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Watauga County Demographics 

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

 

  Watauga Watauga NC
POPULATION Number   Number
Total Population 51,871   9,752,073
Square Miles (Land) 312.56   48,617.91
Population per square mile 163.4   196.1
GENDER Number Pct Pct
Male 25,987 50.1 48.7
Female 25,884 49.9 51.3
AGE Number Pct Pct
5 or younger  1,867 3.6 6.4
6-18  7,106 13.7 23.4
19-64  35,998 69.4 56.4
65+ 6,899  13.3 13.8
RACE AND ETHNICITY Number Pct Pct
White 49,484 95.4 71.9
Black or African American 934 1.8 22.0
American Indian / Alaska 156 0.3 1.5
Asian 571 1.1 2.5
Hawaiian / Pacific islander 0 0 0.1
Two or more races 726 1.4 2.0
Hispanic or Latino 1,764 3.4 8.7
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino 47,929 
 92.4 
  64.7
Foreign born persons 1,815 3.5 7.5
Language other than English 2,438 4.7 10.8
Housing Number Pct Number/Pct
Living in same house 1 year & over 36,465 70.3 84.4
Housing units 32,478   4,375,234
Homeownership rate 28,581 55.1 67.1
Housing units in multi-unit structures 13,642 26.3 17.1
Median value of owner-occupied housing units $233,500   $153,600
Households 20,977   3,693,221
Persons per household 2.16   2.51
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Number Pct Pct
HS graduates (or higher) age 25+  46,321 89.3  84.5
Bachelor's degree (or higher) age 25+  19,918 38.4  26.8
Veterans  3,122  16.6  13.2
 HOUSEHOLD INCOME Number Pct Number/Pct
Median household income $34,848   $46,450
Persons below poverty level  14,939
 28.8 16.8
 Business Number Pct Number/Pct
Private nonfarm establishments 1,584   215,113
Private nonfarm employment 15,982   3,284,592
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 18.6   23.5
Data obtained from 2010-2012 U.S. Census

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