2024 population: 126,179 ( 4,005 from 2020)
Land area: 1514.4 square miles
Population density: 83.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	84,026	66.59%	3.8%
Black:	24,750	19.61%	5.3%
Indian:	669	0.53%	10.9%
Asian:	3,373	2.67%	4.2%
2+ races:	3,534	2.80%	13.2%
Hispanic:	9,827	7.79%	20.5%

Total non-White:	42,153	33.41%	2.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,149	12.6
Deaths:	7,268	14.9
Net Migration:	4,615	9.4
Net Immigration:	594	1.2

Change in White population:	3,115	2.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	890	0.7

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
122,174
80,911	66.23%
26,146	21.40%
603	0.49%
3,236	2.65%
3,121	2.55%
8,157	6.68%
41,263	33.77%

2010
126,802
85,470	67.40%
28,762	22.68%
543	0.43%
2,256	1.78%
2,546	2.01%
7,082	5.59%
41,332	32.60%

2000
114,751
78,075	68.04%
29,599	25.79%
455	0.40%
1,003	0.87%
1,350	1.18%
4,130	3.60%
36,676	31.96%

1990
102,399
71,709	70.03%
27,558	26.91%
563	0.55%
797	0.78%
n/a
1,772	1.73%
30,690	29.97%

1980
91,146
62,329	68.38%
26,548	29.13%
244	0.27%
508	0.56%
n/a
1,449	1.59%
28,817	31.62%

1970
81,800
57,234	69.97%
23,315	28.50%
121	0.15%
199	0.24%
n/a
816	1.00%
24,566	30.03%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
15,570	12.3
12,218	9.6
-8,091	-6.4
2,182	1.7

-4,559	-3.6
-69	-0.1

Number	Rate
2000's
16,636	14.5
10,722	9.3
-2,175	-1.9
-42	-0.0

7,395	6.4
4,656	4.1

Number	Rate
1990's
18,022	17.6
9,893	9.7
-1,475	-1.4
505	0.5

6,366	6.2
5,986	5.8

Number	Rate
1980's
18,374	20.2
7,387	8.1
795	0.9
n/a

9,380	10.3
1,873	2.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-2,937	-3.6
n/a

5,095	6.2
4,251	5.2

Age, Family & Household Data for New Bern, 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
25,453	20.2%
100,726	79.8%
25,902	20.5%

49,949
2.34

32,513	65.1%
24,777	76.2%
2,635	8.1%
17,436	34.9%

2010
Number	Percent
38.1
28,765	22.7%
98,037	77.3%
20,423	16.1%

49,956
2.42

34,744	69.5%
26,043	75.0%
3,776	10.9%
15,212	30.5%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
27,746	24.2%
87,005	75.8%
16,110	14.0%

43,932
2.48

31,977	72.8%
25,224	78.9%
3,278	10.3%
11,955	27.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
27,378	26.7%
75,021	73.3%
12,377	12.1%

37,401
2.64

28,524	76.3%
23,333	81.8%
2,515	8.8%
8,877	23.7%

1980
Number	Percent
27.0
27,016	29.6%
64,130	70.4%
7,999	8.8%

30,464
2.85

23,972	78.7%
19,951	83.2%
2,003	8.4%
6,492	21.3%

2022 Housing Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,794	5.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,607	5.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,309	4.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,176	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,538	5.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,727	5.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,522	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,998	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,444	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,773	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,336	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,512	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,961	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,090	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,526	5.1%
$200,000 or more	2,636	5.3%

Median Household Income	60,420
Per Capita Income	33,403

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	88

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,688	5.4%
Public Assistance	2,730	5.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,044	14.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	41,922	61.2%
Unemployed	2,371	3.5%
In Armed Forces	4,220	6.2%

Total Labor Force	48,513	70.8%
Not in Labor Force	19,962	29.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	15,939	15,280	51.1%
Non-Profit	996	2,627	27.5%
Self-Employed	2,620	1,630	61.6%

Local Government	1,828	1,963	48.2%
State Government	607	1,532	28.4%
Federal Government	2,422	1,045	69.9%

Total Private + Self	18,559	16,910	52.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,853	7,167	45.0%
Total	24,412	24,077	50.3%

Pct. Govt.	19.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	6,183	12.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,693	20.0%
Professional, Technical	10,672	22.0%
Service Occupations	9,257	19.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	488	1.0%
All others	12,705	26.2%

