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New Bern Metro Area Statistics Back to top

Population (2000): 114,751
Land Area (2000): 3,929.650 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 767.785 square kilometers

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	123,962	53.78%
Rural, Farm	3,048	1.32%
Rural, Non-farm	103,508	44.90%

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New Bern Metro Area Labor Force By Month

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	43,466	41,465	2,001	4.60%	46
1991	43,919	41,439	2,480	5.65%	57
1992	45,152	42,246	2,906	6.44%	64
1993	43,778	41,276	2,503	5.72%	57
1994	44,095	41,540	2,555	5.79%	58
1995	45,006	42,523	2,484	5.52%	55
1996	46,182	43,954	2,228	4.82%	48
1997	47,774	45,681	2,093	4.38%	44
1998	48,030	45,909	2,120	4.41%	44
1999	48,342	46,233	2,109	4.36%	44
2000	48,645	46,599	2,046	4.21%	42
2001	48,310	45,549	2,761	5.72%	57
2002	48,962	45,984	2,977	6.08%	61
2003	50,303	47,428	2,875	5.72%	57
2004	50,884	48,460	2,424	4.76%	48
2005	51,731	49,294	2,437	4.71%	47
2006	52,583	50,266	2,317	4.41%	44
2007	55,229	52,950	2,279	4.13%	41
2008	55,426	52,421	3,004	5.42%	54

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	41,672	40,116	1,556	3.73%	37
Feb 1990	42,165	40,564	1,601	3.80%	38
Mar 1990	43,001	41,324	1,677	3.90%	39
Apr 1990	43,047	41,264	1,783	4.14%	41
May 1990	44,127	42,310	1,817	4.12%	41
Jun 1990	44,837	43,009	1,828	4.08%	41
Jul 1990	44,608	42,833	1,775	3.98%	40
Aug 1990	44,133	42,302	1,831	4.15%	41
Sep 1990	43,347	41,494	1,853	4.27%	43
Oct 1990	44,231	41,203	3,028	6.85%	68
Nov 1990	43,470	40,860	2,610	6.00%	60
Dec 1990	42,951	40,304	2,647	6.16%	62

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	42,667	39,838	2,829	6.63%	66
Feb 1991	43,207	40,275	2,932	6.79%	68
Mar 1991	43,109	40,387	2,722	6.31%	63
Apr 1991	43,430	41,111	2,319	5.34%	53
May 1991	44,184	41,733	2,451	5.55%	55
Jun 1991	44,772	42,321	2,451	5.47%	55
Jul 1991	45,516	43,328	2,188	4.81%	48
Aug 1991	45,439	42,906	2,533	5.57%	56
Sep 1991	44,783	42,382	2,401	5.36%	54
Oct 1991	43,917	41,585	2,332	5.31%	53
Nov 1991	43,145	40,834	2,311	5.36%	54
Dec 1991	42,857	40,570	2,287	5.34%	53

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	43,569	40,725	2,844	6.53%	65
Feb 1992	44,396	40,888	3,508	7.90%	79
Mar 1992	44,611	41,004	3,607	8.09%	81
Apr 1992	44,503	41,806	2,697	6.06%	61
May 1992	46,176	42,645	3,531	7.65%	76
Jun 1992	47,215	43,485	3,730	7.90%	79
Jul 1992	46,793	44,249	2,544	5.44%	54
Aug 1992	46,492	43,913	2,579	5.55%	55
Sep 1992	44,997	42,753	2,244	4.99%	50
Oct 1992	44,868	42,324	2,544	5.67%	57
Nov 1992	44,330	41,705	2,625	5.92%	59
Dec 1992	43,873	41,451	2,422	5.52%	55

