Morehead City, North Carolina

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 316
|1870= 267
|1880= 520
|1890= 1064
|1900= 1379
|1910= 2039
|1920= 2958
|1930= 3483
|1940= 3695
|1950= 5144
|1960= 5583
|1970= 5233
|1980= 4359
|1990= 6046
|2000= 7691
|2010= 8661
|2020= 9556
|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}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Morehead City racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3744320&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-24|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 7,492
| 78.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 738
| 7.72%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 39
| 0.41%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 123
| 1.29%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 3
| 0.03%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 420
| 4.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 741
| 7.75%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 9,556 people, 4,428 households, and 2,276 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 7,691 people, 3,597 households, and 1,985 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,507.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,296 housing units at an average density of {{convert|842.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 81.71% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 13.98% Black (U.S. Census), 0.66% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.77% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.72% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.34% of the population.

There were 3,597 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.9% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.8% were non-families. 39.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the town the age distribution of the population shows 20.2% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,737, and the median income for a family was $39,290. Males had a median income of $26,852 versus $21,995 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,138. About 12.1% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.7% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.