White Collar		54.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	7,398	15.3%
Retail trade	6,195	12.8%
Manufacturing	5,584	11.5%
Accommodation and food services	4,754	9.8%
Public administration	4,113	8.5%
Educational services	3,285	6.8%
Construction	2,767	5.7%
Other services	2,396	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	2,370	4.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,166	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,976	4.1%
Finance and insurance	1,172	2.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	834	1.7%
Wholesale trade	785	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	717	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	669	1.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	526	1.1%
Information	482	1.0%
Utilities	267	0.6%
Management	54	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,060	4.12%
Puerto Rican	1,524	1.24%
Cuban	552	0.45%
Dominican	218	0.18%

Total Central American	805	0.66%
Costa Rican	50	0.04%
Guatemalan	350	0.29%
Honduran	86	0.07%
Nicaraguan	36	0.03%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	283	0.23%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	604	0.49%
Argentinean	24	0.02%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	52	0.04%
Colombian	270	0.22%
Ecuadorian	134	0.11%
Paraguayan	86	0.07%
Peruvian	38	0.03%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	176	0.14%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Burmese	852	0.69%
Korean	479	0.39%
Filipino	429	0.35%
Japanese	238	0.19%
Vietnamese	101	0.08%
Cambodian	91	0.07%
Chinese	91	0.07%
Thai	80	0.07%
Indian	54	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	107,035	92.6%
Spanish	5,577	4.8%
Other Asian	1,090	0.9%
French, Haitian, Cajun	365	0.3%
Korean	317	0.3%
German, other Germanic	295	0.3%
Tagalog	254	0.2%
Other Indo-European	207	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	181	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	16,328	13.3%
American	14,498	11.8%
Irish	12,210	10.0%
German	11,081	9.0%
Italian	3,731	3.0%
Scottish	3,121	2.5%
French	2,737	2.2%
Polish	1,929	1.6%
European	1,801	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	1,143	0.9%
Dutch	669	0.5%
French Canadian	648	0.5%
Swedish	603	0.5%
Norwegian	518	0.4%
British	496	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	120,248	98.0%
Not a citizen	2,430	2.0%

Native	117,982	96.2%
Foreign-born	4,696	3.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,687	3.2%	5,462	6.5%	23,808	28.1%	31,750	37.5%	12,306	14.5%	8,610	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,687	3.2%
9-12 Years	5,462	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	23,808	28.1%
Some College	31,750	37.5%
Bach. Degree	12,306	14.5%
Grad Degree	8,610	10.2%
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	86,466	82,536	3,930	4.5%
1991	87,818	82,868	4,950	5.6%
1992	90,504	84,638	5,866	6.5%
1993	87,594	82,640	4,954	5.7%
1994	88,358	83,208	5,150	5.8%
1995	90,094	85,212	4,882	5.4%
1996	92,496	88,086	4,410	4.8%
1997	95,548	91,388	4,160	4.4%
1998	95,740	91,502	4,238	4.4%
1999	96,514	92,272	4,242	4.4%

2000	97,376	93,282	4,094	4.2%
2001	97,244	91,706	5,538	5.7%
2002	97,880	91,652	6,228	6.4%
2003	101,468	95,440	6,028	5.9%
2004	102,106	96,942	5,164	5.1%
2005	103,546	98,354	5,192	5.0%
2006	105,174	100,162	5,012	4.8%
2007	107,642	102,648	4,994	4.6%
2008	104,832	98,534	6,298	6.0%
2009	105,464	94,064	11,400	10.8%

2010	105,152	93,994	11,158	10.6%
2011	104,530	93,592	10,938	10.5%
2012	104,568	94,422	10,146	9.7%
2013	102,828	94,206	8,622	8.4%
2014	101,760	94,982	6,778	6.7%
2015	102,336	96,252	6,084	5.9%
2016	103,042	97,636	5,406	5.2%
2017	102,944	98,176	4,768	4.6%
2018	102,486	98,078	4,408	4.3%
2019	103,418	99,392	4,026	3.9%

2020	100,522	94,050	6,472	6.4%
2021	100,904	96,186	4,718	4.7%
2022	103,922	100,126	3,796	3.7%
2023	105,468	101,862	3,606	3.4%
2024	101,340	97,636	3,704	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	58,926
Median Value	$188,415

Occupied	49,949	84.8%
Vacant	8,977	15.2%

Owned	34,931	69.9%
Rented	15,018	30.1%
Median Rent	$999

Single-Family Units	42,866	72.7%
Detached	40,086	68.0%
Attached	2,780	4.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	4,009	6.8%
Mobile Homes	9,814	16.7%

New Bern, NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for New Bern, NC Metro Area