Kannapolis, North Carolina demographics

Kannapolis, NC demographics: median age 36.9; 29.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Kannapolis city, North Carolina · Incorporated city · GEOID 3735200. The survey estimates a population of 57,890 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Kannapolis is 36.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.9 years. There are 22,509 households (±677). 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	36.9 ±1.9	39.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 57,890
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Under 18	12,931 ±1,153	22.3% ±2.0 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	13,547 ±1,015	23.4% ±1.8 pp	22.9%	22.8%
35–64	23,009 ±1,431	39.7% ±2.5 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	8,403 ±886	14.5% ±1.5 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 57,890
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Male	29,304 ±799	50.6% ±1.4 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	28,586 ±793	49.4% ±1.4 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: 57,890
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
White alone	32,996 ±1,557	57.0% ±2.7 pp	61.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	13,153 ±1,175	22.7% ±2.0 pp	20.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	46 ±37 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,825 ±527	3.2% ±0.9 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	88 ±117 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,650 ±1,155	8.0% ±2.0 pp	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	5,132 ±1,053	8.9% ±1.8 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 57,890
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	50,106 ±1,282	86.6% ±2.2 pp	88.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7,784 ±1,290	13.4% ±2.2 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: 22,509
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Married-couple family	11,343 ±684	50.4% ±2.6 pp	47.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	955 ±340	4.2% ±1.5 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	3,283 ±525	14.6% ±2.3 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	5,534 ±622	24.6% ±2.7 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,394 ±338	6.2% ±1.5 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 22,509
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Households with people under 18	7,275 ±577	32.3% ±2.4 pp	29.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	15,234 ±931	67.7% ±3.6 pp	70.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 22,509
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	5,534 ±622	24.6% ±2.7 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	8,598 ±873	38.2% ±3.7 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,623 ±534	16.1% ±2.3 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,039 ±542	13.5% ±2.4 pp	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,035 ±331	4.6% ±1.5 pp	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	550 ±223	2.4% ±1.0 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	130 ±82 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 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: 57,890
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Native	52,304 ±1,065	90.4% ±1.8 pp	90.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,586 ±1,069	9.6% ±1.8 pp	9.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 54,096
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
English only	45,889 ±1,421	84.8% ±2.4 pp	86.5%	77.7%
Spanish	5,930 ±1,103	11.0% ±2.0 pp	8.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	335 ±302 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	77 ±92 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	34 ±45 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	331 ±261 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	219 ±146 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	27 ±44 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	186 ±274 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	747 ±322	1.4% ±0.6 pp	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	78 ±95 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	243 ±281 · low precision	0.4% ±0.5 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: 40,640
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,958 ±834	9.7% ±2.0 pp	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	10,989 ±1,154	27.0% ±2.8 pp	24.8%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	9,671 ±1,138	23.8% ±2.7 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,957 ±575	9.7% ±1.4 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,757 ±927	19.1% ±2.2 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4,308 ±735	10.6% ±1.8 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: 57,105
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Same house	50,913 ±1,091	89.2% ±1.9 pp	87.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,853 ±519	3.2% ±0.9 pp	5.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,311 ±814	5.8% ±1.4 pp	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	942 ±404	1.6% ±0.7 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	86 ±73 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 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

8.9% of Kannapolis residents (±1.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.9% in North Carolina and 8.4% nationally. 91.8% 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	Kannapolis	North Carolina	U.S.	Compared with North Carolina
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.9% ±1.5 pp	9.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.8% ±1.8 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.9% ±1.3 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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