Editing Yancey County, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 5962
|1850= 8205
|1860= 8655
|1870= 5909
|1880= 7694
|1890= 9490
|1900= 11464
|1910= 12072
|1920= 15093
|1930= 14486
|1940= 17202
|1950= 16306
|1960= 14008
|1970= 12629
|1980= 14934
|1990= 15419
|2000= 17774
|2010= 17818
|2020= 18470
|estyear=2023
|estimate=18938
|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 20, 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 20, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{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 20, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{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 20, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37199.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yanceycountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Yancey County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Yancey County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US37199&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 19, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 16,625
| 90.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 104
| 0.56%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 57
| 0.31%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 40
| 0.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 627
| 3.39%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 1,016
| 5.5%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 18,470 people, 7,510 households, and 5,081 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 17,774 people, 7,472 households, and 5,372 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|57|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 9,729 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.99% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.57% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.34% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.41% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.56% from two or more races. 2.69% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 7,472 households, out of which 27.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.20% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.20% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 27.10% from 45 to 64, and 18.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,674, and the median income for a family was $35,879. Males had a median income of $26,800 versus $20,885 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,335. About 10.90% of families and 15.80% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.10% of those under age 18 and 16.30% of those age 65 or over.

===Ancestry===
As of 2015, the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Yancey County were:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP02/0500000US37199 |title=American FactFinder - Results |access-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213040708/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP02/0500000US37199 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Largest ancestries (2015) !! Percent
|-
| [[English Americans|English]] {{flagicon|England}}||16.4%
|-
| [[American ancestry|American]] {{flagicon|United States}} || 16.2%
|-
| [[German Americans|German]] {{flagicon|Germany}} || 15.1%
|-
| [[Irish Americans|Irish]] {{flagicon|Ireland}} || 12.8%
|-
| [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]] {{flagicon|Scotland}} || 5.8%
|-
| [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]] {{flagicon|Ulster}} || 4.8%
|-
| [[Welsh Americans|Welsh]] {{flagicon|Wales}} || 2.0%
|-
| [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]] {{flagicon|Netherlands}} || 1.5%
|-
| [[French Americans|French]] (except [[Basques|Basque]]) {{flagicon|France}} || 1.1%
|-
| [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]] {{flagicon|Sweden}} || 0.9%
|}