North Carolina

Demographic & Health Data

Data North Carolina United States Units

Demography
Total Population1 9,380,884 307,006,550
Race/Ethnicity 2
White (Not Hispanic) 67.2% 65.6% Percent of total population
Black 21.6% 12.8% Percent of total population
Hispanic 7.4% 15.4% Percent of total population
Other3 3.8% 5.7% Percent of total population
Population Below Poverty Level4 14.6% 13.2% Percent of total population
Median Annual Household Income5 $46,574 $52,029
Unemployment Rate6 10.3% 9.7%
Children of Immigrants7 12% 22% Percent of total children
Population Living in Rural Areas8 29.4% 16.4% Percent of total population
Health Cost & Budgets9
Health Spending Per Capita $5,191 $5,283
Medicaid Spending per Enrollee $6,735 $6,119
Medicare Spending per Enrollee $6,841 $7,439
Health Coverage
Uninsured Population10 16% 15.4% Percent of total population
Uninsured Children11 11.3% 10.3% Percent of total children
Medicaid Enrollment12 1,328,900 46,867,300
Medicare Enrollment13 1,300,408 42,020,086
Monthly CHIP14 Enrollment15 129,973 4,966,030

Health Insurance Coverage of the

Total Population of North Carolina Compared to United States16

Employer
4.7 12.4 15.4
United States 52.3 14.1 1.2 Individual
Medicaid
Medicare
5.1 13.2 16
North Carolina 49.8 13.8 2.2 Other Public
Uninsured

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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1
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37000.html (last accessed June 2010).
These figures are from 2009.
2
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
3
Others include American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islanders.
4
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37000.html (last accessed June 2010).
These figures are from May 2008.
5
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
6
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, U.S. DEP'T OF LABOR, ECONOMY AT A GLANCE (2010), available at http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.nc.htm (last accessed June
2010). These figures are from May 2010.
7
KARINA FORTUNY, THE URBAN INSTITUTE, CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS: NATIONAL AND STATE CHARACTERISTICS 17 (2009), available at
http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/411939_childrenofimmigrants.pdf (last accessed June 2010). These figures are from 2005-2006.
8
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Demographics and the Economy, Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparecat.jsp?cat=1&rgn=35&rgn=1 (last accessed June 2010).
9
CTRS. FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVS., HEALTH EXPENDITURES BY STATE OF RESIDENCE (2007), available at
http://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/res-states.pdf (last accessed June 2010). These figures are from 2004.
10
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population, States (2007-2008), U.S. (2008), Data
Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009
Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements), available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=125&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
11
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Insurance Coverage of Children 0-18, States (2007-2008), U.S. (2008), Data Source:
Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current
Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements), available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=127&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
12
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Monthly Medicaid Enrollment, June 2009. Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission
on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?ind=774&cat=4&rgn=35 (last accessed June 2010).
13
CTRS. FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVS. MEDICARE ENROLLMENT – ALL BENEFICIARIES: AS OF JULY 2006, available at
http://www.cms.gov/MedicareEnRpts/Downloads/06All.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
14
CHIP stands for Children's Health Insurance Program.
15
VERNON SMITH ET AL., KAISER COMMISSION ON MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, CHIP ENROLLMENT JUNE 2009: AN UPDATE ON CURRENT ENROLLMENT AND POLICY
DIRECTIONS 4 (2010), available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7642-04.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
16
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Coverage and Uninsured, Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparecat.jsp?cat=3&rgn=35&rgn=1 (last accessed June 2010).

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