The Asheville metropolitan area is a

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centered on the principal city of

Asheville, North Carolina Asheville ( ) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad River, French Broad and Swannanoa River, Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populou ...

. The U.S.

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defines the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used by the

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and other entities, as comprising the four counties of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison. The area's population was 424,858 according to the 2010 census, and 469,454 according to the 2020 census.

Counties

* Buncombe * Haywood * Henderson * Madison *

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Communities

Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants

* Asheville (principal city)

Places with 5,000 to 75,000 inhabitants

* Black Mountain * Brevard * East Flat Rock * Etowah * Fletcher * Hendersonville * Mills River * Swannanoa * Waynesville * Woodfin

Places with 2,500 to 5,000 inhabitants

* Canton * Flat Rock * Lake Junaluska * Weaverville

Places with 1,000 to 2,500 inhabitants

* Avery Creek * Balfour * Barker Heights * Bent Creek * Biltmore Forest * Clyde * Fairview * Laurel Park * Maggie Valley * Mars Hill * Mountain Home * Valley Hill * West Canton

Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants

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* Marshall * Montreat * Rosman * Saluda (partial)

Unincorporated places

* Arden * Barnardsville * Bat Cave * Breakaway * Candler * Chesnut Hill * Gerton * Joe *

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* Petersburg * Pisgah Forest * Ridgecrest * Skyland * Trust * Walnut

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 369,171 people, 154,290 households, and 103,653 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 91.49%

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, 5.15%

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, 0.37% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 0.03%

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, 1.33% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.15% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $34,921, and the median income for a family was $41,952. Males had a median income of $30,308 versus $23,069 for females. The

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for the MSA was $19,031.

Combined statistical area

The Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard, NC Combined Statistical Area is made up of five counties in western North Carolina. The statistical area includes the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Brevard, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.

References

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