2024 population: 3,524,565 ( 220,158 from 2020)
Land area: 12479.7 square miles
Population density: 282.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,868,604	53.02%	3.5%
Black:	888,585	25.21%	3.1%
Indian:	24,225	0.69%	4.6%
Asian:	190,526	5.41%	33.0%
2+ races:	90,095	2.56%	17.3%
Hispanic:	462,530	13.12%	17.5%

Total non-White:	1,655,961	46.98%	10.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	170,694	12.9
Deaths:	128,582	9.7
Net Migration:	108,874	8.2
Net Immigration:	71,287	5.4

Change in White population:	62,627	1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	157,531	4.8

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
3,304,407
1,805,977	54.65%
861,750	26.08%
23,167	0.70%
143,211	4.33%
76,789	2.32%
393,513	11.91%
1,498,430	45.35%

2010
2,917,528
1,668,455	57.19%
795,658	27.27%
21,766	0.75%
87,452	3.00%
54,449	1.87%
284,569	9.75%
1,249,073	42.81%

2000
2,388,597
1,470,166	61.55%
685,550	28.70%
18,395	0.77%
45,467	1.90%
28,715	1.20%
137,081	5.74%
918,431	38.45%

1990
1,902,672
1,266,773	66.58%
569,339	29.92%
15,856	0.83%
22,045	1.16%
n/a
28,659	1.51%
635,899	33.42%

1980
1,636,087
1,086,651	66.42%
504,766	30.85%
11,131	0.68%
10,644	0.65%
n/a
21,526	1.32%
549,436	33.58%

1970
1,398,419
946,172	67.66%
430,526	30.79%
8,289	0.59%
2,454	0.18%
n/a
9,089	0.65%
452,247	32.34%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
368,822	12.6
216,214	7.4
155,841	5.3
73,960	2.5

137,522	4.7
249,357	8.5

Number	Rate
2000's
368,690	15.4
180,687	7.6
225,516	9.4
78,337	3.3

198,289	8.3
330,642	13.8

Number	Rate
1990's
329,387	17.3
170,743	9.0
175,821	9.2
27,383	1.4

203,393	10.7
282,532	14.8

Number	Rate
1980's
271,140	16.6
141,591	8.7
150,638	9.2
n/a

180,122	11.0
86,463	5.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
88,028	6.3
n/a

140,479	10.0
97,189	6.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA 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
37.8
755,986	11.1%
2,768,579	78.6%
493,955	7.2%

1,277,285
2.52

828,798	64.9%
610,060	73.6%
87,029	10.5%
448,487	35.1%

2010
Number	Percent
35.8
729,605	25.0%
2,187,923	75.0%
327,584	11.2%

1,127,470
2.51

751,398	66.6%
539,140	71.8%
95,062	12.7%
376,072	33.4%

2000
Number	Percent
33.9
600,352	25.1%
1,788,245	74.9%
246,517	10.3%

909,073
2.53

623,773	68.6%
471,411	75.6%
70,776	11.3%
285,300	31.4%

1990
Number	Percent
31.8
471,229	24.8%
1,431,443	75.2%
201,289	10.6%

711,695
2.56

506,998	71.2%
394,610	77.8%
51,687	10.2%
204,697	28.8%

1980
Number	Percent
28.7
463,713	28.3%
1,172,374	71.7%
149,864	9.2%

555,483
2.80

422,858	76.1%
340,355	80.5%
39,470	9.3%
132,625	23.9%

2022 Housing Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	61,767	4.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	48,066	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	46,342	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	47,570	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	47,935	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	50,549	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	46,690	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	48,743	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	45,977	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	94,124	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	117,546	9.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	160,635	12.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	125,935	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	89,967	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	109,663	8.6%
$200,000 or more	135,776	10.6%

Median Household Income	75,645
Per Capita Income	40,326

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	57,220	4.5%
Public Assistance	20,514	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	156,237	12.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,329,492	69.4%
Unemployed	68,262	3.6%
In Armed Forces	40,922	2.1%

Total Labor Force	1,438,676	75.1%
Not in Labor Force	478,260	24.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	575,067	482,867	54.4%
Non-Profit	45,888	77,667	37.1%
Self-Employed	83,506	53,591	60.9%

Local Government	35,264	56,522	38.4%
State Government	44,097	71,640	38.1%
Federal Government	22,239	21,054	51.4%

Total Private + Self	658,573	536,458	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	147,488	226,883	39.4%
Total	806,061	763,341	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	16.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	292,179	18.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	299,958	19.1%
Professional, Technical	433,443	27.6%
Service Occupations	236,833	15.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,452	0.5%
All others	309,536	19.7%

White Collar		65.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	214,301	13.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	172,719	11.0%
Retail trade	165,512	10.5%
Educational services	161,943	10.3%
Manufacturing	160,241	10.2%
Construction	108,070	6.9%
Accommodation and food services	104,830	6.7%
Public administration	78,853	5.0%
Finance and insurance	70,906	4.5%
Other services	69,832	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	63,693	4.1%
Transportation and warehousing	55,434	3.5%
Wholesale trade	32,638	2.1%
Information	30,780	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	26,115	1.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	25,091	1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	15,403	1.0%
Utilities	12,232	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,985	0.1%
Management	1,371	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	192,054	5.80%
Puerto Rican	49,566	1.50%
Cuban	10,833	0.33%
Dominican	12,196	0.37%

