Asheville, North Carolina

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 38
|1850= 502
|1870= 1400
|1880= 2616
|1890= 10235
|1900= 14694
|1910= 18762
|1920= 28504
|1930= 50193
|1940= 51310
|1950= 53000
|1960= 60192
|1970= 57929
|1980= 54022
|1990= 61607
|2000= 68889
|2010= 83393
|2020= 94589
|estyear=2022
|estimate=93776
|estref=<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ashevillecitynorthcarolina |title=QuickFacts: Asheville city, North Carolina |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212134554/http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ashevillecitynorthcarolina |url-status=live }}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2015 |df=mdy |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717060613/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

Asheville first appeared in the 1800 U S. Census with "Ashville" as the spelling. Only 38 inhabitants were recorded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1800 Census of Population: Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1800/1800-returns.pdf |access-date=2023-03-31 |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112145437/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1800/1800-returns.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Asheville did not appear again until the 1850 U.S. Census with "Ashville" once again as the spelling. The population recorded was 502.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1850 Census of Population: North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-29.pdf |access-date=2023-03-18 |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315111526/http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-29.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Asheville did not report separately in 1860.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1860 Census of Population: North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/population/1860a-27.pdf |access-date=2023-03-18 |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401035737/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/population/1860a-27.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Asheville-Brevard CSA.png|thumb|upright=1.15|Location of the Asheville-Brevard CSA and its components: {{legend|#FF0000|Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area}} {{legend|#FFFF00|Brevard Micropolitan Statistical Area}}]]

Asheville is the larger principal city of the Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC [[Combined statistical area|Combined Statistical Area]] that includes the [[Asheville metropolitan area|Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area]] (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison counties) and the Brevard, NC [[Micropolitan statistical area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]] (Transylvania County),<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List4.txt METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526063716/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List4.txt |date=May 26, 2007}}, [[Office of Management and Budget]], May 11, 2007. Accessed 2008-08-01.</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List5.txt MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629011245/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List5.txt |date=June 29, 2007}}, [[Office of Management and Budget]], May 11, 2007. Accessed 2008-08-01.</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List6.txt COMBINED STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENT CORE BASED STATISTICAL AREAS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629011223/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List6.txt |date=June 29, 2007}}, [[Office of Management and Budget]], May 11, 2007. Accessed 2008-08-01.</ref> which had a combined population of 469,015 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=":02" />

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Asheville racial composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3702140&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=data.census.gov |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617003309/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3702140&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 70,252
| 74.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 9,752
| 10.31%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 200
| 0.21%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 1,504
| 1.59%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 255
| 0.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
| 4,969
| 5.25%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 7,657
| 8.1%
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 94,589 people, 40,340 households, and 18,902 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 68,889 people, 30,690 households and 16,726 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,683.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 33,567 housing units at an average density of {{convert|820.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial composition of the city was: 77.95% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 17.61% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or African American, 3.76% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino American]], 0.92% Asian American, 0.35% Native American, 0.06% [[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander American|Other Pacific Islander]], 1.53% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 1.58% [[Multiracial American|two or more races]].

There were 30,690 households, of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.81.

Age distribution was 19.6% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males.

The [[median household income]] was $32,772, and the median family income was $44,029. Males had a median income of $30,463, and $23,488 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,024. About 13% of families and 19% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.

===Religion===
There are a number of [[Baptist]] churches, [[Roman Catholic]], [[Methodist]], [[Lutheran]], [[Presbyterian]], and [[Church of Christ|Churches of Christ]], as well as a few non-Christian places of worship, such as Urban Dharma, a Tibetan Buddhist center of the [[Drikung Kagyu]] school.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=0&province_id=54&tradition%5B%5D=vajrayana |title=World Buddhist Directory - Presented by BuddhaNet.Net |access-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821054310/https://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=&search=Search&country_id=0&province_id=54&tradition%5B%5D=vajrayana |url-status=live }}</ref> Asheville is the headquarters of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina]], which is seated at the [[Cathedral of All Souls (Asheville, North Carolina)|Cathedral of All Souls]]. Asheville is an important city for North Carolinian Catholics, who make pilgrimages to the [[Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville|Basilica of St. Lawrence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://saintlawrencebasilica.org/pilgr |title=Pilgrimage - Jubilee Year of Mercy |website=Basilica of Saint Lawrence |access-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904015650/https://saintlawrencebasilica.org/pilgr |archive-date=September 4, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> There are several historical churches located throughout the city, including the [[First Baptist Church (Asheville, North Carolina)|First Baptist Church of Asheville]].

Asheville is also home to a number of [[atheist]], [[humanist]], and [[ethical culture]] organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://unitedcor.org/coalition-of-reason/western-north-carolina/ |title=Season of Reason - Winter 2020/21 - United CoR |access-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927172748/https://unitedcor.org/coalition-of-reason/western-north-carolina/ |url-status=live }}</ref>