2024 population: 2,950,696 ( 228,032 from 2020)
Land area: 5992.5 square miles
Population density: 492.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,673,492	56.72%	3.2%
Black:	658,625	22.32%	8.2%
Indian:	9,862	0.33%	7.0%
Asian:	152,584	5.17%	32.6%
2+ races:	64,133	2.17%	20.4%
Hispanic:	392,000	13.29%	24.6%

Total non-White:	1,277,204	43.28%	16.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	139,505	12.8
Deaths:	105,648	9.7
Net Migration:	122,488	11.2
Net Immigration:	70,846	6.5

Change in White population:	51,744	1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	176,288	6.5

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
2,722,664
1,621,748	59.56%
608,693	22.36%
9,220	0.34%
115,060	4.23%
53,279	1.96%
314,664	11.56%
1,100,916	40.44%

2010
2,304,545
1,492,210	64.75%
496,755	21.56%
8,110	0.35%
62,081	2.69%
35,579	1.54%
205,521	8.92%
812,335	35.25%

2000
1,800,747
1,291,210	71.70%
370,235	20.56%
6,095	0.34%
31,549	1.75%
15,847	0.88%
83,955	4.66%
509,537	28.30%

1990
1,416,949
1,099,638	77.61%
288,924	20.39%
5,106	0.36%
12,021	0.85%
n/a
11,260	0.79%
317,311	22.39%

1980
1,211,604
945,028	78.00%
248,210	20.49%
4,207	0.35%
4,245	0.35%
n/a
9,327	0.77%
266,576	22.00%

1970
1,051,993
833,832	79.26%
212,492	20.20%
1,696	0.16%
592	0.06%
n/a
3,061	0.29%
218,161	20.74%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
287,601	12.5
176,673	7.7
232,682	10.1
49,812	2.2

129,538	5.6
288,581	12.5

Number	Rate
2000's
282,847	15.7
143,101	7.9
290,404	16.1
59,317	3.3

201,000	11.2
302,798	16.8

Number	Rate
1990's
235,084	16.6
131,758	9.3
199,335	14.1
18,051	1.3

191,572	13.5
192,226	13.6

Number	Rate
1980's
191,670	15.8
106,717	8.8
130,385	10.8
n/a

154,610	12.8
50,735	4.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
59,703	5.7
n/a

111,196	10.6
48,415	4.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 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
38.2
653,682	22.2%
2,297,014	77.8%
411,106	13.9%

1,101,500
2.54

720,397	65.4%
532,746	74.0%
71,450	9.9%
381,103	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
42.0
335,088	14.5%
1,969,457	85.5%
296,526	12.9%

1,010,526
2.57

692,522	68.5%
502,656	72.6%
81,385	11.8%
318,004	31.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
456,848	25.4%
1,343,899	74.6%
191,450	10.6%

690,406
2.55

484,768	70.2%
375,349	77.4%
48,130	9.9%
205,638	29.8%

1990
Number	Percent
33.0
353,065	24.9%
1,063,884	75.1%
160,804	11.3%

535,336
2.60

391,510	73.1%
311,535	79.6%
33,813	8.6%
143,826	26.9%

1980
Number	Percent
30.3
348,124	28.7%
863,480	71.3%
120,375	9.9%

425,808
2.80

331,601	77.9%
272,790	82.3%
27,246	8.2%
94,207	22.1%

2024 Housing Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	47,758	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	29,716	2.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	31,292	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	31,557	2.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	30,854	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	36,864	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	37,461	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	38,528	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	39,097	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	76,043	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	103,216	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	144,668	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	113,307	10.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	82,571	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	106,467	9.7%
$200,000 or more	152,101	13.8%

Median Household Income	83,552
Per Capita Income	46,487

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	40,491	3.7%
Public Assistance	15,791	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	117,647	10.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,208,483	74.5%
Unemployed	57,421	3.5%
In Armed Forces	2,793	0.2%

Total Labor Force	1,268,697	78.2%
Not in Labor Force	352,665	21.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	581,904	479,498	54.8%
Non-Profit	35,085	66,805	34.4%
Self-Employed	83,396	54,688	60.4%

Local Government	31,748	51,088	38.3%
State Government	14,686	28,736	33.8%
Federal Government	9,936	10,639	48.3%

Total Private + Self	665,300	534,186	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	91,455	157,268	36.8%
Total	756,755	691,454	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	10.1%
Pct. Private + Self	82.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	306,473	21.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	294,021	20.3%
Professional, Technical	333,729	23.0%
Service Occupations	197,013	13.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,919	0.3%
All others	319,483	22.0%

White Collar		64.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	170,318	11.7%
Retail trade	161,119	11.1%
Manufacturing	158,144	10.9%
Finance and insurance	131,007	9.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	123,930	8.5%
Construction	110,787	7.6%
Educational services	105,518	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	88,026	6.1%
Transportation and warehousing	79,052	5.4%
Other services	72,278	5.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	67,764	4.7%
Public administration	39,173	2.7%
Wholesale trade	37,533	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	28,147	1.9%
Information	25,798	1.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	25,253	1.7%
Utilities	15,849	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,113	0.5%
Management	2,535	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,375	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	139,441	4.92%
Puerto Rican	32,181	1.14%
Cuban	12,697	0.45%
Dominican	13,860	0.49%

