POPULATION HEALTH DATA BRIEF - Wake County, North Carolina, WGU DO29

POPULATION HEALTH DATA BRIEF - Wake County, North Carolina, WGU DO29. S OCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 1. Key Findings ● In 2020, Wake County was ranked number 1 out of 100 counties in North Carolina for overall health outcomes. ● The population is denser in Wake County, with 1078.8 people per square mile, than the USA population density of 87.4 people per square mile. ● STI's are a serious health concern in Wake County with a rate of 567 per 100,000 population. ● Wake County’s air pollution remains higher than the state and national averages at 11 mcg per cubic meter. ● Wake County exceeds the state and national percentage of some college at 80%. Wake County, North Carolina 1 2. Introductory paragraph Information gathered from the United States Census Bureau Quickfacts website was used to summarize sociodemographic characteristics in Wake County, North Carolina, compared to national levels. The overall population of Wake County is 1,111,761; that is an estimated 0.3 percent of the total population of the USA, which is 328,239,523. The population percent change in Wake County of 23.4 percent, which is more than three times higher than that of the USA, which is only 6.3 percent. The Wake County population is growing at a much faster rate than the national population. The percentage of people 65 years and old in the USA is more significant than in Wake County, with the national average being 16.5 percent and the county average being 12 percent. However, the percentage of people under 18 in Wake County is 23.6 percent, which is minimally higher than the national average of 22.3 percent. The rate of women in Wake County is 51.4 percent, slightly higher than the USA's percentage, 50.8 percent. Wake County has a fair amount of ethnic diversity. In Wake County, 67.9 percent of people are white alone, below the national average of 76.5 percent. The population of Hispanic alone in Wake County is 10.4 percent, which is lower than the national population of 18.5 percent. The percentage of foreignborn people in Wake County, 13.5 percent, is almost equivocal to that of the USA overall, 13.6 percent. The rate of those over the age of five that speak another language besides English at home in Wake County is low, 17.2 percent, compared to the national measure of 21.6 percent. The percentage of households with a computer is higher in Wake County, 96.1 percent compared to the USA rate of 90.3 percent. In Wake County, 93.0 % of the population has a high school graduate degree or higher; the national measure is only 88 2 percent. The percentage of those over the age of 16 in the civilian labor force is higher in Wake County, 70.2 percent, than the USA average of 63 percent. For women, the percent of females over 16 in the labor force in Wake County, 64.2 percent, is also slightly higher than the USA average of 58.3 percent. The percentage of those under the age of 65 with a disability is low in Wake County, 5.8 percent compared to 8.6 percent nationally. The rate of those without health insurance under the age of 65 in Wake County is 10 percent, only slightly higher than the national percentage of 9.5 percent. In Wake County, the total healthcare and social assistance revenue is $5,110,378, then in the USA, $2,040,441,203. The total retail sales per capita in Lane County is 4,291,512 as compared to the USA, 4,219,821,871. In the past 12 months for Wake County, the per capita income was $15,081 is slightly more than the national average of $13,443. The rate of Poverty in Wake County is less at 8 percent versus the 10.5 percent in the USA. However, the population is denser in Wake County, with 1078.8 people per square mile, than the USA population density of 87.4 people per square mile. 3. Sociodemographic Profile Table Population Characteristics County United States Population Estimates 1,111,761 328,239,52 3 Population Percent Change 23 . 4 % 6.3% Percentage of Persons Under the Age of 18 23 . 6 % 22.3% Percentage of Persons 65 Years and Over 12 % 16.5% Percentage of Women 51 . 50.8% 3 4 % Percentage White Alone 67 . 9 % 76.3% Percentage Hispanic Alone 10 . 4 % 18.5% Percentage of Foreign-Born Persons 13 . 5 % 13.6% Percentage Language Other Than English Spoken at Home, Percent of Persons Age 5+ 17 . 2 % 21.6% Percentage of Houses with a Computer 96 . 1 % 90.3% Percentage with High School Graduate or Higher 93 . 0 % 88.0% Percentage with a Disability, Under Age 65 Years...................................