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	43,263	40,268	2,995	6.92%	69
Feb 1993	43,272	40,334	2,938	6.79%	68
Mar 1993	42,836	40,312	2,524	5.89%	59
Apr 1993	43,258	40,815	2,443	5.65%	56
May 1993	43,850	41,393	2,457	5.60%	56
Jun 1993	44,636	41,987	2,649	5.93%	59
Jul 1993	45,538	42,996	2,542	5.58%	56
Aug 1993	45,413	42,916	2,497	5.50%	55
Sep 1993	43,690	41,561	2,129	4.87%	49
Oct 1993	43,712	41,263	2,449	5.60%	56
Nov 1993	43,362	40,929	2,433	5.61%	56
Dec 1993	42,511	40,535	1,976	4.65%	46

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	42,270	39,320	2,950	6.98%	70
Feb 1994	42,701	39,772	2,929	6.86%	69
Mar 1994	42,906	40,155	2,751	6.41%	64
Apr 1994	42,961	40,574	2,387	5.56%	56
May 1994	44,066	41,618	2,448	5.56%	56
Jun 1994	45,043	42,165	2,878	6.39%	64
Jul 1994	45,928	43,232	2,696	5.87%	59
Aug 1994	45,991	43,341	2,650	5.76%	58
Sep 1994	44,726	42,354	2,372	5.30%	53
Oct 1994	44,605	42,232	2,373	5.32%	53
Nov 1994	44,256	41,981	2,275	5.14%	51
Dec 1994	43,688	41,734	1,954	4.47%	45

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	43,215	40,602	2,613	6.05%	60
Feb 1995	43,627	40,876	2,751	6.31%	63
Mar 1995	44,163	41,657	2,506	5.67%	57
Apr 1995	44,936	42,367	2,569	5.72%	57
May 1995	45,031	42,672	2,359	5.24%	52
Jun 1995	46,273	43,640	2,633	5.69%	57
Jul 1995	46,722	44,431	2,291	4.90%	49
Aug 1995	46,379	43,859	2,520	5.43%	54
Sep 1995	44,833	42,715	2,118	4.72%	47
Oct 1995	45,321	42,748	2,573	5.68%	57
Nov 1995	45,296	42,671	2,625	5.80%	58
Dec 1995	44,280	42,033	2,247	5.07%	51

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	44,127	41,709	2,418	5.48%	55
Feb 1996	44,302	41,717	2,585	5.83%	58
Mar 1996	44,849	42,424	2,425	5.41%	54
Apr 1996	45,585	43,202	2,383	5.23%	52
May 1996	46,604	44,349	2,255	4.84%	48
Jun 1996	47,307	45,083	2,224	4.70%	47
Jul 1996	47,571	45,440	2,131	4.48%	45
Aug 1996	47,269	45,175	2,094	4.43%	44
Sep 1996	46,687	44,639	2,048	4.39%	44
Oct 1996	47,030	44,919	2,111	4.49%	45
Nov 1996	46,789	44,634	2,155	4.61%	46
Dec 1996	46,065	44,158	1,907	4.14%	41

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	46,269	43,976	2,293	4.96%	50
Feb 1997	46,307	44,128	2,179	4.71%	47
Mar 1997	47,059	45,099	1,960	4.16%	42
Apr 1997	47,216	45,279	1,937	4.10%	41
May 1997	47,978	46,024	1,954	4.07%	41
Jun 1997	48,655	46,613	2,042	4.20%	42
Jul 1997	49,113	47,212	1,901	3.87%	39
Aug 1997	49,359	47,146	2,213	4.48%	45
Sep 1997	48,093	45,997	2,096	4.36%	44
Oct 1997	48,226	45,999	2,227	4.62%	46
Nov 1997	48,062	45,766	2,296	4.78%	48
Dec 1997	46,946	44,934	2,012	4.29%	43

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	47,335	44,824	2,511	5.30%	53
Feb 1998	47,217	44,754	2,463	5.22%	52
Mar 1998	47,758	45,390	2,368	4.96%	50
Apr 1998	47,585	45,775	1,810	3.80%	38
May 1998	48,349	46,315	2,034	4.21%	42
Jun 1998	49,012	46,877	2,135	4.36%	44
Jul 1998	49,419	47,177	2,242	4.54%	45
Aug 1998	48,590	46,631	1,959	4.03%	40
Sep 1998	48,205	46,314	1,891	3.92%	39
Oct 1998	47,988	46,000	1,988	4.14%	41
Nov 1998	47,762	45,518	2,244	4.70%	47
Dec 1998	47,136	45,336	1,800	3.82%	38

