Wayne County, NC

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2023 Population

117,606

0.107% 1-year growth

US Senator

Thom Tillis

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Budd

Republican Party

About

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None of the households in Wayne County, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

Most people in Wayne County, NC N/A, and the average commute time was 22.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Wayne County, NC was N/A per household.

Wayne County, NC borders Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Sampson County, NC, and Wilson County, NC.

United States North Carolina Goldsboro, NC

Economy

The economy of Wayne County, NC employs N/A people. The largest industries in Wayne County, NC are , and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($86,607), Wholesale Trade ($55,809), and Public Administration ($53,449).

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Wayne County, NC, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (5,074 people), Sales & Related Occupations (5,023 people), and Production Occupations (4,722 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Wayne County, NC.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in North Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Wayne County, NC, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Wayne County, NC, though some of these residents may live in Wayne County, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

3.04%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in North Carolina.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

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Retail Trade
194
Other Services (except Public Administration)
137
Retail Trade

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$323k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$273k
Manufacturing
$175k
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Education

In 2022, universities in Wayne County, NC awarded 2,137 degrees. The student population of Wayne County, NC in N/A is skewed towards N/A, with N/A male students and N/A female students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2022 there were 4,971 students enrolled in Wayne County, NC, 35.3% men and 64.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in N/A with N/A records, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men.

Completions

Concentrations

In 2022, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Wayne County, NC was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Wayne County, NC according to their major.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in Wayne County, NC have an average commute time of 22.9 minutes, and they N/A. Car ownership in Wayne County, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the tracts in Wayne County, NC colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Wayne County, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Wayne County, NC is from Wayne County, NC.

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This chart shows the number of workers in Wayne County, NC across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

22.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Wayne County, NC have a similar commute time (22.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (22.9 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Wayne County, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Wayne County, NC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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The following chart displays the households in Wayne County, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Wayne County, NC have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Wayne County, NC (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Wayne County, NC is Black, followed by White and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Wayne County, NC changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.