Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
The News & Observer, Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Owner: McClatchy Co. (Calif.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005 21.0
2004 17.4
2003 19.8
2002 19.2
2001 19.4
2000 15.7
1999 15.5
1998 15.8
1997 16.0
1996 11.2
1995 11.2
1994 9.6
1993 10.5
1992 8.2
1991 Did not report
1990 5.1
The latest year at peak is 2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for The News & Observer, Raleigh
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 21.0 30.8 68
2004 17.4 30.8 57
How the index is calculated
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.
(Parity = 100.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, McClatchy Co. (Calif.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 71.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for The News & Observer, Raleigh
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 68. This paper
Peer group
Compare that with 64, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 24 out of 58
newspapers reporting in the category of 100,001 to 250,000 daily sales.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 164,294 ranks 68 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Details on race/ethnicity
in the circulation area
and the home county
of The News & Observer, Raleigh
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 5.5 64,539
Black 20.7 244,672
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9 34,150
Native-American 0.4 4,389
Other non-white 0.1 1,555
Multi-racial 1.2 13,945
  Non-white 30.8 363,250
White 69.2 817,135
Total 1,180,385
Home county:  Wake
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 5.4 33,985
Black 19.5 122,648
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4 21,361
Native-American 0.3 1,821
Other non-white 0.1 842
Multi-racial 1.3 8,029
  Non-white 30.1 188,686
White 70.0 439,160
Total 627,846
The home county of this newspaper is Wake.
About this report
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and 
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.
Notes and definitions
  1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.
  2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.
  3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.
  4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.
  5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available. 
  6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.
