Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Mecklenburg County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Mecklenburg County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Mecklenburg County is 36th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Mecklenburg County is 41st out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Mecklenburg County is 43rd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Mecklenburg County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Mecklenburg County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Mecklenburg County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Mecklenburg County is 49th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Housing units

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Mecklenburg County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mecklenburg County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	969,031	1st	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	523.8	38th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,755.5	1st	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	7th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	13th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.4%	97th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.6%	8th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	40.4%	4th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	60.1%	78th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	31.8%	30th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	36th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.1%	3rd	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	12th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	9th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	49.8%	84th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.7%	28th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.6%	2nd	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	399,407	1st	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.3%	3rd	17.0%	25.9%
Households	356,833	1st	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.8%	91st	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$187,300	15th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	50th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8,012	2nd	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$32,506	3rd	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$55,994	7th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.6%	82nd	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mecklenburg County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	27,520	1st	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	508,744	1st	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	89,165	1st	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$14,114,263	1st	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,306	7th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,550,518	1st	$16,126,939	$613,795,732