People QuickFacts Craven County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 104,770 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 103,505 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.2% 2.3% Population, 2010 103,505 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.3% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.0% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.6% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.2% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 72.3% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 22.4% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.1% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.4% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 6.5% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 67.1% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.2% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.1% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.5% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.0% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 12,853 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.1 23.4  Housing units, 2011 45,330 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.6% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.1% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $154,700 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 39,986 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.43 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,067 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,251 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.2% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Craven County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 2,235 215,113 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 27,146 3,284,592 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -3.7% 1.5% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 5,465 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 8,734 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.2% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 827,702 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,111,719 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,512 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 142,120 16,126,939 Building permits, 2012 296 48,692     Geography QuickFacts Craven County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 708.96 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 146.0 196.1 FIPS Code 049 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area New Bern, NC Micro 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