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Avery County Demographics

The following table provides demographical information on Ashe County, North Carolina taken from the most recent Census. For additional Ashe County Demographic information click here.

  AVERY AVERY  NC
POPULATION Number   Number
Total Population 17,635   9,752,073
Square Miles (Land) 247.09   48,617.91
Population per square mile 72   196.1
GENDER Number Pct Pct
Male 9,629 54.6 48.7
Female 8,006 45.4 51.3
AGE Number Pct Pct
5 or younger 705 4.0 6.4
6-18 2,910 16.5 23.4
19-64 10,687 60.6 56.4
65+ 3,333 18.9 13.8
RACE AND ETHNICITY Number Pct Pct
White 16,559 93.9 71.9
Black or African American 758 4.3 22.0
American Indian / Alaska 88 0.5 1.5
Asian 88 0.5 2.5
Hawaiian / Pacific islander 0 0 0.1
Two or more races 142 0.8 2.0
Hispanic or Latino 829 4.7 8.7
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 15,783  89.5  64.7
Foreign born persons 653 3.7 7.5
Language other than English 1,093 6.2 10.8
Housing Number Pct Number/Pct
Living in same house 1 year & over 14,796 83.9 84.4
Housing units 13,935   4,375,234
Homeownership rate 12,803 72.6 67.1
Housing units in multi-unit structures 3,051 17.3 17.1
Median value of owner-occupied housing units $155,400   $153,600
Households 7,201   3,693,221
Persons per household 2.14   2.51
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Number Pct Pct
HS graduates (or higher) age 25+  14,567 82.6 84.5
Bachelor's degree (or higher) age 25+  3,598 20.4 26.8
Veterans 1,499 11.8  13.2
 HOUSEHOLD INCOME Number Pct Number/Pct
Median household income $38,051   $46,450
Persons below poverty level  3,139
 17.8 16.8
 Business Number Pct Number/Pct
Private nonfarm establishments 508   215,113
Private nonfarm employment 4,317   3,284,592
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 21.4   23.5
Data obtained from 2010-2012 U.S. Census

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