vietnamese	10,397	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	362,116	10.7%
German	360,522	10.7%
English	330,941	9.8%
Irish	282,803	8.4%
Italian	113,091	3.3%
Scotch-Irish	81,009	2.4%
Scottish	72,655	2.1%
European	56,274	1.7%
Polish	53,735	1.6%
French	47,171	1.4%
African	31,312	0.9%
Dutch	25,918	0.8%
British	18,373	0.5%
Swedish	17,709	0.5%
Welsh	17,387	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,199,446	94.6%
Not a citizen	183,186	5.4%

Native	3,066,787	90.7%
Foreign-born	315,845	9.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
94,896	4.1%	151,141	6.5%	574,531	24.8%	694,918	30.0%	524,783	22.7%	273,061	11.8%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	94,896	4.1%
9-12 Years	151,141	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	574,531	24.8%
Some College	694,918	30.0%
Bach. Degree	524,783	22.7%
Grad Degree	273,061	11.8%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,086,539	1,044,927	41,612	3.8%
1991	1,099,647	1,033,256	66,391	6.0%
1992	1,115,698	1,045,899	69,799	6.3%
1993	1,126,516	1,069,196	57,320	5.1%
1994	1,146,759	1,098,892	47,867	4.2%
1995	1,169,949	1,122,022	47,927	4.1%
1996	1,205,329	1,152,696	52,633	4.4%
1997	1,225,018	1,178,828	46,190	3.8%
1998	1,225,345	1,185,916	39,429	3.2%
1999	1,258,323	1,221,223	37,100	2.9%

2000	1,297,925	1,251,672	46,253	3.6%
2001	1,321,248	1,245,552	75,696	5.7%
2002	1,322,864	1,229,100	93,764	7.1%
2003	1,342,212	1,244,916	97,296	7.2%
2004	1,340,067	1,252,462	87,605	6.5%
2005	1,355,272	1,272,788	82,484	6.1%
2006	1,401,801	1,323,113	78,688	5.6%
2007	1,424,501	1,344,300	80,201	5.6%
2008	1,440,258	1,341,824	98,434	6.8%
2009	1,451,912	1,266,453	185,459	12.8%

2010	1,498,233	1,318,609	179,624	12.0%
2011	1,508,163	1,344,148	164,015	10.9%
2012	1,529,880	1,381,613	148,267	9.7%
2013	1,530,522	1,410,545	119,977	7.8%
2014	1,543,040	1,449,123	93,917	6.1%
2015	1,577,961	1,491,454	86,507	5.5%
2016	1,616,999	1,538,590	78,409	4.8%
2017	1,657,134	1,585,747	71,387	4.3%
2018	1,682,934	1,619,607	63,327	3.8%
2019	1,723,447	1,662,937	60,510	3.5%

2020	1,700,145	1,575,635	124,510	7.3%
2021	1,708,099	1,628,402	79,697	4.7%
2022	1,779,602	1,718,030	61,572	3.5%
2023	1,813,659	1,754,469	59,190	3.3%
2024	1,816,364	1,750,305	66,059	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,454,857
Median Value	$264,381

Occupied	1,305,125	89.7%
Vacant	149,732	10.3%

Owned	879,055	67.4%
Rented	426,070	32.6%
Median Rent	$1,132

Single-Family Units	1,042,814	71.7%
Detached	976,434	67.1%
Attached	66,380	4.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	223,316	15.3%
Mobile Homes	131,402	9.0%

Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charlotte, NC-SC Market Area