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Swain County, NC

People
Population14,013B01003
Population, 2020 census14,117P1
Median age42.6B01002
Under 1820.8%B01001
65 and over19.9%B01001
Households6,013B11001
Foreign born2.8%B05002
Money
Median household income$52,349B19013
Median family income$69,141B19113
Per capita income$31,803B19301
Poverty rate19.1%B17001
Unemployment rate7.6%B23025
Civilian labor force6,560B23025
Mean commute (minutes)20.5B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher21.4%B15003
Housing
Housing units8,629B25001
Owner-occupied72.7%B25003
Renters27.3%B25003
Median home value$207,000B25077
Median gross rent$742B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic59.2%B03002
Black2.6%B03002
Hispanic or Latino5.5%B03002
Asian0.5%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native27.3%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 72% of North Carolina's ($72,388); poverty 19.1% against 13.0%; 0.1% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9401: 4,505Census Tract 9602: 3,224Census Tract 9603.01: 3,442Census Tract 9603.02: 2,786Census Tract 9802: 56CherokeeBryson CityZIP 28713: 101 nonprofits, $16,183,361ZIP 28719: 69 nonprofits, $23,732,300Population (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,7862,786 to 3,2243,224 to 3,442over 3,442nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Swain County, NC

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits170$39,915,661 revenue (latest return)CHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC ($9,791,468)
Nonprofit contractors15$8,669,240 paid by nonprofitsTNT Construction ($2,590,340)
Form D issuers1$3,000,921 amount soldNANTAHALA OUTDOOR CENTER INC ($3,000,921)
Political committees2RICK BRYSON FOR CONGRESS
Form 5500 plan sponsors2536 plansEASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS (4)
Open Payments recipients43$54,241 industry paymentsDAVID A JOHNSTON ($9,364)
Patent and trademark owners2749 patents and marksNantahala Outdoor Center, Inc. (5)
Federal award recipients762$1,926,094,729 federal awardsEASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS ($1,464,238,314)
State business registrations52KADIMOTO ENTERPRISE LLC

Cross-reference: 170 nonprofits for 14,013 residents is 121.3 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $39,915,661 is $2,848 per resident, 12.7% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1RICHARD BUNIOMEMBERCHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$410,22420247.8x
2BOBBIE RAINESEXECUTIVE DIRECTORCHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC$325,09120246.2x
3CASEY COOPERMEMBERCHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$324,86520246.2x
4MICHELE HOUSTONTREASURERCHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$186,72520243.6x
5RUSS SEAGLEEXECUTIVE DISEQUOYAH FUND INC$182,64420243.5x
6KIMLYN LAMBERTCHAIRVOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF CHEROKEE INC$182,49320223.5x
7LATONNA PLUMMEREXECUTIVE DIVOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF CHEROKEE INC$150,93920242.9x
8Shana Bushyhead CondillExecutive DirectorMUSEUM OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN$144,27020242.8x
9Ricardo BelloExecutive DirectorUNIDXS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$135,78720252.6x
10JAMES BURNSTREASURER (TERM. 10/2020)CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$134,73520202.6x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $52,349.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 5 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 94014,505$63,25319.0%35.2
Census Tract 9603.013,442$57,16714.0%47.7
Census Tract 96023,224$42,94622.7%37.9
Census Tract 9603.022,786$49,89621.7%48.7
Census Tract 980256$-666,666,6660.0%-666666666.0

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0