Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC

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US Senator

N/AThom Tillis

Republican Party

US Senator

N/ATed Budd

Republican Party

About

N/A of the households in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, 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.

96.1% of the residents in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC are U.S. citizens.

Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC borders Boone High Country--Watauga, Ashe, Yancey, Avery & Mitchell Counties PUMA, NC, Burke & McDowell Counties PUMA, NC, Buncombe County (Southeast)--Asheville City PUMA, NC, Haywood, Madison, Swain, Graham & Jackson (North) Counties PUMA, NC, and Henderson & Transylvania Counties PUMA, NC.

United States North Carolina

Population & Diversity

Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC is home to a population of N/A people, from which 96.1% are citizens. As of N/A, NaNN% of Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

96.1%

2024 Citizenship

96.4%

2023 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Economy

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure

30,359

Women

51.2%

28,919

Men

48.8%

The workforce of Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC in 2024 was 59,278 people, with 51.2% woman, and 48.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Industries

Employment by Industry Sector

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Civics

Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are the senators currently representing the state of North Carolina. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

North Carolina is currently represented by 14 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from North Carolina

N/AThom Tillis

Senator from North Carolina

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

N/ATed Budd

Senator from North Carolina

Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are the senators currently representing North Carolina.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in North Carolina over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

Most students graduating from Universities in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC are White (235 and 67.1%), Unknown (47 and 13.4%), Black or African American (31 and 8.86%), and Hispanic or Latino (12 and 3.43%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

Measure

In 2024 in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC, the percentage of applicants admitted was 70.1%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 17.9%. The number of students enrolled in 2024 was 1,753 (42.2% men and 57.8% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2024 there were 1,753 students enrolled in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC, 42.2% men and 57.8% 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

Student Diversity

In 2024, 135 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Buncombe County (Northwest) PUMA, NC, which is 0.587 times less than the 230 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 235 degrees mean that there were 5 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Unknown, with 47 degrees awarded.