People QuickFacts Morrisville North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 20,591 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 18,576 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 10.8% 2.3% Population, 2010 18,576 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 9.0% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.0% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 4.3% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.8% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 54.0% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 12.9% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 27.2% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.4% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 5.9% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 50.7% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.4% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 25.4% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 30.7% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 97.9% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 66.3% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 609 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.5 23.4  Housing units, 2010 8,357 4,327,528 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 48.8% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 50.3% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $271,500 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 7,066 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.45 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $38,504 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $78,088 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 2.7% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Morrisville North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 1,661 798,791 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 15.4% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.4% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,155,364 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 145,109 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,892 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 65,028 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Morrisville North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 8.26 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,249.5 196.1 FIPS Code 44520 37 Counties Durham 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