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	47,211	45,038	2,173	4.60%	46
Feb 1999	47,319	44,909	2,410	5.09%	51
Mar 1999	47,700	45,570	2,130	4.47%	45
Apr 1999	48,229	46,360	1,869	3.88%	39
May 1999	48,403	46,339	2,064	4.26%	43
Jun 1999	49,800	47,334	2,466	4.95%	50
Jul 1999	49,642	47,635	2,007	4.04%	40
Aug 1999	49,377	47,437	1,940	3.93%	39
Sep 1999	48,629	46,524	2,105	4.33%	43
Oct 1999	48,418	46,238	2,180	4.50%	45
Nov 1999	48,111	45,945	2,166	4.50%	45
Dec 1999	47,268	45,466	1,802	3.81%	38

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	47,693	45,635	2,058	4.32%	43
Feb 2000	47,900	45,686	2,214	4.62%	46
Mar 2000	48,376	46,476	1,900	3.93%	39
Apr 2000	48,532	46,896	1,636	3.37%	34
May 2000	48,949	47,054	1,895	3.87%	39
Jun 2000	50,119	47,852	2,267	4.52%	45
Jul 2000	49,526	47,480	2,046	4.13%	41
Aug 2000	49,447	47,329	2,118	4.28%	43
Sep 2000	48,796	46,832	1,964	4.02%	40
Oct 2000	48,128	46,102	2,026	4.21%	42
Nov 2000	48,077	45,845	2,232	4.64%	46
Dec 2000	48,196	46,004	2,192	4.55%	45

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	48,386	45,770	2,616	5.41%	54
Feb 2001	48,537	45,836	2,701	5.56%	56
Mar 2001	48,924	46,226	2,698	5.51%	55
Apr 2001	47,970	45,463	2,507	5.23%	52
May 2001	48,031	45,469	2,562	5.33%	53
Jun 2001	48,977	46,266	2,711	5.54%	55
Jul 2001	48,925	46,298	2,627	5.37%	54
Aug 2001	48,324	45,374	2,950	6.10%	61
Sep 2001	48,066	45,296	2,770	5.76%	58
Oct 2001	48,126	45,343	2,783	5.78%	58
Nov 2001	47,968	44,855	3,113	6.49%	65
Dec 2001	47,486	44,389	3,097	6.52%	65

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	48,328	44,942	3,386	7.01%	70
Feb 2002	48,537	45,191	3,346	6.89%	69
Mar 2002	48,672	45,340	3,332	6.85%	68
Apr 2002	48,672	45,697	2,975	6.11%	61
May 2002	49,095	46,176	2,919	5.95%	59
Jun 2002	49,525	46,490	3,035	6.13%	61
Jul 2002	49,513	46,596	2,917	5.89%	59
Aug 2002	49,179	46,380	2,799	5.69%	57
Sep 2002	48,942	46,404	2,538	5.19%	52
Oct 2002	49,490	46,659	2,831	5.72%	57
Nov 2002	48,966	46,108	2,858	5.84%	58
Dec 2002	48,619	45,826	2,793	5.74%	57

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	49,242	46,226	3,016	6.12%	61
Feb 2003	49,188	46,248	2,940	5.98%	60
Mar 2003	49,434	46,532	2,902	5.87%	59
Apr 2003	50,069	47,038	3,031	6.05%	61
May 2003	50,291	47,438	2,853	5.67%	57
Jun 2003	51,250	47,940	3,310	6.46%	65
Jul 2003	50,976	47,959	3,017	5.92%	59
Aug 2003	50,429	47,501	2,928	5.81%	58
Sep 2003	50,063	47,407	2,656	5.31%	53
Oct 2003	50,972	48,394	2,578	5.06%	51
Nov 2003	51,031	48,280	2,751	5.39%	54
Dec 2003	50,695	48,176	2,519	4.97%	50

