Buncombe County, NC [37021] Demographic Characteristics & Trends
  -- a component of the Asheville, NC metropolitan area [11700] -- click link to view metro S&O report

This document brings together several 2017 vintage population estimates developed by the Census Bureau for this area developed and released separately in 2018. These official model-based estimates are developed and updated annually. The data presesentation here provides more comprehensive insights into demographic characteristics and trends for this area than available elsewhere. ProximityOne uses these data to develop Situation & Outlook (S&O) estimates and projections to 2060. See related table. Join us in weekly Data Analytics Lab web sessions to discuss organization and use of these and related data. The S&O Trends Analysis package used to develop these tables is available to present/analyze these data with wide-ranging additional detail and alternative data formats.   • Bookmark this page -- http://proximityone.com/trends/cty1706037.htm; share with others.   • View profile for other counties -- http://proximityone.com/countytrends2017.htm; use link in table.

Table 1. Population & Components of Change -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	238,733	241,224	243,741	246,948	249,302	252,149	255,334	257,607	18,874
Births	...	2,566	2,555	2,652	2,587	2,644	2,595	2,620	2,603
Deaths	...	2,364	2,273	2,448	2,445	2,575	2,636	2,639	2,483
Natural Increase	...	202	282	204	142	69	-41	-19	120
Net Migration	...	2,250	2,204	2,945	2,173	2,750	3,220	2,287	2,547
International	...	145	49	119	169	201	215	209	158
Domestic	...	2,105	2,155	2,826	2,004	2,549	3,005	2,078	2,389

Table 2. Population by Gender & Group Quarters Population -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	238,733	241,224	243,741	246,948	249,302	252,149	255,334	257,607	18,874
Male	114,965	116,102	117,152	118,676	119,673	120,876	122,519	123,523	8,558
Female	123,768	125,122	126,589	128,272	129,629	131,273	132,815	134,084	10,316
Group Quarters	...	7,633	7,702	7,745	7,838	7,917	7,847	7,852	178

Table 3. Population by Race/Origin -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Total Population	238,733	241,224	243,741	246,948	249,302	252,149	255,334	257,607	18,874
White alone	214,737	216,853	218,726	221,498	223,256	225,775	228,630	230,457	15,720
Black alone	15,517	15,650	15,927	16,036	16,196	16,268	16,374	16,373	856
AIAN alone	1,219	1,210	1,235	1,273	1,287	1,308	1,300	1,321	102
Asian alone	2,519	2,657	2,841	3,057	3,200	3,339	3,433	3,668	1,149
NHOPI alone	359	354	371	383	384	367	382	389	30
Two+ Races	4,382	4,500	4,641	4,701	4,979	5,092	5,215	5,399	1,017
Hispanic (any race)	14,288	14,794	14,970	15,465	15,909	16,184	16,648	17,065	2,777

Table 4. Population by Age by Race/Origin -- 2017

Population	Total	White alone	Black alone	AIAN alone	Asian alone	NHOPI alone	Two+ Races	Hispanic (any race)
Total	257,607	230,457	16,373	1,321	3,668	389	5,399	17,065
Age 0-4	13,126	10,953	1,120	80	236	25	712	1,777
Age 5-9	13,243	10,987	1,175	84	227	37	733	1,886
Age 10-14	13,594	11,499	1,083	90	203	43	676	1,753
Age 15-19	14,014	12,050	1,099	83	237	33	512	1,501
Age 20-24	14,419	12,379	1,226	64	276	18	456	1,208
Age 25-29	18,119	16,000	1,304	126	274	25	390	1,235
Age 30-34	17,720	15,974	965	87	358	42	294	1,415
Age 35-39	17,744	15,941	1,020	106	331	40	306	1,634
Age 40-44	16,439	14,829	991	94	232	47	246	1,330
Age 45-49	16,697	15,093	1,018	99	269	23	195	981
Age 50-54	16,480	14,906	1,017	95	254	17	191	712
Age 55-59	17,947	16,362	1,079	97	211	12	186	565
Age 60-64	18,131	16,687	1,036	74	157	10	167	375
Age 65-69	16,842	15,563	955	56	136	5	127	309
Age 70-74	12,780	12,037	527	38	100	5	73	161
Age 75-79	8,277	7,819	309	24	54	1	70	83
Age 80-84	5,735	5,425	200	18	52	2	38	72
Age 85 up	6,300	5,953	249	6	61	4	27	68

