Charlotte, North Carolina Neighborhood Info

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Charlotte, North Carolina QuickFacts

	Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
Total population	540,828	281,421,906
State	North Carolina
City	charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina Population

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
Male	264,978	48.99%	49.06%
Female	275,850	51.01%	50.94%
Median age (years)	32.7		35.3

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	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
18 years and over	407,193	75.29%	74.31%
21 years and over	385,198	71.22%	69.97%
62 years and over	56,749	10.49%	14.66%
65 years and over	47,665	8.81%	12.43%

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	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
White	315,061	58.26%	75.14%
Black or African American	176,964	32.72%	12.32%
Asian	18,418	3.41%	3.64%
Some other race	21,388	3.95%	5.46%
Two or more races	8,997	1.66%	2.43%

Charlotte, North Carolina Housing

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
Total households	215,449		105,480,101
Family households (families)	132,378	61.44%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	83,071	38.56%	31.94%

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	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
Total housing units	230,556		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	14,985	6.5%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	215,449	93.45%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	123,883	53.73%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	91,566	39.72%	30.77%

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	Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	3,049	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	29,787	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	33,218	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	17,209	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	14,946	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	9,102	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	4,086	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	863	0.57%
Median (dollars)	134,300	119,600

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	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	61,655	28.62%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	69,140	32.09%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	31,412	14.58%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	25,654	11.91%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	14,630	6.79%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	13,254	6.15%	9.65%

Charlotte, North Carolina Education

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	143,421		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	12,102	8.44%	6.47%
Kindergarten	7,938	5.53%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	61,990	43.22%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	27,199	18.96%	21.38%
College or graduate school	34,192	23.84%	22.81%

Charlotte, North Carolina Economy

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	421,175		217,168,077
In labor force	302,505	71.82%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	302,292	71.77%	63.39%
- - Employed	285,601	67.81%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	16,691	3.96%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	213	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	118,670	28.18%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	217,172	51.56%	51.66%
In labor force	141,434	33.58%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	141,370	33.57%	29.65%
- - Employed	133,067	31.59%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	43,906	10.42%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	25,547		12,787,501

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	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	215,803		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	15,422	7.15%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,254	4.29%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	24,030	11.14%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	28,791	13.34%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	36,318	16.83%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	44,158	20.46%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	23,612	10.94%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	18,999	8.8%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,404	2.97%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	8,815	4.08%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,975		41,994

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
With earnings	189,933	45.1%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	64,887		56,604
With Social Security income	38,086	9.04%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,238		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	5,842	1.39%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,280		6,320
With public assistance income	5,567	1.32%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,614		3,032
With retirement income	25,184	5.98%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,948		17,376

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