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	50,034	47,389	2,645	5.29%	53
Feb 2004	49,940	47,386	2,554	5.11%	51
Mar 2004	50,158	47,665	2,493	4.97%	50
Apr 2004	50,532	48,192	2,340	4.63%	46
May 2004	50,902	48,501	2,401	4.72%	47
Jun 2004	51,539	48,888	2,651	5.14%	51
Jul 2004	52,021	49,548	2,473	4.75%	48
Aug 2004	51,436	49,138	2,298	4.47%	45
Sep 2004	50,833	48,790	2,043	4.02%	40
Oct 2004	51,122	48,782	2,340	4.58%	46
Nov 2004	51,168	48,700	2,468	4.82%	48
Dec 2004	50,920	48,537	2,383	4.68%	47

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	51,083	48,435	2,648	5.18%	52
Feb 2005	51,183	48,502	2,681	5.24%	52
Mar 2005	51,358	48,970	2,388	4.65%	46
Apr 2005	51,543	49,160	2,383	4.62%	46
May 2005	51,664	49,233	2,431	4.71%	47
Jun 2005	52,158	49,549	2,609	5.00%	50
Jul 2005	52,428	49,841	2,587	4.93%	49
Aug 2005	52,166	49,807	2,359	4.52%	45
Sep 2005	51,974	49,748	2,226	4.28%	43
Oct 2005	51,984	49,724	2,260	4.35%	43
Nov 2005	51,839	49,398	2,441	4.71%	47
Dec 2005	51,390	49,163	2,227	4.33%	43

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	51,574	49,228	2,346	4.55%	45
Feb 2006	51,737	49,278	2,459	4.75%	48
Mar 2006	51,805	49,522	2,283	4.41%	44
Apr 2006	51,954	49,824	2,130	4.10%	41
May 2006	52,243	49,968	2,275	4.35%	44
Jun 2006	53,334	50,860	2,474	4.64%	46
Jul 2006	54,042	51,471	2,571	4.76%	48
Aug 2006	53,114	50,786	2,328	4.38%	44
Sep 2006	52,633	50,501	2,132	4.05%	41
Oct 2006	52,813	50,654	2,159	4.09%	41
Nov 2006	53,134	50,769	2,365	4.45%	45
Dec 2006	52,616	50,333	2,283	4.34%	43

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	55,232	52,803	2,429	4.40%	44
Feb 2007	55,117	52,669	2,448	4.44%	44
Mar 2007	55,191	52,996	2,195	3.98%	40
Apr 2007	54,814	52,678	2,136	3.90%	39
May 2007	54,930	52,672	2,258	4.11%	41
Jun 2007	55,874	53,498	2,376	4.25%	43
Jul 2007	56,385	53,971	2,414	4.28%	43
Aug 2007	54,802	52,652	2,150	3.92%	39
Sep 2007	54,886	52,793	2,093	3.81%	38
Oct 2007	55,267	53,093	2,174	3.93%	39
Nov 2007	55,363	53,082	2,281	4.12%	41
Dec 2007	54,881	52,487	2,394	4.36%	44

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	55,143	52,332	2,811	5.10%	51
Feb 2008	54,476	51,830	2,646	4.86%	49
Mar 2008	54,856	52,205	2,651	4.83%	48
Apr 2008	55,188	52,473	2,715	4.92%	49
May 2008	55,374	52,447	2,927	5.29%	53
Jun 2008	56,319	53,188	3,131	5.56%	56
Jul 2008	56,700	53,241	3,459	6.10%	61
Aug 2008	55,342	52,080	3,262	5.89%	59
Sep 2008	55,432	51,996	3,436	6.20%	62
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

