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Charlotte

North Carolina · 964,784 residents (2025 est.) · 311 sq mi
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Charlotte is a city of 903,844 people in North Carolina. Since 2000 the city has risen by half, up 363,016 people. Owners hold 51% of the housing stock. 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. The median age is 34.5, younger than the US median of 38.9. Density works out to 2,909 people per square mile.

At a glance
Average income
near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
48% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 61%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
903,844
+67%since 2000
from 540,828 in 2000
964,784 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
2,909 / sq mi
+35%since 2009
from 2,153 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
34.5
+6%since 2000
from 32.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
311 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
345K498K650K802K955K19902000201020202024Charlotte
2024904K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56.4%(57,819)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.3%(56,920)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.2%(56,002)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.4%(58,197)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247.2%(65,398)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3418.4%(166,310)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.9%(134,471)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.6%(114,214)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6410.5%(95,031)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 746.9%(62,074)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843%(27,387)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.1%(10,021)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$82,068
−4%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $46,975 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$51,814
+93%since 2000
from $26,823 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
54.1%
+21.0 ptssince 2009
from 33.1% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
11.7%
+1.1 ptssince 2000
from 10.6% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.500
+3%since 2010
from 0.486 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Other services14.1%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration11.9%
US avg: 4.8%
Information9.9%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade7.9%
US avg: 6.9%
Retail trade7.4%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance7.4%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical6.6%
US avg: 5.1%
Arts, entertainment, food2.1%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing2.1%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.8%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$385,700
+61%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $131,500 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,612
+29%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $684 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
51.0%
−6.5 ptssince 2000
from 57.5% in 2000
49.0% rent
Vacancy rate
7.6%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 9.6% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.41 people
+2%since 2009
from 2.36 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
20.9%
−7.4 ptssince 2009
from 28.3% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
47.8%
+3.9 ptssince 2009
from 43.9% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.7
+44%since 2009
from 3.3 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
70
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic55.1%(297,845)
Black32.5%(175,661)
Hispanic / Latino7.4%(39,800)
Asian3.4%(18,264)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic38.1%(344,188)
Black33.3%(300,978)
Hispanic / Latino17.5%(158,202)
Asian6.5%(58,555)
Other4.6%(41,921)
Diversity Score
88
+12%since 2009
from 79 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican6%(53,880)
Honduran2.9%(26,166)
South American2.2%(19,545)
Salvadoran1.7%(15,739)
Puerto Rican1.1%(10,092)
Guatemalan0.9%(7,897)
Colombian0.9%(7,835)
Dominican0.8%(7,543)
Cuban0.6%(5,150)
Ecuadorian0.5%(4,865)
Venezuelan0.4%(3,564)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Nicaraguan0.3%(2,459)
Peruvian0.2%(1,774)
Panamanian0.2%(1,734)
Spaniard0.2%(1,359)
Argentine0.1%(605)
Costa Rican0.1%(535)
Chilean0%(351)
Uruguayan0%(319)
Bolivian0%(183)
Asian origin
Asian Indian2.6%(23,935)
Vietnamese0.9%(8,447)
Chinese0.8%(7,148)
Korean0.3%(2,784)
Filipino0.3%(2,443)
Burmese0.2%(2,232)
Cambodian0.2%(1,788)
Nepalese0.2%(1,593)
Hmong0.2%(1,378)
Pakistani0.1%(1,293)
Laotian0.1%(915)
Japanese0.1%(831)
+ 9 more asian origin groups with data
Kazakh0.1%(502)
Taiwanese0%(412)
Thai0%(401)
Indonesian0%(134)
Sri Lankan0%(120)
Malaysian0%(57)
Bhutanese0%(57)
Uzbek0%(46)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(193)
Chamorro0%(177)
Fijian0%(32)
Guamanian0%(16)
Ancestry
English7.9%(71,407)
German7.1%(64,392)
Irish6.7%(60,293)
American4.5%(40,989)
Italian3.7%(33,078)
Subsaharan African3.3%(29,758)
Scottish1.6%(14,880)
Polish1.5%(13,553)
Scotch-Irish1.4%(12,270)
French1.2%(10,425)
West Indian1%(8,753)
Arab0.6%(5,596)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Russian0.6%(5,458)
Greek0.5%(4,337)
Dutch0.4%(4,025)
Swedish0.4%(3,963)
Welsh0.4%(3,677)
British0.4%(3,671)
Jamaican0.4%(3,549)
Ukrainian0.4%(3,484)
