Greensboro is a large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 302,296 people and 81 associated neighborhoods, Greensboro is the third largest community in North Carolina.Greensboro is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greensboro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greensboro who work in office and administrative support (12.22%), sales jobs (11.08%), and management occupations (8.96%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.66% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In addition, Greensboro is a major college town. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Greensboro have a strong influence on the local culture and music scene. In fact, Greensboro is one of only a few big cities that are also major college towns. This combination of big city status and thousands of college students gives Greensboro, on one hand, a sophisticated style, while on the other also providing lots of diversions and entertainment for students. In fact, Greensboro is one of the biggest "college towns" in America. This elevates both the status of the city and the knowledge sector of the local economy, which is sustained by a steady output of new college graduates every spring. The education level of Greensboro citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.92% of adults in Greensboro have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Greensboro in 2022 was $34,209, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,836 for a family of four. However, Greensboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Greensboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greensboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greensboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Greensboro include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Greensboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
