Duplin County

administration
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Kenansville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 910 Kenansville, NC 28349-0910
Foundation :	1749
Made up from:	New Hanover County
Area code :	001 910
Demographics
Residents :	49,063 (2000)
Population density :	23.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2121 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.duplincountync.com

Duplin County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Kenansville , which was named after General James Kenan . The county ranks 2nd in the United States for pig breeding and pork production.

geography

The county is located in southeastern North Carolina, about 60 km from the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of 2,121 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Wayne County , Lenoir County , Jones County , Onslow County , Pender County, and Sampson County .

Duplin County is divided into 13 townships : Albertson, Cypress Creek, Faison, Glisson, Island Creek, Kenansville, Limestone, Magnolia, Rockfish, Rose Hill, Smith, Warsaw and Wolfscrape.

history

Duplin County was formed on April 7, 1750 from parts of New Hanover County. It was named after Thomas Hay, Lord Duplin , later 9th Earl of Kinnoull.

Station in the Wallace Commercial Historic District (2013), which is one of the county's 20 entries in the NRHP.

A total of 20 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of February 28, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	5662	-
1800	6796	20%
1810	7863	15.7%
1820	9744	23.9%
1830	11,291	15.9%
1840	11,182	-1 %
1850	13,514	20.9%
1860	15,784	16.8%
1870	15,542	-1.5%
1880	18,773	20.8%
1890	18,690	-0.4%
1900	22.405	19.9%
1910	25,442	13.6%
1920	30,223	18.8%
1930	35.103	16.1%
1940	39,739	13.2%
1950	41,074	3.4%
1960	40,270	-2%
1970	38.015	-5.6%
1980	40,952	7.7%
1990	39,995	-2.3%
2000	49.063	22.7%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Duplin County had 49,063 people in 18,267 households and 13,060 families. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 58.67 percent white, 28.94 percent African American, 0.23 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 10.87 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.06 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 15.14 percent of the population.

Of the 18,267 households, 33.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.2 percent of these were married couples living together, 14.2 percent were single mothers and 28.5 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.10 people.

26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 9.6 percent were between 18 and 24 years old, 29.3 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 22.1 percent between 45 and 64, and 12.9 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For all females there were 98.3 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 95.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,890, and the median income for a family is $ 34,760. Males had a median income of $ 26,212 versus $ 20,063 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,499. 19.4 percent of the population and 15.3 percent of families are below the poverty line. 22.5 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 22.7 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1026132. 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. 90 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 28, 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
^ Duplin County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

34.94 -77.93Coordinates: 34 ° 56 ′ N , 77 ° 56 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1026132. 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. 90 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 28, 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] Duplin County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .