2009 County Demographics

Buncombe Haywood Henderson Madison NC US

Total Population 235,123 56,817 103,957 20,604 9,470,086 306,069,955
Total Households 100,069 26,494 46,948 9,011 3,714,489 113,900,247
Female Population 124,504 29,694 55,242 10,534 4,880,833 155,021,066
% Female 53.0% 52.3% 53.1% 51.1% 51.5% 50.7%
Male Population 110,619 27,123 48,715 10,070 4,589,253 151,048,889
% Male 47.1% 47.7% 46.9% 48.9% 48.5% 49.4%
Population Density (per Sq. Mi.) 356.2 102.4 277.3 45.6 191.8 85.1

Age:
Age 0 - 4 6.5% 5.5% 5.9% 5.7% 6.9% 6.8%
Age 5 - 14 12.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.4% 13.3% 13.2%
Age 15 - 19 5.7% 5.8% 6.0% 6.6% 6.8% 7.0%
Age 20 - 24 6.0% 5.1% 5.9% 6.7% 6.8% 7.0%
Age 25 - 34 12.5% 11.2% 11.1% 12.1% 13.0% 13.3%
Age 35 - 44 13.7% 13.3% 11.5% 12.7% 14.4% 13.8%
Age 45 - 54 14.6% 13.9% 13.5% 13.6% 14.3% 14.5%
Age 55 - 64 13.1% 13.5% 12.9% 13.4% 11.6% 11.4%
Age 65 - 74 8.3% 10.7% 10.0% 9.5% 7.2% 6.9%
Age 75 - 84 5.2% 7.0% 9.0% 5.7% 4.1% 4.3%
Age 85 + 2.6% 2.9% 3.4% 2.6% 1.7% 1.9%
Median Age 40.6 43.6 44.1 41.1 37.3 37.1

Housing Units
Total Housing Units 111,047 33,269 51,361 11,090 4,319,944 131,094,435
Owner Occupied Housing Units 58.4% 61.4% 75.7% 62.0% 59.1% 58.3%
Renter Occupied Housing Units 31.7% 18.3% 15.8% 19.2% 26.9% 28.6%
Vacant Housing Units 9.9% 20.4% 8.6% 18.8% 14.0% 13.1%

Race and Ethnicity

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
Asian 1.3% 0.4% 0.8% 0.5% 1.8% 4.4%
Black 7.2% 1.9% 5.1% 1.6% 21.1% 12.4%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
White 89.4% 96.2% 86.3% 96.7% 69.4% 73.9%
Other 1.0% 0.4% 5.3% 0.4% 3.9% 5.4%
Multi-Race 1.0% 0.6% 2.6% 0.5% 2.7% 2.9%

Hispanic Ethnicity 4.7% 2.0% 9.2% 1.8% 7.7% 15.6%

Not of Hispanic Ethnicity 95.3% 98.0% 90.8% 98.2% 92.4% 84.4%

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Marital Status:
Age 15 + Population 191,875 47,451 86,417 17,081 7,557,509 244,814,531
Divorced 10.5% 10.5% 9.0% 8.2% 8.9% 9.6%
Never Married 22.7% 15.6% 16.7% 22.2% 24.5% 26.6%
Now Married 53.7% 60.2% 61.1% 56.7% 54.1% 52.2%
Separated 5.4% 4.3% 4.7% 4.5% 6.0% 5.2%
Widowed 7.8% 9.4% 8.4% 8.5% 6.5% 6.4%

Educational Attainment:
Total Population Age 25+ 164,501 41,237 74,097 14,344 6,268,221 202,159,128
Grade K - 8 3.6% 7.0% 3.5% 11.6% 5.6% 6.2%
Grade 9 - 12 7.1% 12.7% 6.8% 15.7% 10.3% 8.8%
High School Graduate 26.8% 32.5% 29.0% 32.8% 29.3% 30.0%
Associates Degree 9.2% 10.3% 11.6% 5.8% 8.7% 7.5%
Bachelor's Degree 20.2% 10.4% 16.9% 10.2% 17.5% 17.6%
Graduate Degree 12.4% 6.5% 10.2% 7.2% 9.2% 10.4%
Some College, No Degree 20.8% 20.6% 22.1% 16.7% 19.4% 19.4%

Household Income:
Income $ 0 - $9,999 8.1% 8.5% 6.6% 12.7% 8.2% 7.5%
Income $ 10,000 - $14,999 5.3% 6.2% 4.7% 7.9% 4.6% 4.4%
Income $ 15,000 - $24,999 11.8% 13.5% 11.6% 13.4% 10.5% 10.2%
Income $ 25,000 - $34,999 12.5% 12.8% 12.6% 12.4% 10.8% 10.0%
Income $ 35,000 - $49,999 16.6% 17.6% 17.6% 17.3% 15.5% 14.5%
Income $ 50,000 - $74,999 20.7% 20.6% 21.0% 18.6% 20.3% 19.3%
Income $ 75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 10.7% 11.7% 9.4% 12.4% 12.8%
Income $100,000 - $124,999 5.9% 5.1% 6.4% 3.7% 7.3% 8.2%
Income $125,000 - $149,999 3.1% 2.1% 2.8% 2.2% 3.8% 4.5%
Income $150,000 + 5.1% 3.1% 5.0% 2.5% 6.7% 8.5%

Average Household Income $59,678 $51,240 $65,299 $45,397 $60,717 $69,346

Median Household Income $45,885 $42,381 $47,081 $38,389 $50,465 $53,684
Per Capita Income $25,957 $24,316 $29,761 $20,798 $24,499 $26,485

Vehicles Available:
0 Vehicles Available 7.2% 5.4% 3.9% 6.5% 6.5% 8.7%
1 Vehicle Available 34.2% 31.5% 31.8% 27.9% 31.5% 33.2%
2+ Vehicles Available 58.6% 63.1% 64.3% 65.6% 62.0% 58.1%
Average Vehicles Per Household 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.00 1.90 1.80
Total Vehicles Available 183,605 51,591 91,911 17,822 7,106,619 207,401,119

Business and Employment:

Number of Employees 149,750 22,518 42,560 4,292 4,304,904 148,862,111
Number of Establishments 10,902 2,312 4,005 529 350,022 11,971,951

Source: SRC, LLC. 2009