2024 population: 422,333 ( 15,406 from 2020)
Land area: 1479.1 square miles
Population density: 285.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	343,356	81.30%	2.6%
Black:	19,841	4.70%	0.3%
Indian:	1,417	0.34%	3.7%
Asian:	6,658	1.58%	13.9%
2+ races:	8,438	2.00%	10.7%
Hispanic:	42,623	10.09%	13.6%

Total non-White:	78,977	18.70%	9.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	15,396	9.5
Deaths:	20,965	12.9
Net Migration:	16,484	10.1
Net Immigration:	4,331	2.7

Change in White population:	8,570	2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,836	1.7

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
406,927
334,786	82.27%
19,788	4.86%
1,366	0.34%
5,843	1.44%
7,622	1.87%
37,522	9.22%
72,141	17.73%

2010
365,822
311,080	85.04%
18,361	5.02%
1,139	0.31%
3,896	1.06%
5,788	1.58%
25,101	6.86%
54,742	14.96%

2000
315,138
279,843	88.80%
18,156	5.76%
986	0.31%
2,033	0.65%
2,976	0.94%
10,876	3.45%
35,295	11.20%

1990
261,059
240,789	92.24%
16,348	6.26%
705	0.27%
1,315	0.50%
n/a
1,902	0.73%
20,270	7.76%

1980
236,341
218,122	92.29%
15,995	6.77%
436	0.18%
410	0.17%
n/a
1,238	0.52%
18,219	7.71%

1970
203,863
184,491	90.50%
17,820	8.74%
179	0.09%
179	0.09%
n/a
1,112	0.55%
19,372	9.50%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
35,273	9.6
38,147	10.4
35,962	9.8
1,094	0.3

23,706	6.5
17,399	4.8

Number	Rate
2000's
37,206	11.8
33,913	10.8
32,327	10.3
6,451	2.0

31,237	9.9
19,447	6.2

Number	Rate
1990's
34,502	13.2
32,237	12.3
35,460	13.6
1,377	0.5

39,054	15.0
15,025	5.8

Number	Rate
1980's
30,698	13.0
25,782	10.9
19,995	8.5
n/a

22,667	9.6
2,051	0.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
22,906	11.2
n/a

33,631	16.5
-1,153	-0.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Asheville, 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):

2024
Number	Percent
44.6
85,866	20.3%
336,467	79.7%
110,852	26.2%

188,387
2.48

119,802	63.6%
94,141	78.6%
9,295	7.8%
68,585	36.4%

2010
Number	Percent
42.2
74,891	20.5%
290,931	79.5%
65,627	17.9%

154,354
2.31

97,106	62.9%
74,222	76.4%
8,770	9.0%
57,248	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
40.0
67,839	21.5%
247,299	78.5%
54,259	17.2%

131,206
2.33

88,130	67.2%
70,779	80.3%
7,279	8.3%
43,076	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
37.8
57,097	21.9%
203,962	78.1%
46,279	17.7%

106,035
2.40

75,676	71.4%
62,759	82.9%
5,264	7.0%
30,359	28.6%

1980
Number	Percent
33.7
60,906	25.8%
175,435	74.2%
34,831	14.7%

88,592
2.61

67,335	76.0%
57,204	85.0%
4,158	6.2%
21,257	24.0%

2024 Housing Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,576	4.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,918	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,783	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,747	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,415	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,084	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,240	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	7,948	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	7,076	3.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,848	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	18,621	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	25,804	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,062	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	13,593	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	14,814	7.9%
$200,000 or more	16,858	8.9%

Median Household Income	70,234
Per Capita Income	41,237

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	98

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,109	3.8%
Public Assistance	3,369	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	20,141	10.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	188,342	71.3%
Unemployed	7,248	2.7%
In Armed Forces	419	0.2%

Total Labor Force	196,009	74.3%
Not in Labor Force	67,965	25.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	81,312	69,224	54.0%
Non-Profit	6,074	11,320	34.9%
Self-Employed	17,091	11,176	60.5%

Local Government	5,734	8,691	39.8%
State Government	3,566	4,557	43.9%
Federal Government	2,410	2,556	48.5%

Total Private + Self	98,403	80,400	55.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	17,784	27,124	39.6%
Total	116,187	107,524	51.9%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%
Pct. Private + Self	79.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	35,446	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	43,486	19.4%
Professional, Technical	57,880	25.8%
Service Occupations	40,973	18.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,301	0.6%
All others	46,296	20.7%