New Bern Metro Area Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Construction	6,606	14.15%
2.	Public Administration	5,878	12.59%
3.	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting	2,336	5.00%
4.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	1,970	4.22%
5.	Accommodation and Food Services	1,904	4.08%
6.	Health Care	1,886	4.04%
7.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	1,784	3.82%
8.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	1,730	3.70%
9.	Repair and Maintenance	1,532	3.28%
10.	Educational Services	1,472	3.15%
11.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	1,208	2.59%
12.	Food and Beverage Stores	1,104	2.36%
13.	Paper Manufacturing	992	2.12%
14.	Other Transportation	904	1.94%
15.	Truck Transportation	866	1.85%
16.	Building Materials / Hardware / Lawn and Garden Supplies	834	1.79%
17.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	690	1.48%
18.	Finance and Insurance	690	1.48%
19.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	652	1.40%
20.	Metal Manufactuing	614	1.31%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Health Care	7,346	16.91%
2.	Educational Services	5,870	13.51%
3.	Accommodation and Food Services	3,356	7.72%
4.	Public Administration	2,748	6.32%
5.	Social Assistance	2,288	5.27%
6.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	1,754	4.04%
7.	Finance and Insurance	1,536	3.54%
8.	Food and Beverage Stores	1,336	3.07%
9.	Department and Other General Stores	1,204	2.77%
10.	Personal and Laundry Services	1,154	2.66%
11.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	980	2.26%
12.	Metal Manufactuing	874	2.01%
13.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	864	1.99%
14.	Religious / Grantmaking / Civic / Similar Organizations	768	1.77%
15.	Construction	558	1.28%
16.	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	546	1.26%
17.	Arts / Entertainment / Recreation	520	1.20%
18.	Textile and Textile Mills Manufacturing	470	1.08%
19.	Apparel Manufacturing	432	0.99%
20.	Used Merchandise / Gift / Misc. Stores	422	0.97%

New Bern Metro Area Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Other Installation / Maintenance	3,032	6.49%
2.	Vehicle Mechanics	2,830	6.06%
3.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	2,356	5.05%
4.	Other Production Occupations	2,306	4.94%
5.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	1,828	3.91%
6.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	1,630	3.49%
7.	Other Construction Trades	1,614	3.46%
8.	Other Management Occupations	1,536	3.29%
9.	Carpenters	1,392	2.98%
10.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	1,386	2.97%
11.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	1,378	2.95%
12.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	1,054	2.26%
13.	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers	1,004	2.15%
14.	Construction Laborers	998	2.14%
15.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	956	2.05%
16.	Supervisors / Construction and Extract	928	1.99%
17.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	904	1.94%
18.	Law Enforcement Workers	842	1.80%
19.	Engineers	834	1.79%
20.	Assemblers and Fabricators	724	1.55%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	2,516	5.79%
2.	Secretaries and Admins	2,336	5.38%
3.	Other Office and Admin Support	2,176	5.01%
4.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	1,816	4.18%
5.	Cashiers	1,758	4.05%
6.	Nursing / Psychiatric / Home Health	1,688	3.88%
7.	Other Management Occupations	1,502	3.46%
8.	Other Teachers / Instructors / Librarians	1,464	3.37%
9.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	1,442	3.32%
10.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	1,432	3.30%
11.	Health Technologists and Technicians	1,418	3.26%
12.	Registered Nurses	1,300	2.99%
13.	Child Care Workers	1,280	2.95%
14.	Other Production Occupations	1,248	2.87%
15.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	1,188	2.73%
16.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	1,110	2.55%
17.	Textile / Apparel / Furnishings	1,022	2.35%
18.	Counselors / Social Workers / Etc.	948	2.18%
19.	Assemblers and Fabricators	926	2.13%
20.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	914	2.10%

New Bern Metro Area Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	98,662	54.57%
15-35 hours	17,720	9.80%
1-14 hours	5,349	2.96%
No regular hours	59,059	32.67%

