People QuickFacts Carrboro North Carolina Population, 2011 estimate 19,890 9,651,103 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 19,582 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.6% 1.2% Population, 2010 19,582 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.8% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.5% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 5.3% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.6% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 70.9% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 10.1% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 8.2% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.9% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 13.8% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 65.3% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 71.1% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 23.7% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 24.9% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.6% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 62.4% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 517 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.0 23.4  Housing units, 2010 9,258 4,327,528 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 35.5% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 56.0% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $345,700 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 8,881 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.17 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $31,806 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,276 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.8% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Carrboro North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 1,705 798,791 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 2.6% 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 42.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 27,486 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 145,910 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $8,184 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 24,840 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Carrboro North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 6.46 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,030.3 196.1 FIPS Code 10620 37 Counties Orange County (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