White Collar		61.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	36,380	16.2%
Retail trade	27,903	12.5%
Manufacturing	23,047	10.3%
Accommodation and food services	20,671	9.2%
Construction	17,793	7.9%
Educational services	17,606	7.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	16,973	7.6%
Other services	11,228	5.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,966	4.0%
Public administration	7,865	3.5%
Transportation and warehousing	7,146	3.2%
Finance and insurance	6,286	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	5,631	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	5,525	2.5%
Wholesale trade	4,319	1.9%
Information	2,826	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,163	1.0%
Utilities	1,581	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	131	0.1%
Management	41	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	23,640	4.95%
Puerto Rican	3,700	0.78%
Cuban	1,533	0.32%
Dominican	604	0.13%

Total Central American	5,893	1.23%
Costa Rican	108	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,854	0.39%
Honduran	1,684	0.35%
Nicaraguan	260	0.05%
Panamanian	65	0.01%
Salvadoran	1,922	0.40%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	4,353	0.91%
Argentinean	373	0.08%
Bolivian	102	0.02%
Chilean	390	0.08%
Colombian	1,624	0.34%
Ecuadorian	665	0.14%
Paraguayan	3	0.00%
Peruvian	132	0.03%
Uruguayan	48	0.01%
Venezuelan	590	0.12%
Other South American	426	0.09%

Other Hispanic	3,158	0.66%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	777	0.16%
Korean	775	0.16%
Chinese	666	0.14%
Indian	643	0.13%
Japanese	405	0.08%
Vietnamese	374	0.08%
Cambodian	307	0.06%
Thai	191	0.04%
Indonesian	84	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	415,123	91.0%
Spanish	30,124	6.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	2,629	0.6%
Other Indo-European	1,612	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,546	0.3%
German, other Germanic	1,186	0.3%
Other Asian	984	0.2%
Other	752	0.2%
Arabic	636	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	110,514	23.2%
German	58,614	12.3%
Irish	53,076	11.1%
American	37,128	7.8%
Scottish	19,086	4.0%
Italian	17,042	3.6%
Scotch-Irish	15,553	3.3%
French	11,601	2.4%
European	8,601	1.8%
Polish	7,803	1.6%
Dutch	4,490	0.9%
Russian	3,952	0.8%
Welsh	3,947	0.8%
Swedish	3,717	0.8%
Norwegian	3,632	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	460,100	96.4%
Not a citizen	17,273	3.6%

Native	447,016	93.6%
Foreign-born	30,357	6.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
10,724	3.0%	17,551	4.9%	85,947	24.1%	97,362	27.2%	87,484	24.5%	58,225	16.3%
Average years of education: 14.0

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	10,724	3.0%
9-12 Years	17,551	4.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	85,947	24.1%
Some College	97,362	27.2%
Bach. Degree	87,484	24.5%
Grad Degree	58,225	16.3%
Average years of education: 14.0

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	287,497	278,510	8,987	3.1%
1991	295,844	281,063	14,781	5.0%
1992	301,022	284,146	16,876	5.6%
1993	303,670	290,148	13,522	4.5%
1994	309,014	296,752	12,262	4.0%
1995	310,868	299,189	11,679	3.8%
1996	321,095	310,039	11,056	3.4%
1997	329,138	319,438	9,700	2.9%
1998	328,302	318,537	9,765	3.0%
1999	331,010	322,716	8,294	2.5%

2000	344,589	333,536	11,053	3.2%
2001	351,141	335,343	15,798	4.5%
2002	356,515	336,946	19,569	5.5%
2003	366,519	347,943	18,576	5.1%
2004	366,721	349,790	16,931	4.6%
2005	371,885	354,534	17,351	4.7%
2006	381,886	366,489	15,397	4.0%
2007	385,286	370,364	14,922	3.9%
2008	393,027	374,075	18,952	4.8%
2009	394,315	358,932	35,383	9.0%

2010	391,911	357,323	34,588	8.8%
2011	394,645	361,725	32,920	8.3%
2012	399,764	368,808	30,956	7.7%
2013	400,955	376,498	24,457	6.1%
2014	400,552	381,377	19,175	4.8%
2015	408,359	389,873	18,486	4.5%
2016	419,908	402,858	17,050	4.1%
2017	428,408	412,884	15,524	3.6%
2018	436,862	422,995	13,867	3.2%
2019	444,849	431,284	13,565	3.0%

2020	425,705	392,255	33,450	7.9%
2021	427,865	409,769	18,096	4.2%
2022	445,290	431,699	13,591	3.1%
2023	452,092	439,442	12,650	2.8%
2024	455,618	437,577	18,041	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	239,443
Median Value	$360,200

Occupied	188,387	78.7%
Vacant	51,056	21.3%

Owned	132,497	70.3%
Rented	55,890	29.7%
Median Rent	$1,248

Single-Family Units	167,189	69.8%
Detached	160,028	66.8%
Attached	7,161	3.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	26,734	11.2%
Mobile Homes	33,278	13.9%

Asheville, NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Asheville, NC Metro Area