Bladen County

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The Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown
The Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Elizabethtown
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1048
Elizabethtown, NC 28337-1048
Foundation : 1734
Made up from: Bath County
New Hanover County
Area code : 001 910
Demographics
Residents : 32,278  (2000)
Population density : 14.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2298 km²
Water surface : 32 km²
map
Map of Bladen County within North Carolina
Website : www.bladeninfo.org

Bladen County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Elizabethtown , which was named after Queen Elizabeth I of England.

geography

The county is located in southeast North Carolina, about 70 km to the east from the Atlantic Ocean , about 50 km to the southwest from South Carolina and has an area of ​​2298 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Cumberland County , Sampson County , Pender County , Columbus County, and Robeson County .

Bladen County is divided into 15 townships : Abbotts, Bethel, Bladenboro, Brown Marsh, Carvers Creek, Central, Colly, Cypress Creek, Elizabethtown, Frenches Creek, Hollow, Lake Creek, Turnbull, White Oak, and Whites Creek.

The county is home to North Carolina's largest state forest, the Bladen Lakes State Forest .

history

Bladen County was formed in 1734 from parts of Bath County and New Hanover County. It was named after the Commissioner for Trade and Agricultural Affairs Martin Bladen .

The Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (2016) is one of 14 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

14 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of May 4, 2020).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1790 5084 -
1800 7028 38.2%
1810 5671 -19.3%
1820 7276 28.3%
1830 7811 7.4%
1840 8022 2.7%
1850 9767 21.8%
1860 11,995 22.8%
1870 12,831 7%
1880 16,158 25.9%
1890 16,763 3.7%
1900 17,677 5.5%
1910 18.006 1.9%
1920 19,761 9.7%
1930 22,389 13.3%
1940 27,156 21.3%
1950 29,703 9.4%
1960 28,881 -2.8%
1970 26,477 -8.3%
1980 30,491 15.2%
1990 28,663 -6%
2000 32,278 12.6%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Bladen County had 32,278 people in 12,897 households and 8,937 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 57.22 percent white, 37.91 percent African American, 2.04 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.97 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.73 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.71 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 12,897 households, 30.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 48.9 percent of these were married couples living together, 15.7 percent were single mothers and 30.7 percent were non-families. 27.7 percent were single households and 11.5 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.2 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For all females there were 92.6 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 88.7 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 26,877, and the median income for a family is $ 33,974. Males had a median income of $ 27,799 versus women of $ 21,973. The per capita income was $ 14,735. 21.0 percent of the population and 16.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. 28.7 percent of them are children and young people under the age of 18 and 24.2 percent are 65 years of age or older.

See also

Web links

Commons : Bladen County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1026336. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
  6. ^ Bladen County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 34 ° 37 ′  N , 78 ° 34 ′  W