2024 population: 1,562,009 ( 148,034 from 2020)
Land area: 2118.4 square miles
Population density: 737.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	890,622	57.02%	5.5%
Black:	299,410	19.17%	9.4%
Indian:	4,869	0.31%	12.0%
Asian:	129,636	8.30%	41.0%
2+ races:	37,243	2.38%	21.9%
Hispanic:	200,229	12.82%	18.3%

Total non-White:	671,387	42.98%	17.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	70,673	12.5
Deaths:	40,570	7.2
Net Migration:	81,532	14.4
Net Immigration:	36,487	6.5

Change in White population:	46,481	3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	101,553	7.2

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
1,413,975
844,141	59.70%
273,673	19.35%
4,348	0.31%
91,955	6.50%
30,564	2.16%
169,294	11.97%
569,834	40.30%

2010
1,130,490
716,883	63.41%
223,870	19.80%
3,479	0.31%
49,890	4.41%
19,803	1.75%
114,512	10.13%
413,607	36.59%

2000
797,071
561,365	70.43%
155,743	19.54%
2,420	0.30%
21,896	2.75%
9,151	1.15%
45,525	5.71%
235,706	29.57%

1990
541,100
410,372	75.84%
114,599	21.18%
1,465	0.27%
8,601	1.59%
n/a
6,063	1.12%
130,728	24.16%

1980
401,981
304,205	75.68%
91,019	22.64%
514	0.13%
2,517	0.63%
n/a
3,261	0.81%
97,776	24.32%

1970
317,010
240,113	75.74%
74,576	23.52%
374	0.12%
582	0.18%
n/a
1,095	0.35%
76,897	24.26%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
144,250	12.8
66,241	5.9
146,737	13.0
34,019	3.0

127,258	11.3
156,227	13.8

Number	Rate
2000's
139,447	17.5
47,820	6.0
194,361	24.4
38,323	4.8

155,518	19.5
177,901	22.3

Number	Rate
1990's
101,288	18.7
41,519	7.7
145,539	26.9
12,893	2.4

150,993	27.9
104,978	19.4

Number	Rate
1980's
65,981	16.4
31,654	7.9
108,930	27.1
n/a

106,167	26.4
32,952	8.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
55,894	17.6
n/a

64,092	20.2
20,879	6.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Raleigh-Cary, 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
37.6
345,709	22.1%
1,216,300	77.9%
197,056	12.6%

574,295
2.55

381,820	66.5%
299,020	78.3%
31,481	8.2%
192,475	33.5%

2010
Number	Percent
34.9
296,445	26.2%
834,045	73.8%
101,486	9.0%

430,577
2.57

288,839	67.1%
221,474	76.7%
31,090	10.8%
141,738	32.9%

2000
Number	Percent
33.3
201,204	25.2%
595,867	74.8%
63,402	8.0%

306,676
2.53

206,764	67.4%
166,081	80.3%
19,173	9.3%
99,912	32.6%

1990
Number	Percent
32.0
126,353	23.4%
414,747	76.6%
48,233	8.9%

210,702
2.49

143,976	68.3%
117,324	81.5%
11,544	8.0%
66,726	31.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.3
108,187	26.9%
293,794	73.1%
33,697	8.4%

141,671
2.71

104,815	74.0%
86,563	82.6%
8,431	8.0%
36,856	26.0%

2024 Housing Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	19,568	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,139	2.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	12,745	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,478	2.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	14,740	2.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,450	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,853	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	17,007	3.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	16,320	2.8%
$50,000 to $59,999	33,336	5.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	47,808	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	69,414	12.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	63,417	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	48,832	8.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	69,258	12.1%
$200,000 or more	105,930	18.4%

Median Household Income	100,865
Per Capita Income	52,020

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	101

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,834	2.9%
Public Assistance	7,446	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	45,774	8.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	656,990	75.7%
Unemployed	27,359	3.2%
In Armed Forces	1,403	0.2%

Total Labor Force	685,752	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	182,140	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	304,866	242,150	55.7%
Non-Profit	21,573	37,265	36.7%
Self-Employed	40,055	28,745	58.2%

Local Government	16,011	25,701	38.4%
State Government	20,949	28,748	42.2%
Federal Government	6,232	6,656	48.4%

Total Private + Self	344,921	270,895	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	64,765	98,370	39.7%
Total	409,686	369,265	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	13.4%
Pct. Private + Self	79.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	186,035	23.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	142,605	18.3%
Professional, Technical	239,033	30.7%
Service Occupations	95,131	12.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,180	0.2%
All others	116,935	15.0%

White Collar		72.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	125,647	16.1%
Health care and social assistance	92,531	11.9%
Retail trade	74,413	9.5%
Manufacturing	72,282	9.3%
Educational services	66,948	8.6%
Construction	55,926	7.2%
Finance and insurance	47,170	6.0%
Accommodation and food services	44,242	5.7%
Public administration	36,434	4.7%
Other services	33,376	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	31,280	4.0%
Transportation and warehousing	26,438	3.4%
Information	18,887	2.4%
Wholesale trade	16,516	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	14,665	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	12,126	1.6%
Utilities	5,605	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	3,285	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,185	0.2%
Management	783	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	86,138	5.79%
Puerto Rican	21,182	1.42%
Cuban	6,369	0.43%
Dominican	9,233	0.62%

