Lake Royale, North Carolina Population and Demographics

Published: October 1, 2020 7:11 pm

Population, Race and Ethnicity

Lake Royale is a Census-designated place in Franklin County, North Carolina, with a population of 2,884. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 63.30% of residents identify as white, 32.80% as Black or African American, 0.00% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.40% as Asian, 0.00% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 0.00% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.50% as some other race or combination of races.

Nationally, some 61.1% of Americans identify as white, 12.3% as Black or African American, 0.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.4% as Asian, 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6% as some other race or combination of races.

Ancestry

Census respondents are also asked to report ancestry. Some of the most commonly reported ancestries in Lake Royale include Irish, German, English, Welsh, and Scotch-Irish. Measured by location quotient — comparing the Census-designated place share to the national share — some of the most highly concentrated ancestries in Census-designated place are Welsh, West Indian, and Ukrainian.

Age

The population of Lake Royale is older than the United States as a whole. The median age is 43.9 years, 6.0 years more than the national median age of 37.9 years. An estimated 22.00% of the population is 65 years and over, compared to 15.2% of the U.S. population.

Family and household composition

Family and household composition also varies heavily across the United States. In Lake Royale, 45.10% of households are occupied by married-couple families, compared to the 48.3% national figure. Some 0.00% of households are occupied by single male householders, 22.90% by single female householders, and 32.00% by non-family occupants. Nationwide, 4.9% of households are occupied by single male householders, 12.6% by single female householders, and 34.3% by non-family occupants. An estimated 70.70% of heads of household own their homes, compared to the national homeownership rate of 63.8%.

Language spoken

English is by far the most commonly spoken language in North Carolina and across the U.S. as a whole. Similarly, in Lake Royale, 100% of local residents aged 5 and up speak English exclusively, or, if they are multilingual, speak English very well. For context, 95.4% of the 5 and older population across North Carolina only speaks English, or speak it very well, and 91.5% of the same age group nationwide do.

Marital status

Residents of Lake Royale are less likely than the typical American to be married. Of all local residents aged 15 and older, 43% are currently married, compared to 48.1% of Americans nationwide in the same age group. Across North Carolina as a whole, 48.9% of residents 15 and older are married.

Divorce is more common in Lake Royale than it is across the U.S. as a whole. According to Census estimates, 13.8% of residents 15 and older are divorced — compared to 10.8% of the U.S. population in the same age group. In North Carolina, 10.8% of the 15 and older population is divorced.

An estimated 30.8% of Lake Royale residents 15 and older have never married, compared to one-third of all Americans in the same age group.

Veterans

In Lake Royale, 8.4% of the 18 and older civilian population are veterans — compared to 7.5% of adult civilians nationwide and 8.6% of the civilian population in all of North Carolina.

Educational attainment

In Lake Royale, adults are more likely to have a high school education than the typical American adult, and are also more likely to have a four-year college education. Among Lake Royale residents 25 and older, 92.70% have a high school diploma or equivalent, and 38.30% have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 87.7% and 31.5% of adults nationwide, respectively. Across North Carolina, 87.4% of adults have graduated high school, and 30.5 have a bachelor’s degree.

Poverty

Serious financial hardship is less common in Lake Royale than it is nationwide. The local poverty rate stands at 11.60%, while the national poverty rate is 14.1%. Across the state as a whole, 15.4% of the population lives below the poverty line.