Total Central American	86,001	3.04%
Costa Rican	2,477	0.09%
Guatemalan	13,824	0.49%
Honduran	36,856	1.30%
Nicaraguan	4,479	0.16%
Panamanian	3,333	0.12%
Salvadoran	24,918	0.88%
Other Central American	114	0.00%

Total South American	46,199	1.63%
Argentinean	2,079	0.07%
Bolivian	404	0.01%
Chilean	1,615	0.06%
Colombian	17,812	0.63%
Ecuadorian	9,220	0.33%
Paraguayan	136	0.00%
Peruvian	5,001	0.18%
Uruguayan	493	0.02%
Venezuelan	9,309	0.33%
Other South American	130	0.00%

Other Hispanic	19,812	0.70%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	55,154	1.95%
Vietnamese	14,887	0.53%
Chinese	13,594	0.48%
Filipino	6,994	0.25%
Korean	5,722	0.20%
Hmong	4,184	0.15%
Burmese	3,066	0.11%
Laotian	2,568	0.09%
Cambodian	2,159	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,242,076	84.1%
Spanish	260,865	9.8%
Other Indo-European	44,116	1.7%
Other Asian	35,364	1.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	13,705	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	13,678	0.5%
Other	13,101	0.5%
Vietnamese	10,427	0.4%
Chinese	10,261	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	306,872	10.8%
German	288,717	10.2%
Irish	238,976	8.4%
American	214,807	7.6%
Italian	110,341	3.9%
Scottish	57,820	2.0%
Scotch-Irish	55,498	2.0%
Polish	48,393	1.7%
European	41,406	1.5%
French	38,718	1.4%
African	26,530	0.9%
Dutch	18,305	0.6%
Swedish	14,518	0.5%
Russian	13,285	0.5%
Welsh	12,237	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,637,499	93.1%
Not a citizen	195,559	6.9%

Native	2,501,988	88.3%
Foreign-born	331,070	11.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
77,954	4.0%	104,617	5.4%	440,655	22.8%	549,887	28.4%	492,884	25.5%	270,162	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	77,954	4.0%
9-12 Years	104,617	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	440,655	22.8%
Some College	549,887	28.4%
Bach. Degree	492,884	25.5%
Grad Degree	270,162	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,553,417	1,497,908	55,509	3.6%
1991	1,572,260	1,483,056	89,204	5.7%
1992	1,598,103	1,499,214	98,889	6.2%
1993	1,623,195	1,540,712	82,483	5.1%
1994	1,658,929	1,591,595	67,334	4.1%
1995	1,696,372	1,633,347	63,025	3.7%
1996	1,757,171	1,688,096	69,075	3.9%
1997	1,797,733	1,736,801	60,932	3.4%
1998	1,810,250	1,757,022	53,228	2.9%
1999	1,872,166	1,819,668	52,498	2.8%

2000	1,923,533	1,855,676	67,857	3.5%
2001	1,968,409	1,863,747	104,662	5.3%
2002	1,988,487	1,857,149	131,338	6.6%
2003	2,027,834	1,887,395	140,439	6.9%
2004	2,031,280	1,902,969	128,311	6.3%
2005	2,064,538	1,944,854	119,684	5.8%
2006	2,152,692	2,037,439	115,253	5.4%
2007	2,199,692	2,080,107	119,585	5.4%
2008	2,236,961	2,088,506	148,455	6.6%
2009	2,256,734	1,977,964	278,770	12.4%

2010	2,344,032	2,069,850	274,182	11.7%
2011	2,370,959	2,118,890	252,069	10.6%
2012	2,416,589	2,188,430	228,159	9.4%
2013	2,426,289	2,240,480	185,809	7.7%
2014	2,461,156	2,313,525	147,631	6.0%
2015	2,529,431	2,392,545	136,886	5.4%
2016	2,599,201	2,474,095	125,106	4.8%
2017	2,669,267	2,554,474	114,793	4.3%
2018	2,717,379	2,615,180	102,199	3.8%
2019	2,790,007	2,692,832	97,175	3.5%

2020	2,758,384	2,556,977	201,407	7.3%
2021	2,781,760	2,652,720	129,040	4.6%
2022	2,903,409	2,803,615	99,794	3.4%
2023	2,968,937	2,872,455	96,482	3.2%
2024	2,995,218	2,886,596	108,622	3.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,193,840
Median Value	$356,883

Occupied	1,101,500	92.3%
Vacant	92,340	7.7%

Owned	728,143	66.1%
Rented	373,357	33.9%
Median Rent	$1,397

Single-Family Units	858,376	71.9%
Detached	790,740	66.2%
Attached	67,636	5.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	217,965	18.3%
Mobile Homes	76,204	6.4%

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area