Anson County
![]() The Anson County Courthouse (2012) in the Wadesboro Downtown Historic District . This Historic District is one of six entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places . |
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US state : | North Carolina |
Administrative headquarters : | Wadesboro |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 114 N. Greene Street Wadesboro, NC 28170-2100 |
Foundation : | 1749 |
Made up from: | Bladen County |
Area code : | 001 704 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 25,275 (2000) |
Population density : | 18.4 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1391 km² |
Water surface : | 14 km² |
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Website : www.co.anson.nc.us |
Anson County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Wadesboro , which was named after Colonel Thomas Wade .
geography
The county is located in the central southwest of North Carolina, borders South Carolina to the south and has an area of 1,391 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Stanly County , Richmond County, and Union County .
Anson County is divided into eight townships : Ansonville, Burnsville, Gulledge, Lanesboro, Lilesville, Morven, Wadesboro, and White Store.
history
Anson County was formed from parts of Bladen County in 1750. It was named after George Anson, 1st Baron Anson , a British admiral and chief of the admiralty and circumnavigator who was stationed in the Thirteen Colonies from 1724 to 1730 . In the first naval battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747 he was in command of the British fleet.
Six buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 22, 2018).
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1790 | 5133 | - | |
1800 | 8146 | 58.7% | |
1810 | 8831 | 8.4% | |
1820 | 12,534 | 41.9% | |
1830 | 14,095 | 12.5% | |
1840 | 15,077 | 7% | |
1850 | 13,489 | -10.5% | |
1860 | 13,664 | 1.3% | |
1870 | 12,428 | -9% | |
1880 | 17,994 | 44.8% | |
1890 | 20,027 | 11.3% | |
1900 | 21,870 | 9.2% | |
1910 | 25,465 | 16.4% | |
1920 | 28,334 | 11.3% | |
1930 | 29,349 | 3.6% | |
1940 | 28,443 | -3.1% | |
1950 | 26,781 | -5.8% | |
1960 | 24,962 | -6.8% | |
1970 | 23,488 | -5.9% | |
1980 | 25,649 | 9.2% | |
1990 | 23,474 | -8.5% | |
2000 | 25,275 | 7.7% | |
Before 1900
1900-1990 2000 |
Anson County had a population of 25,275 as of the 2000 census . 1,427 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 9,204 households and 6,663 families. The population density was 18 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 49.53 percent white, 48.64 percent African American, 0.45 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.32 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; about 0.46 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race is 0.83 percent of the population.
Of the 9,204 households, 31.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.8 percent of these were married couples living together, 19.8 percent were single mothers and 27.6 percent were non-families. 25.1 percent were single households and 11.0 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09 people.
25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.6 percent were between 18 and 24 years old, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For all females there were 96.5 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 95.8 men.
The median income for a household in the city was $ 29,849 , and the median income for a family was $ 35,870. Males had a median income of $ 27,297 versus $ 20,537 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,853. 17.8 percent of the population and 15.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. 23.9 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 16.7 percent are 65 years of age or older.
cities and communes
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008534. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ 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. 9 .
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 22, 2018.
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
- ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
- ^ Anson County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′ N , 80 ° 6 ′ W