People QuickFacts Caldwell County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 81,930 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 83,029 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.3% 2.3% Population, 2010 83,029 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.2% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.0% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.7% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 92.2% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 5.2% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 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 1.3% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.7% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 88.3% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.4% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.6% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.4% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 75.7% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.6% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,962 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.6 23.4  Housing units, 2011 37,841 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.4% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.7% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $106,800 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 31,497 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.58 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,064 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $37,845 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.4% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Caldwell County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,410 218,104 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 18,547 3,234,595 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -40.3 -4.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,986 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 7,021 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.7% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.5% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,558,433 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 236,848 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 648,606 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $8,173 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 63,694 16,126,939 Building permits, 2011 118 32,804     Geography QuickFacts Caldwell County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 471.57 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 176.1 196.1 FIPS Code 027 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, 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