New Bern Metro Area Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	2,999	2.99%
5 AM-5:29 AM	2,444	2.44%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	5,347	5.34%
6 AM-6:29 AM	11,082	11.07%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	14,781	14.76%
7 AM-7:29 AM	18,132	18.11%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	14,456	14.43%
8 AM-8:29 AM	8,545	8.53%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	3,461	3.46%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	3,947	3.94%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	1,768	1.77%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	750	0.75%
Noon-3:59 PM	6,040	6.03%
4 PM-11:59 PM	6,396	6.39%

New Bern Metro Area Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	3,868	3.86%
5-9	14,047	14.03%
10-14	21,143	21.11%
15-19	17,314	17.29%
20-24	11,990	11.97%
25-29	4,676	4.67%
30-34	12,007	11.99%
35-39	1,951	1.95%
40-44	2,067	2.06%
45-59	5,320	5.31%
60-89	3,511	3.51%
At least 90	2,254	2.25%

New Bern Metro Area Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	288	0.29%	72,750	72.64%
30-44	70	0.07%	15,955	15.93%
45-59	118	0.12%	5,202	5.19%
At least 60	92	0.09%	5,673	5.66%

New Bern Metro Area Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	408	0.40%
Car / truck / van, carpool	16,231	15.83%
Car / truck / van, solo	79,459	77.50%
Motorcycle	106	0.10%
Other	805	0.79%
Public transportation	568	0.55%
Walked	2,571	2.51%
Worked at home	2,377	2.32%

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New Bern Metro Area Family Information Back to top
: 87,864 (217,714 people)
: 63,954 (186,328 people)
: 22,966
: 112,840
New Bern Metro Area Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	9,982	11.30%
$10,000-$14,999	6,653	7.53%
$15,000-$19,999	6,615	7.49%
$20,000-$24,999	6,815	7.71%
$25,000-$29,999	7,230	8.18%
$30,000-$34,999	6,693	7.58%
$35,000-$39,999	5,596	6.33%
$40,000-$44,999	5,135	5.81%
$45,000-$49,999	5,007	5.67%
$50,000-$59,999	7,890	8.93%
$60,000-$74,999	8,650	9.79%
$75,000-$99,999	6,732	7.62%
$100,000-$124,999	2,540	2.88%
$125,000-$149,999	940	1.06%
$150,000-$199,999	848	0.96%
$200,000 or more	1,016	1.15%

New Bern Metro Area Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	10,379	23.68%
Family, 2 people	14,850	33.89%
Nonfamily, 2 people	1,443	3.29%
Family, 3 people	7,711	17.60%
Nonfamily, 3 people	166	0.38%
Family, 4 people	5,717	13.05%
Nonfamily, 4 people	62	0.14%
Family, 5 people	2,410	5.50%
Nonfamily, 5 people	29	0.07%
Family, 6 people	693	1.58%
Nonfamily, 6 people	17	0.04%
Family, 7 or more people	335	0.76%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	9	0.02%

New Bern Metro Area Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	68,226	28.76%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	26,636	11.23%
Public Assistance	3,033	1.28%
Retirement	20,272	8.55%
Self Employment	9,792	4.13%
Social Security	25,864	10.90%
Supplemental Security	4,186	1.76%
Wage / Salary	65,794	27.74%
Other	13,406	5.65%

New Bern Metro Area Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	29,537	58.27%
With children under 18	21,149	41.73%

New Bern Metro Area Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	7,133	7.73%
Married	57,784	62.61%
Never Married	25,255	27.36%
Widowed	2,120	2.30%

New Bern Metro Area Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	8,423	9.22%
Married	56,126	61.44%
Never Married	16,340	17.89%
Widowed	10,463	11.45%

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New Bern Metro Area Education Information Back to top
New Bern Metro Area Highest Degree Earned (18 or older)

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	9,424	5.39%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	25,382	14.51%
High school diploma or equivalent	57,600	32.93%
Some college, no degree	44,019	25.16%
Associate degree	11,742	6.71%
Bachelors degree	18,745	10.72%
Graduate or professional degree	8,014	4.58%