Total Central American	29,233	1.97%
Costa Rican	996	0.07%
Guatemalan	6,546	0.44%
Honduran	9,463	0.64%
Nicaraguan	1,055	0.07%
Panamanian	1,401	0.09%
Salvadoran	9,608	0.65%
Other Central American	164	0.01%

Total South American	18,741	1.26%
Argentinean	1,657	0.11%
Bolivian	268	0.02%
Chilean	1,051	0.07%
Colombian	6,759	0.45%
Ecuadorian	1,981	0.13%
Paraguayan	27	0.00%
Peruvian	3,081	0.21%
Uruguayan	321	0.02%
Venezuelan	3,399	0.23%
Other South American	197	0.01%

Other Hispanic	12,943	0.87%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	55,754	3.75%
Chinese	13,606	0.91%
Vietnamese	8,013	0.54%
Korean	6,654	0.45%
Filipino	5,090	0.34%
Japanese	1,621	0.11%
Bangladeshi	1,526	0.10%
Taiwanese	983	0.07%
Thai	585	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,144,337	81.7%
Spanish	129,374	9.2%
Other Indo-European	36,189	2.6%
Other Asian	25,003	1.8%
Chinese	11,762	0.8%
Arabic	11,363	0.8%
Other	10,843	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	7,318	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	7,017	0.5%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	199,623	13.4%
German	145,566	9.8%
Irish	134,665	9.1%
American	96,339	6.5%
Italian	69,254	4.7%
Scottish	35,825	2.4%
Polish	28,315	1.9%
French	25,059	1.7%
European	24,067	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	23,150	1.6%
Dutch	11,040	0.7%
Welsh	9,542	0.6%
Norwegian	9,325	0.6%
Swedish	9,316	0.6%
African	9,162	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	1,379,303	92.7%
Not a citizen	107,999	7.3%

Native	1,283,617	86.3%
Foreign-born	203,685	13.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
31,947	3.2%	36,930	3.7%	172,924	17.1%	251,721	24.9%	312,979	30.9%	205,229	20.3%
Average years of education: 14.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	31,947	3.2%
9-12 Years	36,930	3.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	172,924	17.1%
Some College	251,721	24.9%
Bach. Degree	312,979	30.9%
Grad Degree	205,229	20.3%
Average years of education: 14.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	636,438	618,068	18,370	2.9%
1991	654,822	629,796	25,026	3.8%
1992	679,446	651,920	27,526	4.1%
1993	697,232	673,894	23,338	3.3%
1994	721,856	702,218	19,638	2.7%
1995	747,758	728,774	18,984	2.5%
1996	797,478	779,522	17,956	2.3%
1997	836,630	820,326	16,304	1.9%
1998	863,838	848,712	15,126	1.8%
1999	892,722	878,728	13,994	1.6%

2000	909,738	886,656	23,082	2.5%
2001	936,416	897,902	38,514	4.1%
2002	943,224	887,072	56,152	6.0%
2003	963,756	909,834	53,922	5.6%
2004	976,440	930,558	45,882	4.7%
2005	1,007,940	962,914	45,026	4.5%
2006	1,058,770	1,016,432	42,338	4.0%
2007	1,089,982	1,047,208	42,774	3.9%
2008	1,127,620	1,073,050	54,570	4.8%
2009	1,139,710	1,037,620	102,090	9.0%

2010	1,185,014	1,083,694	101,320	8.6%
2011	1,202,850	1,104,170	98,680	8.2%
2012	1,238,192	1,143,980	94,212	7.6%
2013	1,250,760	1,174,808	75,952	6.1%
2014	1,275,842	1,212,768	63,074	4.9%
2015	1,311,534	1,248,890	62,644	4.8%
2016	1,351,048	1,291,686	59,362	4.4%
2017	1,393,566	1,338,056	55,510	4.0%
2018	1,427,362	1,376,936	50,426	3.5%
2019	1,457,524	1,408,292	49,232	3.4%

2020	1,426,828	1,334,910	91,918	6.4%
2021	1,456,848	1,396,800	60,048	4.1%
2022	1,546,922	1,498,652	48,270	3.1%
2023	1,589,228	1,540,802	48,426	3.0%
2024	1,693,148	1,640,350	52,798	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	619,032
Median Value	$429,274

Occupied	574,295	92.8%
Vacant	44,737	7.2%

Owned	382,581	66.6%
Rented	191,714	33.4%
Median Rent	$1,525

Single-Family Units	440,973	71.2%
Detached	380,995	61.5%
Attached	59,978	9.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	123,986	20.0%
Mobile Homes	32,475	5.2%

Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area