- State:North CarolinaCounty:Carteret CountyZips:28589,28528,28581,28524,28553,28520,28511,28577,28579,28575,28512,28531,28584,28584,28594,28512,28584,28570,28516,28557Coordinates:34.861259711226566, -76.53574315708646Area total:1330.41 sq. mi., 3445.75 sq. km, 851463.68 acresArea land:507.60 sq. mi., 1314.68 sq. km, 324865.92 acresArea water:822.81 sq. mi., 2131.07 sq. km, 526597.76 acresEstablished:1722Capital seat:
Beaufort
Address: Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Beaufort, NC
Governing Body: County Commissioners with 7 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Carteret County, North Carolina, United States
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- Population:67,686; Population change: 1.83% (2010 - 2020)Population density:133 persons per square mileHousehold income:$46,678Households:28,133Unemployment rate:6.20% per 31,320 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.75%Income taxes:8.25%GDP:$2.37 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Carteret County's population of North Carolina of 16,900 residents in 1930 has increased 4,01-fold to 67,686 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.36% female residents and 48.64% male residents live in as of 2020, 64.81% in Carteret County, North Carolina are married and the remaining 35.19% are single population.
As of 2020, 64.81% in Carteret County, North Carolina are married and the remaining 35.19% are single population.
- Housing units:50,846 residential units of which 59.22% share occupied residential units.
24.4 minutes is the average time that residents in Carteret County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
78.78% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 15.43% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 0.36% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.18% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Carteret County, North Carolina 46.48% are owner-occupied homes, another 14.45% are rented apartments, and the remaining 39.07% are vacant.
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The 40.72% of the population in Carteret County, North Carolina who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 66.860%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 32.170%) of those eligible to vote in Carteret County, North Carolina.