Greensboro is a relatively large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 223,299 people and 64 constituent neighborhoods, Greensboro is the third largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greensboro is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greensboro is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greensboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.76%), sales jobs (12.37%), and management occupations (10.05%).

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

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Greensboro really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Greensboro is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Greensboro more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Greensboro's character and quality of life.

Greensboro Information and Demographics

The population of Greensboro is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 33.92% of adults in Greensboro have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greensboro in 2000 was $22,986, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,944 for a family of four.

Greensboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greensboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Greensboro is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Greensboro include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Greensboro is English. Some people also speak Spanish.