Fayetteville, North Carolina demographics

Fayetteville, NC demographics: median age 30.6; 29.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Fayetteville city, North Carolina · Incorporated city · GEOID 3722920. The survey estimates a population of 210,815 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Fayetteville is 30.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.3 years. There are 82,689 households (±676). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	30.6 ±0.3	39.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 210,815
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Under 18	50,118 ±1,336	23.8% ±0.6 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	70,341 ±1,210	33.4% ±0.6 pp	22.9%	22.8%
35–64	63,263 ±1,417	30.0% ±0.7 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	27,093 ±930	12.9% ±0.4 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 210,815
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Male	106,859 ±898	50.7% ±0.4 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	103,956 ±881	49.3% ±0.4 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 210,815
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
White alone	77,570 ±1,514	36.8% ±0.7 pp	61.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	89,796 ±1,309	42.6% ±0.6 pp	20.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,860 ±298	0.9% ±0.1 pp	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,488 ±531	3.1% ±0.3 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	895 ±182	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	8,661 ±973	4.1% ±0.5 pp	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	25,545 ±1,430	12.1% ±0.7 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 210,815
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	183,211 ±1,135	86.9% ±0.5 pp	88.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27,604 ±1,146	13.1% ±0.5 pp	11.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 82,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Married-couple family	30,726 ±925	37.2% ±1.1 pp	47.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,678 ±448	4.4% ±0.5 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	13,963 ±728	16.9% ±0.9 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	29,371 ±810	35.5% ±0.9 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	4,951 ±570	6.0% ±0.7 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 82,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Households with people under 18	24,574 ±708	29.7% ±0.8 pp	29.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	58,115 ±965	70.3% ±1.0 pp	70.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 82,689
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	29,371 ±810	35.5% ±0.9 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	26,437 ±1,017	32.0% ±1.2 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	12,684 ±800	15.3% ±1.0 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	8,259 ±641	10.0% ±0.8 pp	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,504 ±318	4.2% ±0.4 pp	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,344 ±215	1.6% ±0.3 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,090 ±297	1.3% ±0.4 pp	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 210,815
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Native	194,433 ±1,017	92.2% ±0.5 pp	90.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	16,382 ±1,014	7.8% ±0.5 pp	9.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 194,810
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
English only	167,142 ±1,572	85.8% ±0.8 pp	86.5%	77.7%
Spanish	16,120 ±1,054	8.3% ±0.5 pp	8.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,215 ±266	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,230 ±305	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	386 ±220 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,521 ±334	0.8% ±0.2 pp	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	1,156 ±264	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	455 ±209	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	728 ±279	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,033 ±327	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,354 ±312	0.7% ±0.2 pp	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	1,201 ±381	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,269 ±526	0.7% ±0.3 pp	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 130,354
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	8,419 ±598	6.5% ±0.5 pp	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	33,517 ±1,198	25.7% ±0.9 pp	24.8%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	34,916 ±1,389	26.8% ±1.0 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	15,707 ±744	12.0% ±0.6 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	24,362 ±978	18.7% ±0.7 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13,433 ±770	10.3% ±0.6 pp	13.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 207,865
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Same house	164,875 ±2,253	79.3% ±1.1 pp	87.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	20,031 ±1,557	9.6% ±0.7 pp	5.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	5,374 ±682	2.6% ±0.3 pp	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	14,979 ±1,313	7.2% ±0.6 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,606 ±529	1.3% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

9.9% of Fayetteville residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.9% in North Carolina and 8.4% nationally. 91.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fayetteville	North Carolina	U.S.	Compared with North Carolina
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.9% ±0.6 pp	9.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.5% ±0.7 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	18.4% ±0.7 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Fayetteville . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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