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People QuickFacts | Morganton | North Carolina
Population, 2011 estimate | 16,917 | 9,651,103
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 16,918 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | Z | 1.2%
Population, 2010 | 16,918 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.8% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.6% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 18.2% | 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.2% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 70.1% | 68.5%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 12.2% | 21.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.4% | 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.5% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.9% | 2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 16.4% | 8.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 66.4% | 65.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.3% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.6% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 14.4% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 76.6% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.6% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,302 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18 | 23.4
Housing units, 2010 | 7,618 | 4,327,528
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 55.3% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.7% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $123,000 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 6,865 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.32 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,341 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $29,301 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.9% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Morganton | North Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,306 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.5% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,746,180 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 94,716 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 500,535 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $29,357 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 73,359 | 16,126,939
Geography QuickFacts | Morganton | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 19.15 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 883.3 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 44400 | 37
Counties | [NAME]
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts