The Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, is an area consisting of four counties in western

Western North Carolina

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 North Carolina

North Carolina

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. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, the MSA had a population of 369,171 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 412,672).

Counties

• Buncombe
  Buncombe County, North Carolina
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 206,330 people, 85,776 households, and 55,668 families residing in the county. The population density was 314 people per square mile . There were 93,973 housing units at an average density of 143 per square mile...
  
  
• Haywood
  Haywood County, North Carolina
  -National protected areas:* Blue Ridge Parkway * Great Smoky Mountains National Park * Pisgah National Forest -Major Highways & Roads:* Interstate 40* U.S. Highway 19* U.S. Highway 23* U.S. Highway 74* U.S...
  
  
• Henderson
  Henderson County, North Carolina
  Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is part of the Asheville, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2008, the population was 102,367. Its county seat is Hendersonville.- History :...
  
  
• Madison
  Madison County, North Carolina
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,635 people, 8,000 households, and 5,592 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 9,722 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...
  
  

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants

• Asheville
  Asheville, North Carolina
  Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...
  
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Places with 5,000 to 15,000 inhabitants

• Black Mountain
  Black Mountain, North Carolina
  Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,511 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for the Black Mountain range of the Blue Ridge range in the Southern Appalachians.-History:Black...
  
  
• Hendersonville
  Hendersonville, North Carolina
  Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, USA, southeast of Asheville. In 1900, 1,917 persons lived in Hendersonville; in 1910, 2,818; and in 1940, 5,381 people lived here. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,223, up fivefold in one century. It is the county...
  
  
• Mills River
  Mills River, North Carolina
  Mills River is a town located in Henderson County, North Carolina . It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.It lies in the northwestern part of the county, covering roughly , and located near Etowah and Fletcher...
  
  
• Waynesville
  Waynesville, North Carolina
  Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about or 50 km southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue...
  
  

Places with 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants

• Canton
  Canton, North Carolina
  Canton is the second largest town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is located about west of Asheville, North Carolina and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named after the city of Canton, Ohio.- History :...
  
  
• East Flat Rock
  East Flat Rock, North Carolina
  East Flat Rock is a census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,151 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Etowah
  Etowah, North Carolina
  Etowah is a census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,766 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Etowah is located at ....
  
  
• Flat Rock
  Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina
  Flat Rock is a village in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,565 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Flat Rock Historic District.- Culture :Flat Rock is...
  
  
• Fletcher
  Fletcher, North Carolina
  Fletcher is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,185 at the 2000 census.Fletcher is home to Asheville Regional Airport, which serves Western North Carolina...
  
  
• Lake Junaluska
  Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
  Lake Junaluska is a census-designated place in Haywood County, North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,675 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Swannanoa
  Swannanoa, North Carolina
  Swannanoa is a census-designated place in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,526 in 2007. The community is named for the Swannanoa River, which flows through the settlement. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.Swannanoa is located between...
  
  
• Weaverville
  Weaverville, North Carolina
  Weaverville is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,646 in 2007. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Weaverville is located at ....
  
  
• Woodfin
  Woodfin, North Carolina
  Woodfin is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,464 in 2008. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Town of Woodfin is named in honor of Nicholas Washington Woodfin, a renowned lawyer and statesman of early North Carolina, under whom...
  
  

Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants

• Avery Creek
  Avery Creek, North Carolina
  Avery Creek is a census-designated place in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,539 in 2007. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Avery Creek is located at ....
  
  
• Balfour
  Balfour, North Carolina
  Balfour is a census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,200 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Balfour is located at ....
  
  
• Barker Heights
  Barker Heights, North Carolina
  Barker Heights is a census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,237 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Bent Creek
• Biltmore Forest
  Biltmore Forest, North Carolina
  Biltmore Forest is an affluent town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,559 in 2008. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Biltmore Forest is located at ....
  
  
• Clyde
  Clyde, North Carolina
  Clyde is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The 200 census recorded the population at 1,324 people. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Clyde is located at ....
  
  
• Fairview
• Laurel Park
  Laurel Park, North Carolina
  Laurel Park is a town in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,835 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Laurel Park is located at ....
  
  
• Mars Hill
  Mars Hill, North Carolina
  Mars Hill is a town in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Mars Hill College, which is named after the town. The town is located approximately one mile west of Interstate 26, and due north of Asheville, western North...
  
  
• Mountain Home
  Mountain Home, North Carolina
  Mountain Home is a census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,169 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Valley Hill
  Valley Hill, North Carolina
  Valley Hill is a census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,137 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  
• West Canton
  West Canton, North Carolina
  West Canton is a census-designated place in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,156 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

• Hot Springs
  Hot Springs, North Carolina
  Hot Springs is a town in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 645 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Hot Springs is located at ....
  
  
• Maggie Valley
  Maggie Valley, North Carolina
  Maggie Valley is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 607 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park.Maggie Valley is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Marshall
  Marshall, North Carolina
  Marshall is a town in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 840 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County.Marshall is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Marshall is located at ....
  
  
• Montreat
  Montreat, North Carolina
  Montreat is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 696 in 2008. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Saluda
  Saluda, North Carolina
  The City of Saluda is located in both Henderson and Polk counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 713 at the 2010 census. Saluda is famous for sitting at the top of the Norfolk Southern Railway's Saluda Grade, the steepest main line standard gauge railroad line east of the...
  
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Unincorporated places

• Arden
  Arden, North Carolina
  Arden is an unincorporated area located in southern Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the United States. Arden is approximately considered the area between Skyland and Fletcher near the Henderson County line. Arden's ZIP Code is 28704...
  
  
• Barnardsville
  Barnardsville, North Carolina
  Barnardsville is an unincorporated community that was a small town in Buncombe County , North Carolina, USA, near Asheville until its disincorporation in 1970. It is located at Latitude 35.762741 Longitude -82.433296 and has a population of 1,647. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan...
  
  
• Bat Cave
  Bat Cave, North Carolina
  Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Breakaway
• Candler
  Candler, North Carolina
  Candler is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It lies on North Carolina Highway 151 and U.S. Routes 19, 23, and 74 Business, at an elevation of 2139 feet . The ZIP code of Candler is 28715. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical...
  
  
• Chesnut Hill
  Chestnut Hill, Henderson County, North Carolina
  Chestnut Hill is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina. It lies at an elevation of 2,667 feet . The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Gerton
  Gerton, North Carolina
  Gerton is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It lies on U.S. Route 74 Alternate, at an elevation of . The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Joe
  Joe, North Carolina
  Joe, North Carolina, is an unincorporated area south-southwest of Hot Springs, in Madison County, North Carolina. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-References:...
  
  
• Jupiter
  Jupiter, North Carolina
  Jupiter, North Carolina is an unincorporated settlement in northwestern Buncombe County, North Carolina off of U.S. Highway 25/70, and Interstate 26. It was disincorporated in 1970. It lies at an elevation of 2165 feet .-References:...
  
  
• Leicester
  Leicester, North Carolina
  Leicester is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina ; although incorporating was proposed in 2007, the proposal never passed. Leicester is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2007, Leicester population is 12,514 people...
  
  
• Luck
  Luck, North Carolina
  Luck is an unincorporated place in Madison County, North Carolina on North Carolina Highway 209, south of Trust. It lies at an elevation of 2556 feet . The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
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• Petersburg
  Petersburg, Madison County, North Carolina
  Petersburg is an unincorporated community on North Carolina Highway 213, in south-central Madison County, North Carolina. It lies at an elevation of 1991 feet . The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• Ridgecrest
  Ridgecrest, North Carolina
  Ridgecrest is an unincorporated settlement in eastern Buncombe County, North Carolina, off Interstate 40/U.S. Route 70. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Skyland
  Skyland, North Carolina
  Skyland is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is on U.S. Route 25, where North Carolina Highway 146 starts, east of Interstate 26. It is north of Royal Pines, south of Biltmore Forest, and a suburb of Asheville....
  
  
• Trust
  Trust, North Carolina
  Trust is an unincorporated place in Madison County, North Carolina located at the western terminus of North Carolina Highway 63, on North Carolina Highway 209, north of Luck. It lies at an elevation of 2398 feet . The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Trust...
  
  
• Walnut
  Walnut, North Carolina
  Walnut is an unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, located on U.S. Route 25/70, northwest of Marshall. It lies at an elevation of 1942 feet . The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 369,171 people, 154,290 households, and 103,653 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 91.49% White, 5.15% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.33% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.15% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,921, and the median income for a family was $41,952. Males had a median income of $30,308 versus $23,069 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the MSA was $19,031.

Combined Statistical Area

The Asheville-Brevard Combined Statistical Area is made up of five counties in western North Carolina. The statistical area includes the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Brevard Micropolitan Statistical Area

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Transylvania County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2010, the population was 33,090. Its county seat is Brevard.- History :The county was formed in 1861 from parts of Henderson County and Jackson County...

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See also

• North Carolina census statistical areas
  North Carolina census statistical areas
  The United States Census Bureau has defined 5 Combined Statistical Areas , 15 Metropolitan Statistical Areas , and 26 Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the State of North Carolina. The following table describes these areas with the following information:*The name of the Combined Statistical Area...
  
  
• List of cities, towns, and villages in North Carolina
• List of unincorporated communities in North Carolina