People QuickFacts Wadesboro North Carolina Population, 2011 estimate 5,740 9,651,103 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,817 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -1.3% 1.2% Population, 2010 5,813 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.2% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.6% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 19.0% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 55.0% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 35.6% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 60.7% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.4% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.0% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.3% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.8% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 35.1% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.0% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.6% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 4.6% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 82.5% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 8.9% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 449 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.9 23.4  Housing units, 2010 2,692 4,327,528 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 57.1% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 22.1% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $89,100 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 2,276 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.41 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,055 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $32,550 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.8% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Wadesboro North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 872 798,791 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 S 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 140,193 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 152,982 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $29,268 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,776 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Wadesboro North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 6.31 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 921.4 196.1 FIPS Code 70380 37 Counties Anson 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