  7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.
  8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.
  9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.
 10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.
      
Demographics of ZIP Codes
where sales were reported by
The News & Observer, Raleigh
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office Weekday sales Households Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households) Median household income Non-white
% of
population
Hispanic
% of
population
Black
% of
population
Native
% of
population
Asian
% of
population
27615 / Raleigh / NC / 8.5 mi. 7,986 15,843 50.4 $71,166 18.2 3.6 9.6 0.2 3.7
27511 / Cary / NC / 8.3 mi. 7,977 17,117 46.6 $68,382 19.0 5.7 5.9 0.2 5.6
27609 / Raleigh / NC / 4.7 mi. 6,150 14,660 42.0 $50,880 27.9 9.2 14.6 0.1 2.4
27612 / Raleigh / NC / 6.3 mi. 5,876 12,414 47.3 $56,800 20.0 4.2 11.4 0.2 3.0
27613 / Raleigh / NC / 10.9 mi. 5,513 14,621 37.7 $71,066 16.4 2.7 8.0 0.2 4.2
27513 / Cary / NC / 9.4 mi. 5,479 14,164 38.7 $72,436 22.2 3.2 6.9 0.3 10.1
27604 / Raleigh / NC / 4 mi. 5,129 13,377 38.3 $47,421 43.1 6.3 30.5 0.3 4.0
27606 / Raleigh / NC / 5.6 mi. 4,448 15,275 29.1 $40,754 27.8 6.5 13.1 0.5 6.0
27610 / Raleigh / NC / 5.5 mi. 4,416 14,937 29.6 $37,505 80.9 9.6 69.0 0.4 0.6
27603 / Raleigh / NC / 7.6 mi. 4,295 12,501 34.4 $41,979 32.9 8.4 21.2 0.4 1.4
27529 / Garner / NC / 9.8 mi. 4,105 11,486 35.7 $50,701 30.2 4.4 23.5 0.4 0.8
27587 / Wake Forest / NC / 14.3 mi. 4,062 10,656 38.1 $56,832 16.8 2.6 11.9 0.2 1.1
27502 / Apex / NC / 13.7 mi. 3,767 15,744 23.9 $71,885 18.1 3.1 9.3 0.2 4.2
27607 / Raleigh / NC / 5 mi. 3,478 7,162 48.6 $53,438 22.6 4.6 10.9 0.2 5.2
27614 / Raleigh / NC / 11.7 mi. 3,346 3,722 89.9 $106,022 9.2 1.4 4.7 0.1 2.3
27520 / Clayton / NC / 15.2 mi. 3,325 11,888 28.0 $52,493 22.4 6.4 14.3 0.3 0.5
27526 / Fuquay Varina / NC / 19.7 mi. 3,263 9,149 35.7 $50,234 21.7 5.3 14.7 0.4 0.4
27514 / Chapel Hill / NC / 26.6 mi. 3,102 18,932 16.4 $47,082 20.9 3.3 9.1 0.4 6.4
27608 / Raleigh / NC / 2.4 mi. 2,573 5,065 50.8 $53,267 7.8 1.9 4.3 0.1 0.8
27616 / Raleigh / NC / 7.8 mi. 2,295 8,033 28.6 $51,334 51.5 10.5 34.8 0.2 4.0
27560 / Morrisville / NC / 12.6 mi. 2,222 4,487 49.5 $62,056 22.0 3.4 9.3 0.5 7.2
27713 / Durham / NC / 18.3 mi. 2,192 13,228 16.6 $57,755 48.5 3.8 34.5 0.3 7.8
27516 / Chapel Hill / NC / 30.5 mi. 2,058 11,409 18.0 $52,618 21.4 3.2 12.7 0.2 3.8
27707 / Durham / NC / 21.3 mi. 2,019 17,278 11.7 $41,695 61.9 9.2 48.1 0.2 2.8