Nigerian0.4%(3,309)
Ethiopian0.3%(3,038)
Norwegian0.3%(2,902)
Hungarian0.3%(2,568)
French Canadian0.3%(2,328)
Haitian0.2%(2,035)
Portuguese0.2%(1,820)
Lebanese0.2%(1,711)
Czech0.2%(1,675)
Brazilian0.2%(1,642)
Romanian0.2%(1,481)
Austrian0.1%(1,330)
Lithuanian0.1%(1,271)
Iranian0.1%(1,263)
Slovak0.1%(1,212)
Swiss0.1%(1,198)
Danish0.1%(989)
Moroccan0.1%(918)
Canadian0.1%(844)
Somali0.1%(776)
Finnish0.1%(731)
Turkish0.1%(726)
Egyptian0.1%(709)
Ghanaian0.1%(655)
Guyanese0.1%(629)
Kenyan0.1%(480)
Croatian0%(361)
Belgian0%(360)
Syrian0%(340)
Iraqi0%(330)
Armenian0%(324)
Slovene0%(314)
Barbadian0%(295)
Serbian0%(288)
Australian0%(246)
Israeli0%(216)
Jordanian0%(211)
Bulgarian0%(195)
Macedonian0%(169)
Latvian0%(142)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
48.0%
+11.5 ptssince 2000
from 36.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
89.5%
+4.6 ptssince 2000
from 84.9% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
17.3%
+6.8 ptssince 2000
from 10.5% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
24.7 min
+54%since 2000
from 16.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
57.4%
−18.9 ptssince 2009
from 76.3% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
8.6%
−4.1 ptssince 2009
from 12.8% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
1.9%
−1.6 ptssince 2009
from 3.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
28.8%
+24.3 ptssince 2009
from 4.5% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.7%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 1.9% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
6.4%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 7.2% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.6%
−5.3 ptssince 2011
from 9.9% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
72.6%
−0.1 ptssince 2011
from 72.6% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
79.1%
+1.7 ptssince 2020
from 77.4% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
8.3%
−1.2 ptssince 2009
from 9.6% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
47.4%
+7.8 ptssince 2009
from 39.5% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.4%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 49.0% in 2009
Female
51.6%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 51.0% in 2009
Foreign born
18.7%
+5.1 ptssince 2009
from 13.6% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
4.7%
−3.9 ptssince 2009
from 8.6% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
9.1%
+0.7 ptssince 2012
from 8.4% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
12.8%
−5.3 ptssince 2013
from 18.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.6%
+10.5 ptssince 2017
from 83.1% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.0%
+2.1 ptssince 2020
from 94.9% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
83.7%
+1.3 ptssince 2020
from 82.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
75.9%
−3.3 ptssince 2016
from 79.2% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
14.8%
+3.0 ptssince 2016
from 11.8% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married45.7%(159,781)
Married45.1%(157,583)
Widowed1.8%(6,191)
Divorced7.4%(25,907)
Women 15+
Never married41.8%(160,398)
Married40.5%(155,497)
Widowed5.9%(22,658)
Divorced11.8%(45,088)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
12.8%
−5.3 ptssince 2013
from 18.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
55.4%
−0.7 ptssince 2020
from 56.1% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
13.4%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 13.6% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
11.9%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 11.4% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
16.8%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 16.4% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.5%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 1.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
67.2%
−1.3 ptssince 2020
from 68.5% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
27.1%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 26.4% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)31.4%(10,373)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24%(7,932)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.1%(8,297)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.6%(1,180)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(134)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 33,020 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Charlotte, North Carolina?

Charlotte, North Carolina has about 903,844 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Charlotte, North Carolina?

The typical household in Charlotte, North Carolina earns about $82,068 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Charlotte, North Carolina expensive?

In Charlotte, North Carolina, the median home is worth about $385,700, and the typical rent is about $1,612 a month.

How educated are people in Charlotte, North Carolina?

About 48.0% of adults age 25 and over in Charlotte, North Carolina hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Charlotte, North Carolina?

About 11.7% of people in Charlotte, North Carolina live below the federal poverty line.

Has Charlotte, North Carolina grown since 1990?

Yes, Charlotte, North Carolina has grown since 1990. The population has added about 507,841 residents, a change of about 128 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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