People QuickFacts	Oak Island	North Carolina
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	6,961	9,651,103
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	6,791	9,535,471
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.5%	1.2%
 	Population, 2010    	6,783	9,535,483
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	3.7%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	13.8%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	24.5%	12.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	50.9%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	96.7%	68.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	21.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.6%	1.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	2.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.2%	2.2%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.4%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	95.9%	65.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.8%	83.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.8%	7.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.7%	10.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.3%	84.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	26.1%	26.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	938	743,377
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.8	23.4 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	8,686	4,327,528
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.8%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.5%	17.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$295,600	$152,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,337	3,664,119
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.06	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,511	$25,256
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$46,596	$46,291
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	7.5%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Oak Island	North Carolina
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,126	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    	F	2.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	34.8%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	205,867,299
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,198	88,795,885
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	38,160	114,578,173
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$4,649	$12,641
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	8,627	16,126,939

   	Geography QuickFacts	Oak Island	North Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	18.52	48,617.91
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	366.3	196.1
 	FIPS Code    	48345	37
 	Counties    	Brunswick 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