27705 / Durham / NC / 25.7 mi. 1,974 17,329 11.4 $38,470 35.5 8.0 20.2 0.2 5.2
27540 / Holly Springs / NC / 16.5 mi. 1,800 4,460 40.4 $65,375 26.3 3.1 20.4 0.5 1.1
27597 / Zebulon / NC / 18.4 mi. 1,762 6,508 27.1 $41,646 31.0 7.7 21.7 0.4 0.4
27591 / Wendell / NC / 13.6 mi. 1,637 5,709 28.7 $45,187 32.4 5.2 25.2 0.3 0.4
27577 / Smithfield / NC / 26.1 mi. 1,618 7,339 22.0 $33,188 33.5 9.6 22.4 0.3 0.4
27545 / Knightdale / NC / 8.7 mi. 1,595 5,749 27.7 $51,558 33.8 5.2 25.7 0.4 1.1
27330 / Sanford / NC / 36.2 mi. 1,538 20,425 7.5 $39,847 33.7 10.9 20.6 0.4 0.8
27601 / Raleigh / NC / 0 mi. 1,517 3,434 44.2 $16,616 89.9 7.2 80.3 0.4 0.4
28557 / Morehead City / NC / 127.8 mi. 1,477 5,809 25.4 $37,615 14.4 1.7 10.2 0.5 0.7
27312 / Pittsboro / NC / 33.6 mi. 1,259 5,149 24.5 $47,611 25.1 3.3 19.9 0.3 0.5
27605 / Raleigh / NC / 1.6 mi. 1,238 2,476 50.0 $40,963 13.6 1.5 9.1 0.2 1.3
27549 / Louisburg / NC / 30.3 mi. 1,193 8,154 14.6 $35,666 40.3 4.3 34.5 0.4 0.3
27896 / Wilson / NC / 38.5 mi. 1,190 5,528 21.5 $54,150 15.9 1.6 12.4 0.2 1.0
27501 / Angier / NC / 21.2 mi. 1,182 4,853 24.4 $40,622 25.8 10.7 13.2 0.4 0.5
27804 / Rocky Mount / NC / 47.8 mi. 1,136 10,253 11.1 $40,376 38.2 2.7 32.5 0.4 1.3
27596 / Youngsville / NC / 19.5 mi. 1,019 3,237 31.5 $50,122 18.0 4.1 12.1 0.3 0.6
27530 / Goldsboro / NC / 42.5 mi. 904 14,697 6.2 $31,535 47.3 2.1 43.2 0.3 0.7
27893 / Wilson / NC / 40.2 mi. 904 15,842 5.7 $26,655 63.1 8.4 53.5 0.2 0.3
27858 / Greenville / NC / 76.6 mi. 886 18,296 4.8 $35,227 19.5 2.0 14.2 0.2 1.8
27510 / Carrboro / NC / 26.7 mi. 878 6,730 13.0 $31,220 38.2 14.1 16.9 0.2 4.9
27504 / Benson / NC / 26 mi. 875 5,070 17.3 $34,816 20.5 6.8 12.4 0.5 0.2
28560 / New Bern / NC / 101.5 mi. 848 10,572 8.0 $32,181 29.5 2.6 25.2 0.3 0.5
28373 / Pinebluff / NC / 66.3 mi. 841 421 199.8 $37,303 21.3 2.7 16.5 0.8 0.4
27703 / Durham / NC / 16.2 mi. 816 11,612 7.0 $41,435 63.3 10.3 50.9 0.2 0.8
27712 / Durham / NC / 27.6 mi. 814 6,589 12.4 $65,400 19.9 1.3 15.3 0.2 2.0
27536 / Henderson / NC / 40.2 mi. 795 15,136 5.3 $30,101 53.2 4.7 47.3 0.2 0.4
27534 / Goldsboro / NC / 50.9 mi. 742 12,266 6.0 $39,129 35.1 4.3 26.8 0.4 2.0
27886 / Tarboro / NC / 60.7 mi. 730 7,476 9.8 $34,749 49.9 5.1 44.2 0.1 0.2
28334 / Dunn / NC / 31.2 mi. 700 9,125 7.7 $31,647 30.3 4.3 23.4 1.3 0.4
27592 / Willow Spring / NC / 14.7 mi. 699 3,332 21.0 $46,641 15.7 5.4 8.5 0.7 0.4
27803 / Rocky Mount / NC / 44.5 mi. 696 8,476 8.2 $35,398 40.1 1.3 37.3 0.3 0.3
27278 / Hillsborough / NC / 32.9 mi. 668 7,884 8.5 $46,629 24.5 2.8 19.2 0.4 0.7
