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83 48 287 96 665 0 77 1 91 3 37 5 36 8 56 native hawaiian or pacific islander alone nh x 51 x 52 178 317 453 x x 0 03 0 04 0 04 other race alone nh 963 222 842 1 755 6 210 0 32 0 05 0 13 0 19 0 55 mixed race or multiracial nh x 53 x 54 8 029 16 846 45 526 x x 1 28 1 87 4 03 hispanic or latino any race 2 385 5 396 33 985 87 922 128 241 0 79 1 27 5 41 9 76 11 35 total 301 327 423 380 627 846 900 993 1 129 410 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 2018 census estimate edit according to the 2018 census estimate 55 the median income for a household in the county was 54 988 and for a family was 67 149 males had a median income of 44 472 versus 31 579 for females the per capita income for the county was 27 004 about 4 90 of families and 7 80 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 60 of those under age 18 and 8 90 of those age 65 or over in wake county 29 of the population is affiliated with the southern baptist convention 22 are affiliated with the catholic church 17 are affiliated with the united methodist church 6 are affiliated with the presbyterian church usa and 27 are religiously affiliated with other denominations or religions or are not religiously affiliated 2025 census estimate edit according to 2025 united states census data wake county s estimated 2025 total population was 1 261 494 with a growth rate of 2 36 in the previous year 56 law and government edit further information list of sheriffs of wake county north carolina north carolina state capitol north carolina state legislative building the county is governed by the wake county board of commissioners a seven member board of county commissioners elected at large to serve four year terms 57 despite being selected by the whole county each commissioner represents a district in which they live 58 terms are staggered so that every two years three or four commissioners are up for election the commissioners enact policies such as the establishment of the property tax rate regulation of land use and zoning outside municipal jurisdictions and adoption of the annual budget commissioners meet on the first and third mondays of each month 57 county voters also elect a register of deeds who is responsible for maintaining legal records including property deeds birth certificates and marriage licenses 58 the first professional county manager was hired in 1965 9 wake county is a member of the regional central pines regional council politics edit for much of the 20th century wake county was politically dominated by conservative democrats many of them wealthy raleighites by the 1980s enough socially liberal democrat and republican professionals from the north had relocated to the county to break down this system of affairs 59 in 1994 republicans won their first majority on the county commission in over 100 years 60 in 2009 republicans won a majority on the wake county board of education their majority lasted only two years due to several controversies including a student reassignment plan and democrats retook control of the board in 2011 61 in 2008 the county swung hard to barack obama who defeated john mccain 56 to 43 percent obama became the first democrat since lyndon johnson to win a majority of the county s vote in 2012 obama won wake county again over mitt romney with 54 percent of the vote to romney s 44 percent the first time in almost half a century that a democrat carried the county in consecutive elections obama s performance in wake mirrored his strong showing along interstate 85 in 2016 democratic nominee hillary clinton won the county 57 percent to donald trump s 37 percent and in 2020 joe biden won the county with 62 percent of the vote to donald trump s 36 percent reflecting the nationwide shift towards democrats in urban and suburban areas 62 63 biden s margin was the largest for a democrat in the county since 1948 trump was the first republican in over 60 years to fail to receive at least 40 percent of the county s vote united states presidential election results for wake county north carolina 64 year republican democratic third party ies no no no 1876 4 441 50 72 4 315 49 28 0 0 00 1880 4 622 51 46 4 359 48 54 0 0 00 1884 4 291 47 45 4 750 52 52 3 0 03 1888 5 029 52 23 4 511 46 85 89 0 92 1892 1 987 22 98 3 724 43 07 2 935 33 95 1896 4 675 46 19 5 396 53 31 50 0 49 1900 3 947 45 18 4 774 54 65 15 0 17 1904 1 267 26 96 3 410 72 55 23 0 49 1908 2 961 44 30 3 713 55 55 10 0 15 1912 282 4 86 3 996 68 81 1 529 26 33 1916 2 461 34 70 4 627 65 23 5 0 07 1920 3 653 31 29 8 020 68 71 0 0 00 1924 2 975 25 14 8 376 70 77 485 4 10 1928 6 720 41 84 9 341 58 16 0 0 00 1932 2 170 12 56 14 863 86 02 246 1 42 1936 2 456 11 01 19 850 88 99 0 0 00 1940 2 665 12 84 18 083 87 16 0 0 00 1944 3 996 18 13 18 050 81 87 0 0 00 1948 4 850 19 86 17 939 73 45 1 634 6 69 1952 15 057 39 16 23 393 60 84 0 0 00 1956 15 194 40 39 22 427 59 61 0 0 00 1960 18 436 41 44 26 050 58 56 0 0 00 1964 22 542 41 59 31 653 58 41 0 0 00 1968 28 