St. Stephens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, St. Stephens had a population of 8,852. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Geography
St. Stephens is located in northern Catawba County. It is bordered on the west by the city of Hickory, on the south by the city of Conover, and on the north by Alexander County, separated from St. Stephens by Lake Hickory on the Catawba River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.09%, is water. The area of the CDP has declined from at the 2000 census due to annexation by the neighboring cities.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, St. Stephens had a population of 8,852. The median age was 41.0 years. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.3 males age 18 and over.
96.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.7% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,466 households in St. Stephens, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.3% were married-couple households, 18.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 5,945
| 67.16%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 351
| 3.97%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 26
| 0.29%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 501
| 5.66%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 1
| 0.01%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 405
| 4.58%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 1,623
| 18.33%
|}
2000 census
As of the census
St. Stephens Elementary School of Catawba County Schools has a Conover postal address, while it is physically is in the Hickory city limits and not the Conover city limits. St. Stephens ES's feeder middle and high schools are H.M. Arndt Middle School and St. Stephens High School.