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Salisbury, NC
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Living in Salisbury



Salisbury is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 35,808 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Salisbury is the 27th largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that Salisbury has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In terms of college education, Salisbury is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.53% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Salisbury in 2018 was $30,319, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,276 for a family of four. However, Salisbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Salisbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Salisbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salisbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Salisbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Salisbury include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Salisbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.