27576 / Selma / NC / 24.9 mi. 656 6,279 10.4 $32,898 36.6 12.4 23.0 0.3 0.1
27525 / Franklinton / NC / 25.1 mi. 651 4,017 16.2 $38,131 40.1 5.0 33.5 0.3 0.3
27589 / Warrenton / NC / 46.6 mi. 635 3,211 19.8 $25,767 70.5 1.8 58.4 8.9 0.1
27704 / Durham / NC / 21.8 mi. 629 10,602 5.9 $37,604 59.6 4.9 51.8 0.3 1.2
28387 / Southern Pines / NC / 59.2 mi. 609 5,727 10.6 $41,250 27.5 2.1 23.6 0.4 0.7
27524 / Four Oaks / NC / 30.7 mi. 607 3,932 15.4 $38,518 18.5 8.8 8.7 0.4 0.2
27701 / Durham / NC / 21.4 mi. 587 9,232 6.4 $23,871 76.2 14.7 58.1 0.2 1.6
27546 / Lillington / NC / 37.1 mi. 567 5,128 11.1 $36,290 33.4 4.7 26.5 0.6 0.5
28504 / Kinston / NC / 65.2 mi. 553 8,431 6.6 $39,334 29.5 3.1 24.9 0.2 0.6
27856 / Nashville / NC / 40.6 mi. 514 5,469 9.4 $38,521 36.9 2.7 32.8 0.4 0.3
28562 / New Bern / NC / 93.8 mi. 473 11,735 4.0 $42,808 27.8 1.9 24.1 0.2 0.6
27834 / Greenville / NC / 72.4 mi. 457 16,602 2.8 $29,457 60.0 3.9 53.6 0.3 1.0
27870 / Roanoke Rapids / NC / 68 mi. 441 11,118 4.0 $28,784 38.8 0.8 35.8 0.5 1.0
28594 / Emerald Isle / NC / 118.7 mi. 436 1,651 26.4 $53,125 4.4 1.6 0.8 0.4 0.7
28516 / Beaufort / NC / 131 mi. 435 4,489 9.7 $34,093 18.1 2.0 14.8 0.3 0.3
27542 / Kenly / NC / 30.1 mi. 425 2,963 14.3 $32,386 25.8 7.7 17.1 0.2 0.1
28512 / Atlantic Beach / NC / 128.5 mi. 420 1,857 22.6 $43,984 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.5
27801 / Rocky Mount / NC / 53.7 mi. 392 7,926 4.9 $28,068 77.2 0.9 75.3 0.2 0.1
27565 / Oxford / NC / 40.7 mi. 372 8,790 4.2 $37,156 48.2 4.1 43.0 0.2 0.3
28327 / Carthage / NC / 52.5 mi. 369 5,150 7.2 $39,152 16.3 2.7 12.0 0.7 0.3
27892 / Williamston / NC / 88.9 mi. 350 6,082 5.8 $30,409 43.4 1.8 40.6 0.3 0.2
27571 / Rolesville / NC / 14.3 mi. 344 501 68.7 $48,472 20.5 4.9 14.3 0.3 0.3
28339 / Erwin / NC / 29.6 mi. 336 2,679 12.5 $31,765 31.1 3.7 25.5 0.7 0.2
27522 / Creedmoor / NC / 23.4 mi. 317 3,497 9.1 $39,736 23.9 2.4 19.4 0.4 0.4
27889 / Washington / NC / 87.3 mi. 307 10,235 3.0 $31,293 35.2 3.8 30.3 0.2 0.3
28570 / Newport / NC / 118.9 mi. 303 6,994 4.3 $38,412 11.0 2.4 6.0 0.6 0.7
28501 / Kinston / NC / 69.7 mi. 297 9,176 3.2 $23,808 65.9 1.5 63.3 0.2 0.3
27882 / Spring Hope / NC / 31.4 mi. 291 2,387 12.2 $34,610 43.0 5.2 36.7 0.3 0.2
27557 / Middlesex / NC / 24 mi. 287 2,540 11.3 $33,668 34.1 8.7 24.6 0.3 0.2
27909 / Elizabeth City / NC / 136 mi. 270 12,907 2.1 $30,444 43.7 1.2 39.9 0.3 0.9
28532 / Havelock / NC / 115 mi. 265 8,310 3.2 $34,626 35.3 7.9 21.8 0.7 2.3
