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Durham Demographics Information

Population: 187,035
Males: 89,884 (48.1%), Females: 97,151 (51.9%)

Elevation: 394 feet

County: Durham

Land area: 94.6 square miles

Zip codes: 27701..27713, 27717, 27715, 27722.

Median resident age: 31.0 years
Median household income: $41,345
Median house value: $117,000

Races in Durham:

Black (43.8%)
White Non-Hispanic (42.4%)
Hispanic (8.6%)
Other race (4.7%)
Two or more races (1.9%)
Asian Indian (1.3%)
Chinese (1.1%)
American Indian (0.8%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: English (8.1%), German (7.2%), Irish (5.7%), United States (5.0%), Italian (2.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.0%).

For population 25 years and over in Durham

High school or higher: 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 41.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 18.3%
Unemployed: 5.6%
Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Durham city

Never married: 37.4%
Now married: 44.4%
Separated: 3.1%
Widowed: 5.9%
Divorced: 9.1%

12.1% Foreign born (6.7% Latin America, 2.9% Asia).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (21.5 miles, pop. 276,093).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (379.1 miles, pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Gorman, NC (7.0 miles), Chapel Hill, NC (10.1 miles), Morrisville, NC (12.4 miles), Carrboro, NC (13.0 miles), Butner, NC (14.5 miles), Hillsborough, NC (14.8 miles), Cary, NC (16.3 miles), Fearrington, NC (17.6 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 997 buildings, average cost: $111,800
1997: 1274 buildings, average cost: $123,500
1998: 1519 buildings, average cost: $120,500
1999: 1554 buildings, average cost: $148,100
2000: 1283 buildings, average cost: $152,600
2001: 1633 buildings, average cost: $156,300
2002: 1590 buildings, average cost: $159,700

Area code: 919

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (32.4%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.4%), Manufacturing (10.4%).