Obstacles & Opportunities for Educational Attainment in NC
This post initially appeared as part of the Hunt Institute’s My Future NC’s blog series. ************************************************************************ Demographic changes in the composition...
View ArticleNC in Focus: 2016 Veteran Snapshot
Just over 666,000 veterans lived in North Carolina in 2016 according to the most recent American Community Survey estimates. This is a decrease of roughly 15,000 veterans or -2.2% from 2013, the year...
View ArticleFast-growing Asian population highly concentrated in NC urban areas
North Carolina’s Asian population is the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the state. The state’s Asian population grew from 209,400 residents in 2010 to more than 303,000 in 2017, an increase of...
View ArticleNC in Focus: 2017 Veteran Snapshot
Just over 656,000 veterans lived in North Carolina in 2017 according to the most recent American Community Survey estimates. This is a decrease of 10,000 veterans from 2016, a decline of 1.5 percent....
View ArticleNC in Focus: Internet Access
Nationally, 78% of all households subscribe to the internet. This rate is two percentage points lower in North Carolina—76%—reflecting generally lower internet access rates among households in rural...
View ArticleMedian household income key predictor of internet access
Yesterday’s post provided topline statistics about internet access in North Carolina. For many readers, this post raised more questions than it answered. Specifically, one reader wanted to know how...
View Article2018 marks third straight year of 100K+ population gains for NC
North Carolina’s population grew to an estimated 10.4 million people as of July 1, 2018, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. From July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018, the state’s...
View ArticleWho gets counted in the 2020 Census?
Counting all residents is a complex undertaking. Who is counted? And how does the Census Bureau capture unique populations, such as the homeless or military personnel? These questions, and more, were...
View ArticleNC in Focus: Marriage & Relationships
2,135,568 North Carolina households headed by a married couple or a householder with an unmarried partner. This represents 54% of all NC households. 5.8% Share of North Carolina households headed by a...
View ArticleIntroducing North Carolina’s Public Postsecondary Pipeline
On February 20, the myFutureNC Commission announced a statewide attainment goal: by 2030, 2 million North Carolinians age 25-44 will hold a postsecondary degree or nondegree credential. This represents...
View ArticleWhat is “postsecondary attainment”?
What is “postsecondary attainment”? This post was co-authored with the John M. Belk Endowment. School administrators, policy analysts, and government officials have begun using the term “postsecondary...
View ArticleIn-migration plays large role in NC’s rising educational attainment
When we focus on educational attainment, we generally focus on prime working-age adults, defined here as adults between the ages of 25 and 64. There were 5.4 million prime working-age adults in North...
View ArticleNC in Focus: The Sex Gap in Postsecondary Attainment
Nationally, 46% of women aged 25-64 reported having an associate degree or higher in 2017 compared to 39% of men, a gap of seven percentage points. In North Carolina, this gap was even larger: 48% of...
View ArticleNC: Improvements in on-time graduation rates for high schoolers, but still...
We often help policymakers and educators understand the landscape of educational attainment in North Carolina, with a focus on high school completion rates and the transition to postsecondary programs....
View Article100 students start 9th grade in NC. What happens next?
Between 2014 and 2026, nearly 1.6 million students will enter the state’s K-12 public school system as ninth graders. Under current graduation rates, more than 213,000 of them are predicted to drop out...
View ArticlePotential voters are fastest-growing segment of NC Hispanic population
North Carolina’s Hispanic or Latino population increased by nearly 116,000 residents between 2012 and 2017, an increase of 13.8% in just five years. The adult population grew faster than the child...
View ArticleA snapshot of single fathers in North Carolina: 2019
Father’s Day will be celebrated on Sunday, June 16, 2019. We’ve compiled some key stats about parenting and fatherhood in North Carolina. A record number of households in North Carolina are headed by...
View ArticleRaleigh and Charlotte are among fastest-growing large metros in the United...
Nationally, there are 383 metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), which are defined as an economically integrated set of counties with a core central city with a population of 50,000 or more. They range...
View ArticleHow much money can we associate with each individual person in NC potentially...
In late June, I spoke on a panel focused on population trends in the Charlotte metropolitan region, the 2020 Census, and how businesses and local governments are gearing up for an accurate and complete...
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Introducing North Carolina’s Public Postsecondary Pipeline
On February 20, the myFutureNC Commission announced a statewide attainment goal: by 2030, 2 million North Carolinians age 25-44 will hold a postsecondary degree or nondegree credential. This represents...
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