928 43 08 20 979 31 24 17 250 25 69 1972 56 808 70 32 22 807 28 23 1 174 1 45 1976 44 291 49 89 44 005 49 57 479 0 54 1980 49 768 47 31 49 003 46 58 6 422 6 10 1984 81 251 61 61 50 323 38 16 297 0 23 1988 81 613 56 87 61 352 42 75 539 0 38 1992 86 798 41 84 88 979 42 89 31 690 15 27 1996 108 780 48 18 103 574 45 88 13 401 5 94 2000 142 494 53 13 123 466 46 03 2 260 0 84 2004 177 324 50 83 169 909 48 71 1 611 0 46 2008 187 001 42 28 250 891 56 73 4 353 0 98 2012 211 596 43 50 267 262 54 94 7 569 1 56 2016 196 082 37 16 302 736 57 38 28 806 5 46 2020 226 197 35 80 393 336 62 25 12 297 1 95 2024 236 735 36 22 402 984 61 66 13 861 2 12 democrats fared well in wake county during the 2008 election in the 1998 senate race john edwards won in wake county which helped him defeat incumbent republican lauch faircloth in 2000 mike easley won the governor s race here with 55 of the vote in 2004 easley won again winning with 59 percent to 40 percent for opponent patrick ballantine democrat beverly perdue won wake county in the 2008 governor s election by a 51 to 45 percent margin in 2002 republican candidate for u s senate elizabeth dole defeated democrat erskine bowles with 55 of the vote in wake county and won by a large margin statewide however in 2004 bowles won the county with 52 percent despite losing statewide to richard burr by the same margin in 2008 kay hagan defeated dole 56 to 40 percent democratic strength is concentrated primarily in raleigh and the towns of cary apex and morrisville republican strength is concentrated in the rural and exurban areas in the northern and southeastern parts of the county the towns of wake forest and fuquay varina are mostly home to swing voters 65 economy edit wake county s economy is heavily influenced by the research triangle park rtp located between durham and raleigh rtp is the country s largest industrial park and a primary center in the united states for high tech and biotech research as well as textile development the park is home to more than 160 companies employing over 50 000 people 66 the largest employers in the park include ibm 11 000 employees glaxosmithkline 6 400 employees and cisco systems 3 400 employees 67 wake county s industrial base includes electrical medical electronic and telecommunications equipment clothing and apparel food processing paper products and pharmaceuticals the agriculture industry is visible in rural areas of the county with tobacco cotton wheat soybeans and corn being the most common products grown sas institute one of the largest privately held software companies in the world 68 is located in cary and raleigh is home to the headquarters of fortune 500 retailer advance auto parts other major companies based in wake county include a10 networks verizon 3dsolve carquest butterball cotton incorporated epic games lord corporation lenovo group u s headquarters tekelec red hat golden corral and martin marietta materials in 2007 forbes magazine listed raleigh and cary among the best cities to find jobs in the united states 69 as well as being the area ranked as the best place for business and careers 70 also in 2007 cnn ranked the region as the third best area for job growth the top region for technology workers 71 and bizjournals com ranked it as the fourth best place for young adult job seekers 72 on april 26 2021 apple inc announced that they would build a 1 billion hub in the wake county portion of the research triangle park it is expected to house a 1 000 000 square foot facility and hire more than 3 000 people with a minimum average salary of 185 000 per year 73 transportation edit major highways edit i 40 is the only major interstate highway that runs through the county it offers direct access to raleigh durham international airport cary garner morrisville and raleigh it has two auxiliary routes in wake county i 440 is the northern western and eastern portion of the beltline that encircles most of central raleigh it passes through the urban midtown north hills raleigh area in the northern part of the freeway and passes alongside the lenovo center as well as the carter finley stadium to the west the southern portion of the beltline is i 40 i 540 nc 540 toll is a 66 mile 106 km partially completed loop that currently connects the satellite towns of knightdale cary morrisville apex and holly springs the completed portion in northern wake county is called the northern wake expressway i 540 it continues as a non interstate route nc 540 in western wake county almost all of which is a toll road the remaining segments to be constructed will also be designated as nc 540 and will be tolled with an approximate cost of 2 2 billion and will be finishing construction by 2029 it will bypass clayton to the south and go through knightdale meeting current i 540 at i 87 74 i 42 is a partially completed highway that currently exists in clayton nc and goldsboro nc beginning at the i 40 nc 540 i 42 turbine interchange with future plans to connect all portions to the northern carteret bypass just