People QuickFacts Brunswick County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 112,257 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 107,431 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.5% 2.3% Population, 2010 107,431 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.1% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.4% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 22.5% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 85.4% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.6% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.1% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 80.9% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.4% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.2% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.2% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.0% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.7% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 13,378 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.6 23.4  Housing units, 2011 78,410 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.8% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 10.5% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $189,500 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 46,733 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.24 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,402 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,132 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.0% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Brunswick County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,287 218,104 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 22,950 3,234,595 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 29.8 -4.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 8,982 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 12,223 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.7% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.2% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 206,726 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,004,231 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,070 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 150,576 16,126,939 Building permits, 2011 914 32,804     Geography QuickFacts Brunswick County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 846.97 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 126.8 196.1 FIPS Code 019 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Wilmington, NC Metro Area   (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