28540 / Jacksonville / NC / 98.4 mi. 259 15,860 1.6 $32,602 33.2 6.3 21.8 0.6 1.9
28525 / Deep Run / NC / 68.2 mi. 245 1,114 22.0 $31,284 19.3 8.9 10.0 0.0 0.1
27344 / Siler City / NC / 45 mi. 242 5,776 4.2 $35,596 42.9 22.6 18.7 0.2 0.5
28328 / Clinton / NC / 54 mi. 238 9,413 2.5 $31,017 47.5 10.2 33.5 2.8 0.4
27817 / Chocowinity / NC / 90.4 mi. 237 2,435 9.7 $32,483 26.6 2.6 23.2 0.2 0.1
28365 / Mount Olive / NC / 45.6 mi. 229 5,659 4.0 $31,100 39.2 13.7 24.6 0.2 0.2
28584 / Swansboro / NC / 112.3 mi. 219 3,341 6.6 $39,306 6.0 2.1 1.9 0.4 0.7
27569 / Princeton / NC / 35.2 mi. 200 2,486 8.0 $35,424 14.5 3.8 10.1 0.1 0.1
27508 / Bunn / NC / 24.9 mi. 194 499 38.9 $34,464 58.7 4.0 53.6 0.7 0.1
27302 / Mebane / NC / 42.3 mi. 175 8,549 2.0 $41,171 26.1 3.9 20.3 0.3 0.4
27215 / Burlington / NC / 51.4 mi. 173 14,367 1.2 $41,858 19.4 5.5 11.1 0.2 1.6
27562 / New Hill / NC / 19.4 mi. 173 640 27.0 $57,900 21.9 5.1 14.0 0.9 0.5
28515 / Bayboro / NC / 113.2 mi. 168 1,161 14.5 $26,232 55.7 1.4 53.1 0.4 0.3
27521 / Coats / NC / 25 mi. 160 2,178 7.3 $31,517 21.8 10.1 10.4 0.2 0.4
27962 / Plymouth / NC / 105.7 mi. 153 3,159 4.8 $25,746 56.5 1.9 53.4 0.0 0.4
27509 / Butner / NC / 25.8 mi. 147 1,478 9.9 $40,640 57.5 6.7 47.1 1.1 0.8
27503 / Bahama / NC / 29.2 mi. 142 1,270 11.2 $55,272 13.0 1.2 10.3 0.2 0.5
27828 / Farmville / NC / 61.7 mi. 142 3,528 4.0 $32,306 46.5 4.4 41.1 0.2 0.2
27850 / Littleton / NC / 61.4 mi. 137 3,195 4.3 $35,108 45.9 0.9 42.7 1.6 0.2
27910 / Ahoskie / NC / 97.7 mi. 131 4,353 3.0 $26,234 61.9 1.4 57.8 1.6 0.3
28358 / Lumberton / NC / 82 mi. 125 13,601 0.9 $29,275 51.6 3.8 28.8 17.3 0.6
28366 / Newton Grove / NC / 41.2 mi. 122 1,730 7.1 $35,558 39.3 16.6 21.7 0.2 0.1
27874 / Scotland Neck / NC / 71.6 mi. 120 2,255 5.3 $21,875 73.9 1.7 71.5 0.1 0.0
27983 / Windsor / NC / 98.1 mi. 119 3,545 3.4 $25,911 63.2 0.8 61.4 0.4 0.2
28580 / Snow Hill / NC / 56.1 mi. 119 3,365 3.5 $30,732 47.3 5.8 40.7 0.1 0.1
28551 / La Grange / NC / 59.2 mi. 114 4,746 2.4 $33,137 40.4 5.5 33.9 0.2 0.3
27568 / Pine Level / NC / 28.5 mi. 114 33 345.5 $16,875 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
27559 / Moncure / NC / 23.8 mi. 113 858 13.2 $34,659 30.9 2.9 24.5 1.9 0.5
27944 / Hertford / NC / 126.4 mi. 110 4,166 2.6 $29,475 29.7 0.6 28.0 0.2 0.3
27925 / Columbia / NC / 136.2 mi. 108 1,439 7.5 $25,094 46.4 3.9 41.0 0.2 0.7
27807 / Bailey / NC / 30.8 mi. 107 2,130 5.0 $34,375 34.0 11.6 21.3 0.2 0.1
27846 / Jamesville / NC / 96.8 mi. 106 1,149 9.2 $32,750 33.5 2.8 29.1 0.9 0.0
