Durham, North Carolina
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| Nickname : Bull City, City of Medicine | |||
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| Location in North Carolina | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | North Carolina | ||
| County : | Durham County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 59 ′ N , 78 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
263,016 (as of 2016) 559,535 (as of 2016) |
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| Population density : | 1,073.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 245.8 km 2 (approx. 95 mi 2 ) of which 245.1 km 2 (approx. 95 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 123 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 27701-27713, 27715, 27717, 27722 | ||
| Area code : | +1 919 | ||
| FIPS : | 37-19000 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1020059 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.durham.nc.us | ||
| Mayor : | Steve Schewel | ||
 Durham County Courthouse |
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Durham is a city in central, northern North Carolina . It is the county seat of Durham County .
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 2000 | 187,950 |
| 2010 | 228.418 |
| 2016 | 263.016 |
¹ 2000–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
Demographics
According to the census of 2000 , 187,035 inhabitants, 74,981 households and 43,563 families lived here. The population density is 763.1 / km 2 . 45.51% are white, 43.81% are African American, 0.31% are Native American and 3.64% are of Asian origin. 8.56% are Hispanics.
The median income per resident household is $ 41,160 and per family at $ 51,162. The city's statistical per capita income is $ 22,526. 15.0% of the population and 11.3% of families live below the official poverty line .
City government
The currently elected mayor is Steve Schewel.
economy
The metropolitan area of Durham generated a gross domestic product of 43.9 billion US dollars in 2016, making it 63rd among the metropolitan areas of the United States. The unemployment rate in the metropolitan region was 3.3 percent, which is below the national average of 3.8 percent. (As of March 2018).
education
Durham is home to Duke University , North Carolina Central University, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics .
traffic
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International Airport is just south of Durham on I-40 .
- Interstate Highways: I-40 and I-85
- Rail Connections (Passenger Trains): Amtrak 's Carolinian and Piedmont trains provide daily connections to Charlotte and Raleigh , with connections to Miami , Washington, DC and New Orleans .
- Local bus routes: Within Durham: the DATA bus system. The Triangle Transit Authority operates buses that serve the area and connect to the city buses in Raleigh and Chapel Hill .
- The northern American Tobacco Trail terminus is in downtown Durham.
- Trekking bike : All public intercity buses are equipped with carrier racks.
A railway underpass in Durham became an internet phenomenon and became known internationally.
Town twinning
Durham has twinned cities with
sons and daughters of the town
- David Aaron Baker (born 1963), actor
- Frederick P. Brooks (* 1931), software engineer and computer scientist
- Bull City Red , blues musician
- Naida Cole (* 1974), pianist and flautist
- Cherie DeVille (* 1978), porn actress
- Phoebe Dollar (born 1975), actress
- James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925), American industrialist and founder of the tobacco company American Tobacco
- Teddy Dunn (* 1980), film and television actor
- Rick Ferrell (1905-1995), major league baseball player
- Penny Fuller (born 1940), actress
- Nick Galifianakis (* 1928), former politician
- Creight E. Gilbert (1924–2011), art historian
- Kim Graham (* 1971), sprinter and Olympic champion
- John H. Hager (1936–2020), politician and lieutenant governor of the state of Virginia
- John Hart (born 1965), writer
- Thomas Herndon (1937–1981), opera singer
- Patrick Kypson (* 1999), tennis player
- John D. Loudermilk (1934-2016), country singer and songwriter, his song Tobacco Road describes social grievances in East Durham in the 1950s
- Hugh I. Mangum (1877-1922), photographer
- Jim Matthews (* 1961), racing car driver
- Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972), rhythm and blues singer
- Midori (* 1968), porn actress and singer
- Hafez Modirzadeh (* 1962), musicologist and jazz musician
- LeRoi Moore (1961–2008), saxophonist, best known as a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band
- Anita Morris (1943–1994), actress
- Grady Tate (1932-2017), jazz musician
- Mickey Tucker (* 1941), jazz pianist and organist
- Seth Wescott (born 1976), snowboarder
- Kevin Wilson, Jr. (born 1990), film director, film producer and screenwriter
Climate table
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Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Durham, North Carolina
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Individual evidence
- ^ US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Economy at a Glance. Retrieved July 5, 2018 .
- ^ Website Durham - Sister Cities ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Duke University on Hugh Mangum
Web links
- Official Durham, NC Website (English)
- Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce (English)
- Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau (English)