| |
People QuickFacts |
Wilmington |
North Carolina |
 |
Population, 2003 estimate |
91,137 | 8,407,248 |
|
|
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
1.6% | 4.5% |
|
|
Population, 2000 |
75,838 | 8,049,313 |
|
|
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
35.3% | 21.4% |
|
|
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.3% | 6.7% |
|
|
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
18.4% | 24.4% |
|
|
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
15.3% | 12.0% |
|
|
Female persons, percent, 2000 |
53.3% | 51.0% |
|
|
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
70.6% | 72.1% |
|
|
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
25.8% | 21.6% |
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 1.2% |
|
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.9% | 1.4% |
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
|
|
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.1% | 2.3% |
|
|
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.1% | 1.3% |
|
|
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
2.6% | 4.7% |
|
|
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
41.5% | 53.0% |
|
|
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.7% | 5.3% |
|
|
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
5.9% | 8.0% |
|
|
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.0% | 78.1% |
|
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
31.0% | 22.5% |
|
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
18.2 | 24.0 |
| |
|
|
Housing units, 2000 |
38,678 | 3,523,944 |
|
|
Homeownership rate, 2000 |
48.6% | 69.4% |
|
|
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$128,400 | $108,300 |
| |
|
|
Households, 2000 |
34,359 | 3,132,013 |
|
|
Persons per household, 2000 |
2.10 | 2.49 |
|
|
Median household income, 1999 |
$31,099 | $39,184 |
|
|
Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,503 | $20,307 |
|
|
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
19.6% | 12.3% |
| |
Business QuickFacts |
Wilmington |
North Carolina |
|
|
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
994,011 | 98,080,086 |
|
|
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
1,952,231 | 72,356,763 |
|
|
Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$31,735 | $9,740 |
|
|
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
203,495 | 8,624,993 |
|
|
Total number of firms, 1997 |
9,532 | 570,484 |
|
|
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
9.9% | 10.8% |
|
|
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.2% | 24.5% |
