Greenville, North Carolina demographics

Greenville, NC demographics: median age 27.3; 39.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Greenville city, North Carolina · Incorporated city · GEOID 3728080. The survey estimates a population of 92,857 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Greenville is 27.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.8 years. There are 40,783 households (±984). 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	27.3 ±0.8	39.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 92,857
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Under 18	17,429 ±1,042	18.8% ±1.1 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	39,046 ±1,640	42.0% ±1.8 pp	22.9%	22.8%
35–64	26,029 ±1,211	28.0% ±1.3 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	10,353 ±787	11.1% ±0.8 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 92,857
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Male	42,423 ±753	45.7% ±0.8 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	50,434 ±758	54.3% ±0.8 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: 92,857
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
White alone	45,534 ±1,390	49.0% ±1.5 pp	61.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	37,071 ±1,607	39.9% ±1.7 pp	20.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	195 ±105 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	2,602 ±408	2.8% ±0.4 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	13 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,136 ±639	3.4% ±0.7 pp	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,306 ±828	4.6% ±0.9 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 92,857
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	87,721 ±801	94.5% ±0.9 pp	88.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5,136 ±797	5.5% ±0.9 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: 40,783
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Married-couple family	9,695 ±839	23.8% ±2.0 pp	47.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,365 ±509	5.8% ±1.2 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	6,577 ±685	16.1% ±1.6 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	15,391 ±1,171	37.7% ±2.7 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	6,755 ±747	16.6% ±1.8 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 40,783
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Households with people under 18	9,978 ±689	24.5% ±1.6 pp	29.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	30,805 ±1,178	75.5% ±2.2 pp	70.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 40,783
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	15,391 ±1,171	37.7% ±2.7 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	14,027 ±1,279	34.4% ±3.0 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	6,356 ±689	15.6% ±1.6 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,612 ±569	8.9% ±1.4 pp	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	854 ±226	2.1% ±0.6 pp	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	344 ±160	0.8% ±0.4 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	199 ±138 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	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: 92,857
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Native	88,197 ±784	95.0% ±0.8 pp	90.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	4,660 ±788	5.0% ±0.8 pp	9.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 86,935
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
English only	81,448 ±911	93.7% ±0.9 pp	86.5%	77.7%
Spanish	2,806 ±661	3.2% ±0.8 pp	8.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	124 ±127 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	220 ±119 · low precision	0.3% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	35 ±38 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	598 ±299	0.7% ±0.3 pp	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	154 ±179 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	226 ±123 · low precision	0.3% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	164 ±151 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	60 ±63 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	446 ±232 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	460 ±304 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	194 ±134 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	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: 50,521
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,527 ±598	7.0% ±1.2 pp	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	11,347 ±1,059	22.5% ±2.0 pp	24.8%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	9,543 ±852	18.9% ±1.6 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	6,366 ±755	12.6% ±1.5 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	10,751 ±763	21.3% ±1.4 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8,987 ±799	17.8% ±1.5 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: 91,857
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Same house	67,412 ±1,900	73.4% ±2.1 pp	87.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	9,603 ±1,283	10.5% ±1.4 pp	5.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	9,371 ±912	10.2% ±1.0 pp	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	4,913 ±994	5.3% ±1.1 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	558 ±321 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	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

9.5% of Greenville residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.9% in North Carolina and 8.4% nationally. 89.6% 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	Greenville	North Carolina	U.S.	Compared with North Carolina
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	9.5% ±1.0 pp	9.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.6% ±1.2 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.3% ±0.8 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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