
Demographics
NCSE is home to 5 MSAs with the following Gross Domestic Product
- Fayetteville: $22 Billion
- Wilmington: $16 Billion
- Jacksonville: $8.1 Billion
- New Bern: $5.6 Billion
- Goldsboro: $5.1 Billion
Source: ESRI, 2020
Population by Age (2020)
- Median Age: 37.9 years old
- 17 & Under: 22.3%
- 18-24: 11.2%
- 25-44: 25.4%
- 45-54: 11.5%
- 55-64: 12.6%
- 65 & Older: 17.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population by Race
- White: 63.2%
- African American: 24.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 9.8%
- Multirace: 4.3%
- American Indian*: 4.0%
- Asian: 1.4%
- Other: 2.9%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.1%
*Lumbee Native American Tribe -- Largest tribe east of the Mississippi River
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020
Education Attainment
- Graduate Degree: 7.9%
- Bachelor's Degree: 17.1%
- Associate Degree: 11.7%
- Some College: 24.9%
- High School Diploma/GED: 27.4%
- Did Not Complete High School: 11.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020
