Raleigh-Durham Black Demographics

Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area

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Total population

Male

Female

Median age (years)

Under 18 years

Male

Female

18 years and over

Male

Female

379,599

46.6%

53.4%

31.7

111,484

50.7%

49.3%

268,115

44.9%

55.1%

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE

Households

Family households

With own children under 18 years

Married-couple families

With own children under 18 years

Female, no husband present

With own children under 18 years

Nonfamily households

Male householder

Living alone

Female householder

Living alone

Average household size

Average family size

139,903

60.5%

33.3%

30.6%

14.2%

25.0%

16.7%

39.5%

16.1%

13.3%

23.4%

21.0%

2.56

3.35

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

Male 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

Female 15 years and over

Now married, except separated

Widowed

Divorced

Separated

Never married

287,683

33.1%

6.0%

11.5%

4.4%

45.0%

130,576

36.5%

2.8%

8.3%

3.7%

48.8%

157,107

30.2%

8.7%

14.2%

5.0%

41.9%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

Less than high school diploma

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

Some college or associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Graduate or professional degree

High school graduate or higher

Male, high school graduate or higher

Female, high school graduate or higher

Bachelor's degree or higher

Male, bachelor's degree or higher

Female, bachelor's degree or higher

224,164

16.5%

29.7%

28.8%

17.6%

7.4%

83.5%

82.2%

84.5%

25.0%

22.2%

27.3%

1,052,121

12.7%

22.5%

25.1%

14.6%

87.3%

85.2%

89.2%

39.7%

39.3%

40.1%

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Population 16 years and over

In labor force

Civilian labor force

Employed

Unemployed

Percent of civilian labor force

Armed Forces

Not in labor force

280,840

67.9%

67.8%

60.9%

6.9%

10.2%

0.1%

32.1%

1,267,041

69.3%

69.0%

65.2%

3.8%

5.5%

0.3%

30.7%

COMMUTING TO WORK

Workers 16 years and over

Car, truck, or van - drove alone

Car, truck, or van - carpooled

Public transportation (excluding taxicab)

Walked

Other means

Worked at home

Mean travel time to work (minutes)

165,454

77.3%

13.0%

3.9%

2.1%

1.4%

2.3%

23.6

804,691

77.7%

11.6%

1.8%

2.2%

1.6%

5.2%

24.5

Civilian employed population 16 years and over

Management, professional, and related occupations..................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Male civilian employed population 16 years and over.........

Management, professional, and related occupations...................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations..

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

Female civilian employed population 16 years and over....

Management, professional, and related occupations..................

Service occupations................................................................

Sales and office occupations...................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................................

Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations...

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......

171,036

31.9%

20.1%

27.8%

0.3%

6.4%

13.6%

77,587

27.5%

18.3%

18.7%

0.7%

13.1%

21.8%

93,449

35.5%

21.7%

35.2%

0.0%

0.8%

6.7%

826,227

43.7%

13.9%

24.3%

0.5%

9.7%

7.9%

438,700

40.5%

12.0%

17.5%

0.9%

17.8%

11.3%

387,527

47.3%

16.0%

31.9%

0.1%

0.5%

4.2%

INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining................................................

Construction.......................................................................................................

Manufacturing.....................................................................................................

Wholesale trade...................................................................................................

Retail trade.........................................................................................................

Transportation and warehousing, and utilities..........................................................

Information...........................................................................................................

Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing..................................

Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services......

Educational services, and health care and social assistance.....................................

Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services.................

Other services (except public administration)............................................................

Public administration.............................................................................................

0.6%

4.1%

9.5%

2.0%

13.1%

4.8%

2.9%

5.7%

9.6%

29.8%

7.3%

3.7%

6.8%

1.1%

8.8%

9.1%

2.5%

10.7%

3.1%

6.2%

14.0%

23.9%

7.6%

4.7%

5.2%

CLASS OF WORKER

Private wage and salary workers

Government workers

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business

Unpaid family workers

70.6%

26.3%

3.1%

0.0%

76.4%

17.6%

5.8%

0.2%

INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2006 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)

Households139,903 623,031

Median household income (dollars) 35,436 53,300

1,289,928

51.7%

4.8%

9.3%

2.5%

31.7%

628,436

54.2%

1.8%

7.2%

2.0%

34.7%

661,492

49.2%

7.6%

11.3%

3.0%

28.8%

623,031

65.1%

33.0%

49.9%

23.6%

11.5%

7.7%

34.9%

15.5%

11.9%

19.4%

16.7%

2.55

3.16

1,638,019

49.3%

50.7%

34.8

413,882

51.3%

48.7%

1,224,137

48.6%

51.4%

OCCUPATION

Raleigh-Durham

North Carolina

Raleigh-Durham Metro

Black(local) Raleigh-Durham Black USA

All statistics above are from the Census Bureau - 2007 American Community Survey

39,663,004

47.8%

52.2%

30.3

12,237,882

51.0%

49.0%

27,425,122

46.4%

53.6%

13,672,045

63.9%

34.6%

28.7%

13.4%

29.1%

18.2%

36.1%

16.4%

13.8%

19.7%

17.8%

2.66

3.4

29,594,243

30.5%

6.2%

11.5%

4.6%

47.2%

13,833,820

34.7%

2.7%

9.8%

3.8%

49.1%

15,760,423

26.8%

9.3%

13.1%

5.2%

45.6%

22,841,743

19.7%

34.1%

28.7%

11.6%

5.9%

80.3%

79.3%

81.2%

17.5%

16.0%

18.7%

28,864,386

62.9%

62.4%

54.9%

7.5%

12.0%

0.5%

37.1%

15,411,803

71.1%

10.5%

11.5%

2.9%

1.7%

2.3%

27.7

15,835,609

27.0%

24.1%

26.6%

0.3%

6.1%

15.9%

7,350,655

22.0%

20.6%

19.2%

0.5%

12.5%

25.3%

8,484,954

31.3%

27.1%

33.1%

0.1%

0.6%

7.8%

0.5%

3.9%

9.6%

2.1%

10.8%

7.6%

2.6%

6.5%

8.7%

27.2%

9.1%

4.3%

7.0%

76.2%

20.0%

3.7%

0.1%

13,672,045

34,169

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