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Durham County, North Carolina

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Population:

  • Total Population: 223,314
  • Males: 107,789
  • Females: 115,525

Ethnicity:

  • White: 107,572
  • Black/African American: 86,984
  • Hispanic: 16,994
  • Native American/Eskimo: 711
  • Asian: 7,042
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 67
  • Other: 356
  • 2 or more: 3,588

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (179,175)
  2. Spanish (17,070)
  3. French (1,545)
  4. German (1,040)
  5. Chinese (1,020)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 24,253

  1. Mexico (9,438)
  2. India (1,762)
  3. Honduras (1,131)
  4. El Salvador (1,018)
  5. Canada (847)
  6. China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (738)
  7. United Kingdom (525)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (28,526)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (12,528)
  3. Catholic Church (9,818)
  4. American Baptist Churches in the USA (6,787)
  5. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (4,449)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 66,521
    • Sensory: 5,893
    • Physical: 15,051
    • Mental: 9,013
    • Self-care: 5,394
    • Go outside home: 13,877
    • Employment: 17,070

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 2,026

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 89,015
    • Utility gas: 35,446
    • Bottled or LP gas: 4,569
    • Electricity: 44,022
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 4,231
    • Coal or Coke: 6
    • Wood: 415
    • Solar Energy: 49
    • Other fuel: 125
    • No fuel used: 152

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 140,930
    • No vehicle: 10,792
    • 1 or more vehicle: 130,138

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 1,705
    • No High School: 7,660
    • Some High School: 15,142
    • High School: 27,605
    • Some College: 25,558
    • Associate's Degree: 8,406
    • College Degree: 32,700
    • Master's Degree: 14,150
    • Professional Degree: 5,378
    • Doctoral Degree: 5,500

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 89,015
    • Owners with phone: 48,074
    • Owners without phone: 204
    • Renters with phone: 39,185
    • Renters without phone: 1,552

    10 closest counties:

    1. Orange County, North Carolina
    2. Wake County, North Carolina
    3. Granville County, North Carolina
    4. Person County, North Carolina
    5. Chatham County, North Carolina
    6. Alamance County, North Carolina
    7. Caswell County, North Carolina
    8. Franklin County, North Carolina
    9. Lee County, North Carolina
    10. Vance County, North Carolina

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    27503, 27572, 27701, 27702, 27703, 27704, 27705, 27706, 27707, 27708, 27709, 27710, 27711, 27712, 27713, 27715, 27717, 27722

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • WTVD ( TV) DURHAM, NC
    • WUND-TV ( TV) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK, NC
    • WUNM-TV ( TV) RESE'CH TRIANGLE PRK, NC
    • WUNC-TV (66 TV) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK, NC
    • WUNE-TV (488 TV) RESEARCH T'ANGLE PRK, NC
    • WUNK-TV (536 TV) RESE'CH TRIANGLE PRK, NC
    • WUNL-TV (542 TV) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK, NC
    • WUNF-TV (584 TV) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK, NC
    • WUNP-TV (602 TV) RESE'CH TRIANGLE PRK, NC
    • WUNJ-TV (620 TV) RESE'CH TRIANGLE PRK, NC
    • WFXB (644 TV) DURHAM, NC
    • WUNG-TV (734 TV) RESE'CH TRIANGLE PRK, NC
    • WXDU (88.7 FM) DURHAM, NC
    • WNCU (90.7 FM) DURHAM, NC
    • WDNC (620 AM) DURHAM, NC
    • WRTG (1000 AM) DURHAM, NC
    • WGSB (1060 AM) DURHAM, NC
    • WLLQ (1530 AM) DURHAM, NC
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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