Editing Pitt County, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 8270
|1800= 9084
|1810= 9169
|1820= 10001
|1830= 12093
|1840= 11806
|1850= 13397
|1860= 16080
|1870= 17276
|1880= 21794
|1890= 25519
|1900= 30889
|1910= 36340
|1920= 45569
|1930= 54466
|1940= 61244
|1950= 63789
|1960= 69942
|1970= 73900
|1980= 90146
|1990= 107924
|2000= 133798
|2010= 168148
|2020= 170243
|estyear=2023
|estimate=175119
|estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref name="USCensus1900–1990">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref name="USCensus1990–2000">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37147.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705043654/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37147.html|archive-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pittcountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Pitt County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Pitt County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US37147&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 86,837
| 51.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 59,813
| 35.13%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 494
| 0.29%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 3,056
| 1.8%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 94
| 0.06%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 6,981
| 4.1%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 12,968
| 7.62%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 170,243 people, 70,926 households, and 41,427 families residing in the county.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 133,798 people, 52,539 households, and 32,258 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|205|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 58,408 housing units at an average density of {{convert|90|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 62.08% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 33.65% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.80% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.09% from two or more races. 3.15% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 52,539 households, out of which 29.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.40% were married couples living together, 14.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.60% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.60% under the age of 18, 17.50% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 9.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 90.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,868, and the median income for a family was $43,971. Males had a median income of $31,962 versus $25,290 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,243. About 13.50% of families and 20.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 20.20% of those age 65 or over.

As of the census of 2010, there were 168,148 people residing in Pitt County, a 25.7% increase since 2000. Females made up 52.8% of the population. Caucasians make up 58.9% of the population, followed by African-Americans at 34.1%, Asian persons at 1.6%, American Indian or Alaskan at 0.3%, Hispanic at 5.5%, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander at 0.1%. From the period of 2005 to 2009, the number of foreign-born people living in the county was at 4%.

The high school graduation rate in the county among citizens over the age of twenty-five from 2005 to 2009 was steady at 85%, while the percentage of those aged twenty-five and up with a bachelor's degree in the county was only 28.7% in the county during the same period of time.

In 2009, the median household income in Pitt County was $36,339, over $7,000 less than the North Carolina number and about 25.5% of Pitt County residents were at or below the poverty level. The per capita money income, in terms of 2009 dollars, in the past twelve months from 2005 to 2009 in Pitt County was $21,622, about $3,000 less than the North Carolina average.