People QuickFacts Pineville North Carolina Population, 2011 estimate 7,678 9,651,103 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 7,479 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 2.7% 1.2% Population, 2010 7,479 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.8% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.0% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 16.6% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 55.2% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 62.1% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 22.2% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.4% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.7% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 20.1% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 52.3% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 68.4% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 16.8% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 24.3% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.1% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.0% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 300 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.3 23.4  Housing units, 2010 4,051 4,327,528 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 32.7% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 67.2% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $147,400 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 3,350 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.16 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,054 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,118 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.6% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Pineville North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 1,210 798,791 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 7.9% 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 14.5% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 428,388 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 222,376 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,188,305 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $177,280 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 100,006 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Pineville North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 6.62 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,129.4 196.1 FIPS Code 52220 37 Counties Mecklenburg 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