27822 / Elm City / NC / 44 mi. 101 3,030 3.3 $33,908 35.3 1.9 32.4 0.3 0.1
28403 / Wilmington / NC / 115.5 mi. 101 13,915 0.7 $31,044 18.9 3.0 13.3 0.3 1.2
28405 / Wilmington / NC / 113.7 mi. 101 10,349 1.0 $44,336 23.5 1.6 19.8 0.4 0.8
27932 / Edenton / NC / 115.9 mi. 97 4,733 2.0 $31,045 41.5 1.5 38.8 0.3 0.3
28352 / Laurinburg / NC / 83.9 mi. 95 9,400 1.0 $31,293 49.5 1.2 38.6 7.8 0.7
28315 / Aberdeen / NC / 66.7 mi. 91 3,835 2.4 $33,461 34.3 4.0 25.4 3.0 0.8
28575 / Salter Path / NC / 123.9 mi. 90 52 173.1 $38,500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
28590 / Winterville / NC / 71.1 mi. 88 5,307 1.7 $42,281 28.4 2.4 23.5 0.4 1.2
27505 / Broadway / NC / 33.5 mi. 87 1,711 5.1 $37,532 23.4 7.6 14.3 0.5 0.2
27851 / Lucama / NC / 35.3 mi. 86 1,848 4.7 $36,090 20.6 3.7 15.9 0.2 0.3
27949 / Kitty Hawk / NC / 164.1 mi. 83 2,599 3.2 $53,217 2.6 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.3
27823 / Enfield / NC / 59.5 mi. 80 3,124 2.6 $23,861 85.2 0.9 81.4 2.2 0.1
27506 / Buies Creek / NC / 25 mi. 79 485 16.3 $17,500 17.6 2.2 11.3 0.4 2.7
27959 / Nags Head / NC / 175.6 mi. 75 1,162 6.5 $53,065 3.9 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.4
28480 / Wrightsville Beach / NC / 117.1 mi. 71 1,258 5.6 $55,417 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.6
28571 / Oriental / NC / 119.7 mi. 70 1,170 6.0 $38,566 21.7 1.3 19.1 0.5 0.2
27890 / Weldon / NC / 72.7 mi. 70 1,074 6.5 $24,755 76.2 0.6 74.3 0.2 0.1
27572 / Rougemont / NC / 35.4 mi. 69 2,449 2.8 $51,136 17.9 2.5 13.6 0.4 0.3
28305 / Fayetteville / NC / 52.2 mi. 67 2,926 2.3 $35,255 29.7 2.9 23.8 0.8 0.6
27243 / Efland / NC / 37.4 mi. 65 1,271 5.1 $40,625 18.8 4.2 12.9 0.3 0.3
27845 / Jackson / NC / 76.7 mi. 65 772 8.4 $26,354 61.6 0.5 60.1 0.5 0.0
27809 / Battleboro / NC / 68.8 mi. 64 1,841 3.5 $30,423 61.0 2.2 57.5 0.3 0.2
27376 / West End / NC / 62.8 mi. 61 3,134 1.9 $44,206 20.0 1.4 16.6 0.6 0.3
27563 / Norlina / NC / 55.8 mi. 58 1,805 3.2 $27,131 64.5 1.0 62.5 0.3 0.2
28333 / Dudley / NC / 48.4 mi. 58 4,113 1.4 $31,647 56.9 9.7 45.0 0.5 0.6
27808 / Bath / NC / 107.6 mi. 57 965 5.9 $37,670 14.7 1.4 12.6 0.2 0.0
27830 / Fremont / NC / 39.7 mi. 57 1,982 2.9 $32,500 30.5 3.4 25.4 0.5 0.6
27816 / Castalia / NC / 39.2 mi. 56 780 7.2 $29,764 37.9 3.8 31.8 1.4 0.1
27878 / Sharpsburg / NC / 45.3 mi. 54 653 8.3 $29,514 31.3 1.6 28.8 0.1 0.2
28311 / Fayetteville / NC / 44.1 mi. 54 12,460 0.4 $41,128 48.6 5.9 37.8 0.7 1.9
28349 / Kenansville / NC / 63.2 mi. 54 1,146 4.7 $31,825 46.3 5.3 40.2 0.2 0.2
