Alexander County, North Carolina

administration
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Taylorsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 621 Liledoun Road Taylorsville, NC 28681-0000
Foundation :	1847
Made up from:	Caldwell County Iredell County Wilkes County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	33,603  (2000)
Population density :	49.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	682 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map
Website : www.co.alexander.nc.us

Brushy Mountains

Alexander County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States and is part of the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir Metro Area . The county seat is Taylorsville , which was named after General Zachary Taylor .

geography

The county is located in west-central North Carolina, largely in the Brushy Mountains , about 70 km to the north from Virginia , about 80 km to the northwest from Tennessee , and has an area of ​​682 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wilkes County , Iredell County , Catawba County, and Caldwell County .

Alexander County is divided into seven townships : Ellendale, Gwaltneys, Little River, Millers, Sharpes, Sugar Loaf, Taylorsville, and Wittenburg .

history

Alexander County was formed on January 15, 1847 from parts of Caldwell County, Iredell County and Wilkes County. It was named after the Alexander family, whose members were early proponents of colonizing the area.

Lucas Mansion (2017)

One building in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 21, 2018), the Lucas Mansion .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	5220		-
1860	6022		15.4%
1870	6868		14%
1880	8355		21.7%
1890	9430		12.9%
1900	10,960		16.2%
1910	11,592		5.8%
1920	12,212		5.3%
1930	12,922		5.8%
1940	13,454		4.1%
1950	14,554		8.2%
1960	15,625		7.4%
1970	19,466		24.6%
1980	24,999		28.4%
1990	27,544		10.2%
2000	33,603		22%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Alexander County's population of 33,603 was as of the 2000 census . 235 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 13,137 households and 9,747 families. The population density was 50 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.00 percent white, 4.63 percent African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 1.04 percent Asian and 1.34 percent from other ethnic groups; about 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.50 percent of the population.

Of the 13,137 households, 32.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.5 percent of these were married couples living together, 9.4 percent were single mothers and 25.8 percent were non-families. 21.9 percent were single households and 8.4 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.95 people.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years, 31.1 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64, and 11.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For all females there were 99.4 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 96.7 men.

The median income for a household in the 38,684 US $ and the median income for a family was $ 45,691. Males had a median income of $ 29,857 versus $ 21,868 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,507. 8.5 percent of the population and 5.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 10.2 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 14.6 percent are 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

• Hiddenite
• Stony Point
• Taylorsville

See also

• List of cities in North Carolina

Web links

Commons : Alexander County (North Carolina)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008532. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 384 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.
4. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from factfinder.census.gov  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2011  
7. ↑ Alexander County, North Carolina  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .  

Coordinates: 35 ° 55 ′  N , 81 ° 11 ′  W