People QuickFacts Cary North Carolina Population, 2011 estimate 139,633 9,656,401 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 135,249 9,535,475 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 3.2% 1.3% Population, 2010 135,234 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.0% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.7% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.6% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.3% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 73.1% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 8.0% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 13.1% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.6% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 7.7% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 68.9% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 84.2% 83.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 17.8% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 21.7% 10.4% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 95.4% 83.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 62.3% 26.1% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 22.0 23.4  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 71.2% 68.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 26.3% 16.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $289,000 $149,100 Households, 2006-2010 47,561 3,626,179 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.68 2.49 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $41,700 $24,745 Median household income 2006-2010 $89,542 $45,570 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 5.0% 15.5%     Business QuickFacts Cary North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 12,253 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.6% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.9% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.3% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 606,859 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,236,738 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,292,992 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,946 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 317,495 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Cary North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 54.34 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,488.4 196.1 FIPS Code 10740 37 Counties Chatham County Wake 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