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Homeless Demographics

Indicators North Carolina Guilford County Mecklenburg County Wake County  Populations Total population 9,061,032[1] 465,931[2] 867,067[3] 832,970[4] Families 1,081,696[5] 53,310[6] 111,867[7] 110,153[8] Children 2,573,630[9] 125,701[10] 250,177[11] 251,595[12]  Households Average family size 3.04[13] 3.02[14] 3.06[15] 3.18[16]  Family Composition One parent (female) 25.54%[17] 29.39%[18] 25.13%[19] 19.81%[20] One parent (male) 7.05%[21] 8.50%[22] 7.26%[23] 5.37%[24] Two-parent 67.41%[25] 62.11%[26] 67.61%[27] 74.81%[28]  Income Median family income $55,028[29] $61,238[30] $68,792[31] $79,588[32] Mean family income $71,440[33] $79,010[34] $92,945[35] $100,105[36] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $681[37] $719[38] $740[39] $797[40] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $27,229[41] $28,760[42] $29,600[43] $31,880[44]  Employment Unemployed 6.85%[45] 8.13%[46] 6.67%[47] 4.22%[48]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 16.90%[49] 17.73%[50] 10.82%[51] 8.32%[52] Children under 5 22.62%[53] 27.44%[54] 13.08%[55] 13.96%[56] Children 5-17 17.78%[57] 18.81%[58] 12.68%[59] 9.71%[60]  Education No high school diploma 17.01%[61] 13.63%[62] 10.72%[63] 8.70%[64] High school and above 82.99%[65] 86.37%[66] 89.28%[67] 91.30%[68] Bachelor’s degree and above 25.62%[69] 32.83%[70] 41.55%[71] 47.58%[72] High school dropout rate 5.20%[73] n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 11.53%[74] 9.58%[75] 8.32%[76] 6.29%[77] Birth rate ranking 38[78] 262[79] 198[80] 98[81]