Total Central American	62,665	1.89%
Costa Rican	1,519	0.05%
Guatemalan	13,952	0.42%
Honduran	20,748	0.63%
Nicaraguan	2,269	0.07%
Panamanian	3,860	0.12%
Salvadoran	19,614	0.59%
Other Central American	703	0.02%

Total South American	24,462	0.74%
Argentinean	1,653	0.05%
Bolivian	355	0.01%
Chilean	1,788	0.05%
Colombian	9,201	0.28%
Ecuadorian	3,385	0.10%
Paraguayan	189	0.01%
Peruvian	3,546	0.11%
Uruguayan	363	0.01%
Venezuelan	3,727	0.11%
Other South American	255	0.01%

Other Hispanic	20,670	0.62%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	58,717	1.77%
Chinese	23,814	0.72%
Korean	11,361	0.34%
Filipino	11,274	0.34%
Vietnamese	11,196	0.34%
Japanese	3,065	0.09%
Thai	1,604	0.05%
Taiwanese	1,547	0.05%
Burmese	1,325	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,665,580	85.6%
Spanish	269,228	8.6%
Other Indo-European	43,584	1.4%
Other Asian	29,172	0.9%
Chinese	20,455	0.7%
Other	16,880	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	14,747	0.5%
Arabic	13,575	0.4%
German, other Germanic	9,344	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	358,663	10.8%
German	280,068	8.5%
American	257,193	7.8%
Irish	253,850	7.7%
Italian	114,966	3.5%
Scottish	69,617	2.1%
European	59,609	1.8%
Scotch-Irish	51,844	1.6%
Polish	51,589	1.6%
French	50,392	1.5%
African	23,269	0.7%
British	22,636	0.7%
Dutch	22,146	0.7%
Swedish	19,511	0.6%
Welsh	18,891	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,127,109	94.4%
Not a citizen	186,146	5.6%

Native	2,985,571	90.1%
Foreign-born	327,684	9.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
86,731	3.9%	124,498	5.6%	498,871	22.3%	642,587	28.7%	532,418	23.8%	353,349	15.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	86,731	3.9%
9-12 Years	124,498	5.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	498,871	22.3%
Some College	642,587	28.7%
Bach. Degree	532,418	23.8%
Grad Degree	353,349	15.8%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	977,588	938,627	38,961	4.0%
1991	999,389	944,249	55,140	5.5%
1992	1,023,341	964,343	58,998	5.8%
1993	1,033,441	983,577	49,864	4.8%
1994	1,049,073	1,005,149	43,924	4.2%
1995	1,072,280	1,027,695	44,585	4.2%
1996	1,117,405	1,071,265	46,140	4.1%
1997	1,148,142	1,106,852	41,290	3.6%
1998	1,164,082	1,125,521	38,561	3.3%
1999	1,185,304	1,148,246	37,058	3.1%

2000	1,204,787	1,162,554	42,233	3.5%
2001	1,231,223	1,166,970	64,253	5.2%
2002	1,238,180	1,154,198	83,982	6.8%
2003	1,260,117	1,179,369	80,748	6.4%
2004	1,266,961	1,197,188	69,773	5.5%
2005	1,293,114	1,224,485	68,629	5.3%
2006	1,332,692	1,267,846	64,846	4.9%
2007	1,360,123	1,295,776	64,347	4.7%
2008	1,389,717	1,311,242	78,475	5.6%
2009	1,409,338	1,272,500	136,838	9.7%

2010	1,415,308	1,280,427	134,881	9.5%
2011	1,430,219	1,295,818	134,401	9.4%
2012	1,455,508	1,326,082	129,426	8.9%
2013	1,452,102	1,345,798	106,304	7.3%
2014	1,457,057	1,370,639	86,418	5.9%
2015	1,478,526	1,394,955	83,571	5.7%
2016	1,508,350	1,431,362	76,988	5.1%
2017	1,536,510	1,466,316	70,194	4.6%
2018	1,558,182	1,495,171	63,011	4.0%
2019	1,587,877	1,527,605	60,272	3.8%

2020	1,550,720	1,442,460	108,260	7.0%
2021	1,559,441	1,484,999	74,442	4.8%
2022	1,630,191	1,571,108	59,083	3.6%
2023	1,660,739	1,603,419	57,320	3.5%
2024	1,726,494	1,666,388	60,106	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,423,807
Median Value	$274,211

Occupied	1,277,285	89.7%
Vacant	146,522	10.3%

Owned	825,816	64.7%
Rented	451,469	35.3%
Median Rent	$1,153

Single-Family Units	984,437	69.1%
Detached	900,915	63.3%
Attached	83,522	5.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	220,912	15.5%
Mobile Homes	147,235	10.3%

Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA Market Area