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Greensboro Demographics Information

Population : 228,217 (+1.9% change since 2000)
Males: 105,573 (47.2%), Females: 118,318 (52.8%)

Elevation: 770 feet

County: Guilford

Land area: 104.7 square miles

Median resident age: 33.0 years
Median household income: $39,661
Median house value: $155,000

Races in Greensboro:

White Non-Hispanic (53.6%)
Black (37.4%)
Hispanic (4.4%)
Other race (2.1%)
Two or more races (1.7%)
Vietnamese (1.0%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Other Asian (0.6%)
Asian Indian (0.6%)

Ancestries: English (9.8%), German (8.8%), United States (7.3%), Irish (6.5%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%), Italian (2.6%).

For population 25 years and over in Greensboro

High school or higher: 84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 10.8%
Unemployed: 6.5%
Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Greensboro city

Never married: 34.3%
Now married: 46.3%
Separated: 3.0%
Widowed: 6.6%
Divorced: 9.8%

8.1% Foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 2.2% Asia, 1.3% Africa, 1.1% Europe).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (420.2 miles, pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Pleasant Garden, NC (9.1 miles), Summerfield, NC (9.4 miles), Jamestown, NC (9.8 miles), Forest Oaks, NC (10.3 miles), McLeansville, NC (11.1 miles), Oak Ridge, NC (12.7 miles), Sedalia, NC (13.2 miles), High Point, NC (14.4 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 983 buildings, average cost: $95,600
1997: 1127 buildings, average cost: $92,800
1998: 1132 buildings, average cost: $109,900
1999: 1088 buildings, average cost: $103,600
2000: 1015 buildings, average cost: $111,400
2001: 1349 buildings, average cost: $103,700
2002: 1339 buildings, average cost: $109,800
2003: 1325 buildings, average cost: $121,900

Area code: 336

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.6%), Manufacturing (15.7%), Retail trade (11.3%).