New Bern Metro Area Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	2,373	2.07%	1,988	1.73%	4,361	3.80%
Kindergarten	2,408	2.10%	314	0.27%	2,722	2.37%
Grades 1-4	12,136	10.58%	1,164	1.01%	13,300	11.59%
Grades 5-8	11,400	9.93%	946	0.82%	12,346	10.76%
Grades 9-12	11,465	9.99%	655	0.57%	12,120	10.56%
Undergrad college	8,503	7.41%	1,234	1.08%	9,737	8.49%
Graduate or professional school	580	0.51%	226	0.20%	806	0.70%
Total	48,865	42.58%	6,527	5.69%	55,392	48.27%

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New Bern Metro Area Business Information Back to top
New Bern Metro Area Businesses Changes By Year

Year	Business Births	Business Deaths
2003	234	210
2004	291	227

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New Bern Metro Area Public Benefits Information Back to top
New Bern Metro Area Above Or Below Poverty Level In 1999

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	188,867	86.33%
Below Poverty Level	29,895	13.67%

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New Bern Metro Area Criminal Information Back to top
: 1,187

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New Bern Metro Area Immigration & Civil Rights Information Back to top
New Bern Metro Area Population By Age

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	15,790	13.76%
10-19 Years	15,179	13.23%
20-29 Years	17,818	15.53%
30-39 Years	15,467	13.48%
40-49 Years	16,316	14.22%
50-59 Years	12,689	11.06%
60-69 Years	10,242	8.93%
70-79 Years	7,873	6.86%
80-89 Years	2,877	2.51%
90+ Years	500	0.44%

New Bern Metro Area Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	57,666	50.25%
Female	57,085	49.75%

New Bern Metro Area Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Caucasian	78,075	68.04%
African-American	29,599	25.79%
Hispanic/Latino	4,130	3.60%
Multiracial	1,350	1.18%
Asian	946	0.82%
Amerindian	455	0.40%
Other Race	139	0.12%
Pacific Islander	57	0.05%

New Bern Metro Area Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	United States Or American	29,842	21.04%
2.	English	24,454	17.24%
3.	German	22,276	15.71%
4.	Irish	21,306	15.02%
5.	Italian	6,745	4.76%
6.	Scotch Irish	5,190	3.66%
7.	Scottish	4,777	3.37%
8.	French Non-Basque	4,339	3.06%
9.	Polish	3,786	2.67%
10.	African	2,370	1.67%

New Bern Metro Area Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Only English	201,657	93.96%
2.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	7,224	3.37%
3.	German	1,102	0.51%
4.	French	1,038	0.48%
5.	Tagalog	676	0.31%
6.	Japanese	608	0.28%
7.	Polish	354	0.16%
8.	Vietnamese	174	0.08%
9.	Korean	166	0.08%
10.	Chinese	156	0.07%

New Bern Metro Area Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	223,432	96.93%
Naturalized immigrant	2,842	1.23%
Not a citizen	4,244	1.84%

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New Bern Metro Area Counties Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

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New Bern Metro Area Cities Back to top

Alphabetical | By Population

Alliance	Fairfield Harbour	Neuse Forest
Arapahoe	Grantsboro	New Bern
Bayboro	Havelock	Oriental
Brices Creek	Hobucken	Pollocksville
Bridgeton	James City	River Bend
Cherry Point	Lowland	Stonewall
Comfort	Maysville	Trent Woods
Cove City	Merritt	Trenton
Dover	Mesic	Vanceboro
Ernul	Minnesott Beach	Vandemere

New Bern (23,128)	Oriental (875)	Mesic (257)
Havelock (22,442)	Alliance (781)	Trenton (206)
James City (5,420)	Bayboro (741)	Stonewall
Trent Woods (4,192)	Dover (443)	Merritt
River Bend (2,923)	Arapahoe (436)	Comfort
Brices Creek (2,060)	Cove City (433)	Cherry Point
Fairfield Harbour (1,983)	Bridgeton (328)	Ernul
Neuse Forest (1,426)	Minnesott Beach (311)	Grantsboro
Maysville (1,002)	Vandemere (289)	Hobucken
Vanceboro (898)	Pollocksville (269)	Lowland