north of beaufort nc providing a 137 mile route all sections of us 70 that i 42 will run through are currently being converted to interstate standards and will be projected to fully open by 2032 75 i 87 future i 87 will hopefully connect i 40 to norfolk virginia its wake county section is concurrent with u s 64 the highway is currently signed as i 87 only where it already meets interstate standards along the raleigh beltline where its southern terminus is at i 440 s exit 16 and i 40 s exit 301 and along the knightdale bypass which runs from i 440 to the business 64 exit between knightdale and wendell east of this point the road is a controlled access freeway but does not meet interstate standards so it is marked with future i 87 signs the future designation will be removed as the road is eventually upgraded by improving the road s shoulders which are currently too narrow to qualify for an interstate highway designation there is no timetable for these improvements 76 interstate 87 will run along the same routing and will eventually will be extended along us 64 us 17 and other roads some yet to be built to norfolk future i 587 is a spur route from i 87 projected to extend from zebulon nc into the wilson nc area the total length of the freeway including the already existing segment from wilson to greenville nc will be 56 miles with the final auxiliary route projected to fully open by 2026 77 i 885 nc 885 toll originally nc 147 toll us 1 us 64 us 64 bus us 70 us 70 bus us 264 us 401 us 401 bus nc 39 nc 42 nc 50 nc 54 nc 55 nc 96 nc 97 nc 98 nc 98 bus nc 231 bicycles routes edit the mountain to sea north carolina bicycle route 2 travels through wake county as does the maine to florida u s bicycle route 1 north carolina bicycle route 5 the cape fear run connects apex to the coastal city of wilmington major infrastructure edit raleigh durham international airport is located in the center of research triangle park cary station gotriangle operates buses that serve the region and connect to municipal bus systems in raleigh durham cary and chapel hill new hope valley railway north carolina state fair station seasonal amtrak station that serves the north carolina state fair in october raleigh durham international airport located in northwestern wake county off interstate 40 the airport offers service to more than 35 domestic and international destinations 78 the airport currently serves more than 14 million passengers a year 79 raleigh union station triple w airport 80 education edit higher education edit north carolina state university memorial belltower wake county is home to eight institutions of higher learning they include meredith college north carolina state university campbell university s norman adrian wiggins school of law peace college saint augustine s college shaw university southeastern baptist theological seminary and wake technical community college the state library of north carolina is an institution which serves north carolina libraries state government employees genealogists and the citizens of north carolina there are two locations in raleigh primary and secondary education edit public education in wake county is administered by the wake county public school system the 15th largest public school district in the country with over 155 000 students 81 there are 27 high schools 33 middle schools 104 elementary schools and eight specialized schools in addition nine charter schools and 31 private schools are located in the county libraries edit the wake county public library system operates 22 branches throughout the county there are 11 facilities in raleigh cary and apex each have two facilities holly springs fuquay varina garner wake forest zebulon knightdale and wendell each have one library facility the wake county library system keeps books periodicals and audio books and has recently expanded the selection to include downloadable e books 82 healthcare edit wake county is served by three healthcare systems wakemed health hospitals unc rex healthcare and duke raleigh hospital in addition to wakemed s raleigh main campus the system operates two community hospitals a rehabilitation hospital a mental health hospital and four outpatient healthplexes with full service ers in the county 83 culture edit museums edit north carolina museum of art north carolina museum of natural sciences north carolina museum of history city of raleigh museum marbles kids museum j c raulston arboretum joel lane house page walker hotel mordecai house north carolina railroad museum pope house museum contemporary art museum of raleigh performing arts edit a number of outdoor concert venues regularly host major international touring acts among these are coastal credit union music park located in southeast raleigh red hat amphitheater located in downtown raleigh koka booth amphitheatre located in cary and the north carolina museum of art s amphitheater located in west raleigh numerous smaller theaters and clubs 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