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| Wake Forest |
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| Population 2002: | 14,634 |
| Population 2000: | 12,588 |
| Area codes: | 919 |
| Elevation: | 395 feet |
| Land area: | 7.8 square miles |
| Foreign born: | 5.7% (1.7% Asia, 1.5% Latin America, 1.0% Africa, 1.0% Europe) |
| Population growth: | +2,046 (+16.25%) |
| County: | Wake |
| Industries: | Educational,health and social services (20.5%), Manufacturing (14.0%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (13.1%), Retail trade (11.0%). |
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| Races |
| White Non-Hispanic: | 78.6% |
| Black: | 15.8% |
| Hispanic: | 2.1% |
| Two or more races: | 1.6% |
| Other race: | 0.8% |
| American Indian: | 0.6% |
| Korean: | 0.6% |
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| Marital Status |
| Now married: | 63.9% |
| Never married: | 21.5% |
| Divorced: | 7.6% |
| Widowed: | 4.4% |
| Separated: | 2.6% |
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| Median |
| House value: | $143,500 |
| Household income: | $52,307 |
| Resident age: | 31.5 years |
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| Wake Forest Compared to North Carolina State Average |
| House age: | much below |
| Hispanic race population percentage: | much below |
| Black race population percentage: | much above |
| Unemployed percentage: | much below |
| Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher: | above |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | below |
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| Education |
| High school or higher: | 89.3% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 43.0% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 10.7% |
| Unemployed: | 2.3% |
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| Crime Statistics |
| 2002 larceny counts: | 286 (2198.1 per 100,000) |
| 2002 crime index: | 227.9 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime |
| 2002 burglaries: | 87 (668.7 per 100,000) |
| 2002 assaults: | 26 (199.8 per 100,000) |
| 2002 robberies: | 14 (107.6 per 100,000) |
| 2002 auto thefts: | 12 (92.2 per 100,000) |
| 2002 rapes: | 2 (15.4 per 100,000) |
| 2002 murders: | none |
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| Ancestries |
| United States: | 13.4% |
| English: | 13.4% |
| German: | 12.6% |
| Irish: | 10.7% |
| Italian: | 5.8% |
| Scotch-Irish: | 3.6% |