Table 5. Population by Single Year of Age -- 2010-2017

Item	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2010-2017
Age 0000	2,611	2,637	2,630	2,708	2,640	2,712	2,666	2,689	78
Age 0101	2,585	2,583	2,620	2,523	2,631	2,542	2,664	2,608	23
Age 0202	2,684	2,609	2,580	2,621	2,516	2,561	2,544	2,639	-45
Age 0303	2,721	2,726	2,581	2,626	2,622	2,573	2,561	2,586	-135
Age 0404	2,793	2,747	2,786	2,612	2,653	2,613	2,604	2,604	-189
Age 0505	2,683	2,786	2,702	2,754	2,594	2,658	2,581	2,629	-54
Age 0606	2,710	2,690	2,820	2,697	2,732	2,593	2,611	2,605	-105
Age 0707	2,682	2,741	2,696	2,843	2,672	2,739	2,616	2,610	-72
Age 0808	2,653	2,717	2,744	2,675	2,808	2,698	2,742	2,639	-14
Age 0909	2,747	2,676	2,719	2,750	2,666	2,793	2,685	2,760	13
Age 1010	2,797	2,779	2,680	2,703	2,724	2,679	2,823	2,689	-108
Age 1111	2,763	2,763	2,784	2,662	2,727	2,745	2,657	2,783	20
Age 1212	2,642	2,768	2,804	2,842	2,678	2,743	2,723	2,674	32
Age 1313	2,584	2,636	2,778	2,805	2,817	2,666	2,748	2,716	132
Age 1414	2,646	2,563	2,662	2,798	2,781	2,810	2,725	2,732	86
Age 1515	2,792	2,688	2,603	2,692	2,819	2,815	2,831	2,764	-28
Age 1616	2,838	2,794	2,721	2,623	2,675	2,848	2,808	2,872	34
Age 1717	2,857	2,819	2,797	2,740	2,627	2,718	2,878	2,847	-10
Age 1818	2,838	2,820	2,833	2,829	2,759	2,684	2,718	2,857	19
Age 1919	2,909	2,775	2,772	2,770	2,793	2,731	2,651	2,674	-235
Age 2020	2,879	2,818	2,685	2,717	2,685	2,657	2,684	2,544	-335
Age 2121	2,848	2,940	2,902	2,757	2,818	2,785	2,745	2,750	-98
Age 2222	2,935	2,929	2,995	3,041	2,847	2,897	2,885	2,827	-108
Age 2323	3,025	3,071	3,107	3,221	3,218	3,076	3,099	3,053	28
Age 2424	3,031	3,116	3,198	3,202	3,334	3,428	3,324	3,245	214
Age 2525	3,142	3,220	3,189	3,312	3,344	3,445	3,599	3,442	300
Age 2626	3,113	3,213	3,336	3,366	3,417	3,470	3,666	3,770	657
Age 2727	3,134	3,186	3,306	3,433	3,434	3,436	3,568	3,768	634
Age 2828	3,201	3,161	3,211	3,396	3,402	3,478	3,531	3,591	390
Age 2929	3,297	3,228	3,241	3,377	3,435	3,462	3,538	3,548	251
Age 3030	3,408	3,338	3,262	3,351	3,370	3,479	3,576	3,582	174
Age 3131	3,264	3,365	3,333	3,295	3,390	3,408	3,510	3,578	314
Age 3232	3,256	3,269	3,404	3,446	3,334	3,425	3,467	3,576	320
Age 3333	3,186	3,312	3,254	3,427	3,496	3,343	3,445	3,502	316
Age 3434	2,945	3,257	3,349	3,280	3,476	3,549	3,454	3,482	537
Age 3535	3,105	2,991	3,314	3,419	3,343	3,527	3,582	3,518	413
Age 3636	3,033	3,155	2,991	3,299	3,482	3,351	3,594	3,605	572
Age 3737	3,117	3,044	3,169	2,991	3,333	3,496	3,460	3,619	502
Age 3838	3,154	3,161	3,045	3,237	3,015	3,392	3,546	3,458	304
Age 3939	3,349	3,176	3,223	3,118	3,276	3,079	3,394	3,544	195
Age 4040	3,430	3,398	3,194	3,277	3,112	3,323	3,129	3,420	-10
Age 4141	3,215	3,450	3,416	3,223	3,287	3,144	3,365	3,165	-50
Age 4242	3,059	3,218	3,451	3,400	3,195	3,281	3,141	3,345	286
