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Buncombe County, North Caroline

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Overview for Buncombe County, NC
Part of: Asheville NC, Metropolitan Area
Part of: Asheville-Brevard NC, Combined Statistical Area
 
Map of Buncombe County Buncombe County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 656.0 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 333.7 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 42.2%. On the 2000 census form, 98.8% of the population reported only one race, with 7.5% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 2.8% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.33 persons compared to an average family size of 2.86 persons.

In 2005 health care and social assistance was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $40,659. Per capita income grew by 7.6% between 1994 and 2004 (adjusted for inflation).

 

People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value Industry Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2005) 218,876 Covered Employment 108,914
   Growth (%) since 1990 25.5%    Average wage per job $31,827
Households (2000) 85,776 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 11.6%
Labor Force (persons) (2005) 115,921    Average wage per job $40,536
Unemployment Rate (2005) 4.3 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 3.3%
Per Capita Personal Income (2004) $28,037    Average wage per job $34,778
Median Household Income (2003) $37,167 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County D
Poverty Rate (2003) 13.4    Average wage per job D
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 81.9 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County 2.3%
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 25.3    Average wage per job $48,560

  

 
 

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