28401 / Wilmington / NC / 112.9 mi. 53 9,650 0.5 $22,204 55.9 2.8 51.3 0.4 0.4
28341 / Faison / NC / 54.9 mi. 52 1,573 3.3 $28,561 56.8 24.1 31.3 0.4 0.2
27855 / Murfreesboro / NC / 97.6 mi. 52 2,350 2.2 $28,010 64.7 2.3 60.9 0.3 0.4
27810 / Belhaven / NC / 116.2 mi. 49 1,880 2.6 $26,918 38.3 3.5 33.8 0.1 0.3
27863 / Pikeville / NC / 44.4 mi. 49 3,068 1.6 $35,811 17.8 2.5 13.5 0.3 0.7
27883 / Stantonsburg / NC / 46.1 mi. 49 1,279 3.8 $31,575 42.3 6.5 35.0 0.1 0.1
27954 / Manteo / NC / 166.6 mi. 49 2,095 2.3 $37,893 18.8 3.7 12.7 0.4 0.2
28466 / Wallace / NC / 81.8 mi. 49 3,297 1.5 $27,624 39.1 11.0 27.4 0.1 0.2
27544 / Kittrell / NC / 31.4 mi. 48 1,347 3.6 $40,056 45.6 1.5 42.9 0.4 0.1
27253 / Graham / NC / 42 mi. 43 10,108 0.4 $38,848 25.6 8.8 15.1 0.3 0.6
28574 / Richlands / NC / 86 mi. 43 3,784 1.1 $31,523 16.2 4.1 9.8 0.5 0.3
27839 / Halifax / NC / 69.9 mi. 42 1,280 3.3 $24,306 69.9 0.9 67.9 0.6 0.2
27880 / Sims / NC / 30.2 mi. 39 808 4.8 $40,741 34.4 13.2 20.7 0.1 0.0
27820 / Conway / NC / 88.2 mi. 36 1,096 3.3 $29,012 39.2 0.3 38.0 0.1 0.4
28398 / Warsaw / NC / 62.3 mi. 36 2,672 1.3 $28,458 63.6 15.9 46.7 0.1 0.4
28572 / Pink Hill / NC / 72.2 mi. 35 2,216 1.6 $32,500 18.8 8.3 9.8 0.1 0.2
28425 / Burgaw / NC / 93.3 mi. 34 3,355 1.0 $30,722 39.4 4.1 34.0 0.5 0.1
28510 / Arapahoe / NC / 114.5 mi. 34 614 5.5 $38,382 27.2 2.7 23.5 0.4 0.5
27555 / Micro / NC / 28.2 mi. 34 203 16.7 $27,679 18.0 4.2 13.4 0.0 0.2
27832 / Gaston / NC / 72.6 mi. 34 1,294 2.6 $25,022 62.7 0.9 60.6 0.1 0.0
27869 / Rich Square / NC / 81.2 mi. 34 1,039 3.3 $27,647 67.5 1.0 65.6 0.4 0.0
27948 / Kill Devil Hills / NC / 166 mi. 34 3,956 0.9 $40,968 5.2 2.7 0.6 0.2 0.6
28303 / Fayetteville / NC / 51.8 mi. 34 12,969 0.3 $39,150 51.0 7.0 36.6 0.8 3.5
28518 / Beulaville / NC / 75.3 mi. 33 2,363 1.4 $31,319 26.2 7.7 17.7 0.1 0.1
28586 / Vanceboro / NC / 87.5 mi. 31 2,531 1.2 $30,572 32.2 2.8 27.7 0.7 0.1
27864 / Pinetops / NC / 52.2 mi. 31 1,589 2.0 $32,413 45.7 2.2 43.2 0.1 0.1
27928 / Creswell / NC / 122.3 mi. 30 820 3.7 $32,148 35.6 4.3 29.6 0.2 0.3
28458 / Rose Hill / NC / 74.1 mi. 29 2,242 1.3 $27,386 59.3 16.8 41.6 0.3 0.2
28472 / Whiteville / NC / 102 mi. 29 7,360 0.4 $27,105 36.2 1.8 32.3 1.0 0.4
27837 / Grimesland / NC / 81.7 mi. 26 1,616 1.6 $39,403 35.6 7.6 26.9 0.3 0.4
27573 / Roxboro / NC / 47.7 mi. 25 9,772 0.3 $35,374 36.6 2.2 32.8 0.7 0.2
27812 / Bethel / NC / 70.4 mi. 25 1,089 2.3 $28,750 61.4 2.5 58.0 0.1 0.1
