| People QuickFacts | Burlington | North Carolina |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 50,925 | 9,651,103 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 50,201 | 9,535,471 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
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Population, 2010 | 49,963 | 9,535,483 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.2% | 23.9% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 15.7% | 12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.2% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 57.6% | 68.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 28.0% | 21.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 1.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.1% | 2.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.4% | 2.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 16.0% | 8.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 52.2% | 65.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.7% | 83.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.9% | 7.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 15.6% | 10.6% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.4% | 84.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.4% | 26.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,964 | 743,377 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 23,414 | 4,327,528 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 58.1% | 67.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 29.3% | 17.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $124,300 | $152,700 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 20,991 | 3,664,119 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.32 | 2.50 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,465 | $25,256 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $42,097 | $46,291 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.6% | 16.1% |
| Business QuickFacts | Burlington | North Carolina |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,556 | 798,791 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.9% | 10.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.3% | 2.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 2.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.5% | 28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,000,988 | 205,867,299 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 318,694 | 88,795,885 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,216,860 | 114,578,173 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $24,678 | $12,641 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 151,811 | 16,126,939 |