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Metric	Carteret County, NC County	North Carolina (NC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	69,148	10,730,404	334,922,499
Rent	$1,108	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1989	1991	1980
Household income	$72,322	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$45,736	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%	4.0%
Household size	2.1	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	49%	44.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	69,148	10,730,404	334,922,499
Adults over 25	53,254	7,380,330	230,807,303
Total households	31,977	4,282,345	129,227,496
Household size	2.1	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$72,322	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$45,736	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	49%	44.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,108	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1989	1991	1980
Households that rent	25.3%	33.4%	34.8%
Households that own	74.7%	66.6%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.4	5.6	5.5
Race
White	86%	61.8%	61%
Black	4.2%	20.3%	12.2%
Asian	1%	3.3%	6%
Two or more races	6.4%	8.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	11.3%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	95.1%	88.7%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	87.4%	83.7%	84.9%
Commute time to work	23.0 min	25.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	12.6%	16.3%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	29.4%	27.2%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	22.9%	24.8%	26%
Some college or associate degree	13.2%	12.3%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	34.5%	35.7%	35.7%