Catawba County

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Catawba County Courthouse
Catawba County Courthouse
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Newton
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Government Center
P.O. Box 389
Newtons, NC 28658-0389
Foundation : 1842
Made up from: Lincoln County
Area code : 001 828
Demographics
Residents : 141,685  (2000)
Population density : 136.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1071 km²
Water surface : 35 km²
map
Map of Catawba County within North Carolina
Website : www.catawbacountync.gov

Catawba County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Newton , which was named after Isaac Newton Wilson .

geography

The county is located in west-central North Carolina, about 75 km south of South Carolina and has an area of ​​1,071 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Alexander County , Iredell County , Lincoln County , Burke County, and Caldwell Counties .

Catawba County is divided into eight townships : Bandy's, Caldwell, Catawba, Clines, Hickory, Jacobs Fork, Mountain Creek, Newton, and Longview.

history

Catawba County was formed from parts of Lincoln County on December 12, 1842. It was named after the Catawba Indians who fought alongside the patriots in the American War of Independence . The area was settled mainly by German immigrants who came to the area from Pennsylvania around 1740 .

The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge (2009) is one of 65 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

A total of 65 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 8862 -
1860 10,729 21.1%
1870 10,084 -6%
1880 14,946 48.2%
1890 18,689 25%
1900 22,133 18.4%
1910 27,918 26.1%
1920 33,839 21.2%
1930 43.991 30%
1940 51,653 17.4%
1950 61,794 19.6%
1960 73.191 18.4%
1970 90,873 24.2%
1980 105.208 15.8%
1990 118.412 12.6%
2000 141,685 19.7%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Catawba County had 141,685 people in 55,533 households and 39,095 families. The population density was 137 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 84.99 percent white, 8.37 percent African American, 0.26 percent Native American, 2.93 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 2.26 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.14 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.57 percent of the population.

Of the 55,533 households, 31.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.1 percent of these were married couples living together, 10.9 percent were single mothers and 29.6 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent were single households and 9.1 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.8 percent were between 18 and 24 years old, 31.1 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 23.5 percent between 45 and 64, and 12.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For all females there were 97.3 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 94.7 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 40,536, and the median income for a family is $ 47,474. Males had a median income of $ 30,822 versus $ 23,352 for females. The per capita income was $ 20,358.
10% of the population and 6.5% of families are below the poverty line. 12.5 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 9.7 percent are 65 years of age or older.

See also

Web links

Commons : Catawba County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008543. 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. 48 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
  6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
  7. ^ Catawba County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′  N , 81 ° 13 ′  W