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Onslow County Facts

Census Statistics

	Onslow County	North Carolina
Population, 2003 estimate	147,524	8,407,248
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.9%	4.5%
Population, 2000	150,355	8,049,313
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	0.3%	21.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.8%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.2%	24.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	6.3%	12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	44.8%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	72.1%	72.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	18.5%	21.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.2%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.6%	2.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.2%	1.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	7.2%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	69.6%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	35.8%	53.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.1%	5.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.4%	8.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.3%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.8%	22.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	21,145	1,540,365
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.2	24.0?
Housing units, 2002	58,407	3,707,129
Homeownership rate, 2000	58.1%	69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.5%	16.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,900	$108,300?
Households, 2000	48,122	3,132,013
Persons per household, 2000	2.72	2.49
Median household income, 1999	$33,756	$39,184
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,853	$20,307
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.9%	12.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,562	204,075
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	29,978	3,431,554
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.7%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,145	462,182
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	346,411	161,900,477
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,090,068	72,356,763
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,707	$9,740
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.2%	10.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.6%	24.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,042	79,824
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,747,559	48,179,775
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	767	48,711
Persons per square mile, 2000	196.1	165.2
Metropolitan Area	Jacksonville, NC MSA	?
FIPS Code	133	37

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