Editing Cary, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 316
| 1890 = 423
| 1900 = 333
| 1910 = 383
| 1920 = 645
| 1930 = 909
| 1940 = 1141
| 1950 = 1446
| 1960 = 3356
| 1970 = 7686
| 1980 = 21763
| 1990 = 43858
| 2000 = 94536
| 2010 = 135234
| 2020 = 174721
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 180010
| estref = <ref name="US Census-2024" />
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/decennial-census |access-date=May 19, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />2020<ref name="US Census-2023" />
}}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 174,721 residents of Cary residing in 62,789 households.<ref name="US Census-2023">{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts: Cary town, North Carolina |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/carytownnorthcarolina |access-date=May 16, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Census-2020-Profile" /> The population density of Cary is 2,949.7 people per {{Convert|1|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}, versus 1,353.3 for Wake County and 214.7 for North Carolina.<ref name="US Census-2023" /><ref name="US Census-2023b" /><ref name="US Census-2023a" />

According to the [[American Community Survey]], an estimated 68.4% of adults in Cary age 25 years or older have a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile" /> In addition, 98.6% of Cary's households are estimated to have a computer, and 96.0% have broadband.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile" /><ref name="US Census-2023" />

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Cary, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the U.S. census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web |title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Cary town, North Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US3710740&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name="2010CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cary town, North Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3710740&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cary town, North Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3710740&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|75,299
|93,202
|style='background: #ffffe6; |99,357
|79.65%
|68.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.87%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5,744
|10,485
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,506
|6.08%
|7.75%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.73%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|197
|284
|style='background: #ffffe6; |302
|0.21%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|7,636
|17,620
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39,035
|8.08%
|13.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22.34%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|25
|39
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76
|0.03%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|173
|334
|style='background: #ffffe6; |969
|0.18%
|0.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.55%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|1,415
|2,906
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,100
|1.50%
|2.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.06%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|4,047
|10,364
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,376
|4.28%
|7.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.23%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''94,536'''
|'''135,234'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''174,721'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

During the 1970s and 1980s, the high number of non-native-born North Carolinians moving to the town for employment in the Research Triangle Park led native-born North Carolinians to refer to Cary derisively as "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wolfram |first1=Walt |last2=Reaser |first2=Jeffrey |title=Talkin' Tar Heel: How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |date=2014 |location=Chapel Hill |page=80 |isbn=978-1-4696-1437-3}}</ref> As of the 2020 Census, 28.97% of Cary's population was born in North Carolina, 77.87% were born in the United States, and 22.13% were foreign-born.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile" />