27829 / Fountain / NC / 58.4 mi. 25 677 3.7 $25,795 37.2 3.8 32.8 0.1 0.1
27857 / Oak City / NC / 75.3 mi. 25 827 3.0 $26,500 64.2 3.3 60.7 0.1 0.1
28314 / Fayetteville / NC / 54.2 mi. 25 17,237 0.1 $41,775 58.3 8.9 42.1 0.7 3.4
28394 / Vass / NC / 51.7 mi. 23 1,725 1.3 $37,825 20.6 4.0 13.3 1.2 0.4
27355 / Staley / NC / 53.5 mi. 23 956 2.4 $40,217 21.3 6.2 13.7 0.5 0.3
27970 / Roper / NC / 114.5 mi. 23 1,394 1.6 $32,522 53.5 1.8 50.8 0.0 0.2
28531 / Harkers Island / NC / 143.1 mi. 22 661 3.3 $33,125 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2
27843 / Hobgood / NC / 68.3 mi. 21 499 4.2 $25,329 57.5 2.7 54.0 0.1 0.4
27551 / Macon / NC / 56.6 mi. 20 847 2.4 $31,629 51.6 2.0 41.1 7.4 0.1
27581 / Stem / NC / 30.6 mi. 19 974 2.0 $45,505 17.0 3.7 11.4 0.7 0.3
27813 / Black Creek / NC / 40.4 mi. 19 142 13.4 $30,893 22.2 2.2 17.2 0.0 0.3
27871 / Robersonville / NC / 76.4 mi. 19 1,963 1.0 $25,706 62.0 2.4 58.2 0.0 0.6
27888 / Walstonburg / NC / 53.6 mi. 19 938 2.0 $33,826 51.6 13.1 36.9 0.0 0.2
27891 / Whitakers / NC / 55.2 mi. 19 1,827 1.0 $34,750 66.4 1.9 62.3 0.9 0.2
28412 / Wilmington / NC / 120.3 mi. 19 10,168 0.2 $41,877 13.5 2.8 7.8 0.5 1.3
28382 / Roseboro / NC / 54.6 mi. 18 2,324 0.8 $31,044 35.9 3.5 30.5 0.9 0.4
27805 / Aulander / NC / 88.5 mi. 18 1,322 1.4 $25,102 50.4 1.0 48.5 0.5 0.1
28513 / Ayden / NC / 74.6 mi. 17 3,934 0.4 $32,192 38.7 3.8 33.8 0.3 0.2
28579 / Smyrna / NC / 136.6 mi. 16 161 9.9 $45,125 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
28409 / Wilmington / NC / 119.6 mi. 13 10,036 0.1 $59,100 8.3 1.1 5.0 0.2 1.1
28511 / Atlantic / NC / 141.6 mi. 13 362 3.6 $26,550 3.7 1.4 0.0 1.1 0.1
28519 / Bridgeton / NC / 101.4 mi. 12 152 7.9 $30,000 3.8 1.0 1.6 0.0 0.3
28461 / Southport / NC / 122.1 mi. 11 3,966 0.3 $40,129 13.0 0.9 10.2 0.5 0.6
27706 / Durham / NC / 22.9 mi. 11 63 17.5 $127,873 27.8 3.9 9.9 0.3 10.0
28304 / Fayetteville / NC / 55.7 mi. 11 13,504 0.1 $40,546 43.9 6.9 30.5 1.2 2.3
27263 / High Point / NC / 74.2 mi. 10 7,832 0.1 $37,832 12.3 2.3 5.5 0.8 2.7
28527 / Ernul / NC / 96.2 mi. 10 374 2.7 $45,536 13.5 4.2 8.0 0.0 0.2
28301 / Fayetteville / NC / 49.6 mi. 6 13,338 0.0 $27,371 61.9 2.2 55.8 2.0 0.6
27844 / Hollister / NC / 51.8 mi. 4 886 0.5 $16,969 95.8 1.4 35.0 55.6 0.2
27252 / Goldston / NC / 42.9 mi. 3 610 0.5 $31,971 25.4 2.0 22.2 0.3 0.1
27207 / Bear Creek / NC / 42.6 mi. 1 1,487 0.1 $41,867 17.5 1.5 15.3 0.0 0.1
28445 / Holly Ridge / NC / 109 mi. 1 1,971 0.1 $36,311 7.1 1.8 3.4 0.6 0.5
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