Age 4343	3,130	3,079	3,215	3,472	3,395	3,237	3,318	3,171	41
Age 4444	3,130	3,150	3,122	3,194	3,470	3,413	3,217	3,338	208
Age 4545	3,362	3,145	3,149	3,107	3,223	3,498	3,408	3,242	-120
Age 4646	3,351	3,348	3,142	3,183	3,123	3,265	3,516	3,423	72
Age 4747	3,363	3,364	3,358	3,137	3,194	3,145	3,299	3,573	210
Age 4848	3,388	3,388	3,353	3,368	3,161	3,190	3,165	3,315	-73
Age 4949	3,512	3,403	3,344	3,412	3,361	3,150	3,187	3,144	-368
Age 5050	3,452	3,480	3,438	3,331	3,397	3,361	3,168	3,180	-272
Age 5151	3,495	3,479	3,490	3,470	3,388	3,429	3,413	3,164	-331
Age 5252	3,578	3,521	3,472	3,529	3,500	3,376	3,419	3,354	-224
Age 5353	3,472	3,611	3,554	3,531	3,520	3,561	3,384	3,428	-44
Age 5454	3,548	3,463	3,635	3,549	3,517	3,507	3,568	3,354	-194
Age 5555	3,550	3,568	3,452	3,645	3,562	3,515	3,520	3,556	6
Age 5656	3,486	3,558	3,582	3,466	3,638	3,577	3,507	3,551	65
Age 5757	3,500	3,547	3,571	3,617	3,499	3,645	3,596	3,538	38
Age 5858	3,422	3,501	3,596	3,605	3,618	3,500	3,664	3,609	187
Age 5959	3,274	3,424	3,487	3,594	3,620	3,626	3,540	3,693	419
Age 6060	3,280	3,264	3,430	3,510	3,621	3,649	3,677	3,529	249
Age 6161	3,272	3,305	3,282	3,452	3,490	3,624	3,633	3,711	439
Age 6262	3,185	3,288	3,332	3,315	3,470	3,508	3,637	3,659	474
Age 6363	3,471	3,217	3,302	3,385	3,355	3,509	3,552	3,634	163
Age 6464	2,553	3,468	3,252	3,291	3,405	3,399	3,532	3,598	1,045
Age 6565	2,477	2,534	3,466	3,244	3,288	3,382	3,435	3,530	1,053
Age 6666	2,442	2,465	2,529	3,487	3,255	3,307	3,384	3,418	976
Age 6767	2,492	2,436	2,483	2,529	3,546	3,268	3,341	3,388	896
Age 6868	2,276	2,475	2,418	2,468	2,536	3,524	3,241	3,307	1,031
Age 6969	1,994	2,267	2,443	2,397	2,458	2,520	3,473	3,199	1,205
Age 7070	1,892	1,997	2,275	2,444	2,393	2,498	2,498	3,449	1,557
Age 7171	1,818	1,864	1,948	2,249	2,395	2,336	2,436	2,429	611
Age 7272	1,677	1,777	1,818	1,922	2,223	2,334	2,310	2,378	701
Age 7373	1,610	1,650	1,764	1,787	1,902	2,195	2,293	2,288	678
Age 7474	1,601	1,582	1,628	1,712	1,737	1,841	2,155	2,236	635
Age 7575	1,555	1,546	1,529	1,563	1,652	1,696	1,776	2,086	531
Age 7676	1,341	1,520	1,498	1,482	1,534	1,623	1,636	1,734	393
Age 7777	1,310	1,282	1,478	1,417	1,418	1,472	1,567	1,555	245
Age 7878	1,309	1,285	1,254	1,437	1,379	1,402	1,432	1,535	226
Age 7979	1,215	1,277	1,244	1,210	1,398	1,368	1,354	1,367	152
Age 8080	1,218	1,189	1,245	1,209	1,174	1,370	1,336	1,310	92
Age 8181	1,133	1,131	1,122	1,194	1,167	1,102	1,291	1,253	120
Age 8282	1,118	1,065	1,071	1,068	1,141	1,107	1,032	1,236	118
Age 8383	1,153	1,049	1,006	1,008	1,032	1,070	1,053	970	-183
Age 8484	1,000	1,063	955	920	923	949	980	966	-34
Age 8585	5,667	5,866	6,122	6,180	6,247	6,249	6,253	6,300	633
Age 0517	35,394	35,420	35,510	35,584	35,320	35,505	35,428	35,320	-74