Lincoln County, North Carolina

administration
The Lincoln County Courthouse (2013) is one of 31 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Lincoln tone
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 115 W Main Street Lincolnnton, NC 28092-2601
Foundation :	1778
Made up from:	Tryon County
Area code :	001 704
Demographics
Residents :	63,780 (2000)
Population density :	82.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	795 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map

Website : www.lincolncounty.org

Lincoln County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Lincolnnton .

geography

The county is located in west-central North Carolina, about 30 km south of South Carolina and has an area of 795 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Catawba County , Iredell County , Mecklenburg County , Gaston County , Cleveland County, and Burke County .

Lincoln County is divided into townships : Catawba Springs, Howards Creek, Ironton, Lincolnnton, and North Brook.

history

Lincoln County was formed from the defunct Tryon County in 1778. It was named after Benjamin Lincoln , a general in the American War of Independence , like the district capital of Lincoln .

31 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 3, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	9224	-
1800	12,660	37.3%
1810	16,359	29.2%
1820	18,147	10.9%
1830	22,455	23.7%
1840	25.160	12%
1850	7746	-69.2%
1860	8195	5.8%
1870	9573	16.8%
1880	11,061	15.5%
1890	12,586	13.8%
1900	15,498	23.1%
1910	17,132	10.5%
1920	17,862	4.3%
1930	22,872	28%
1940	24,187	5.7%
1950	27,459	13.5%
1960	28,814	4.9%
1970	32,682	13.4%
1980	42,372	29.6%
1990	50,319	18.8%
2000	63,780	26.8%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Lincoln County, North Carolina, had 63,780 people in 24,041 households and 18,174 families. The population density was 82 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 90.24 percent white, 6.44 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.73 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.0 percent are of multiple races and 5.73 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 24,041 households, 34.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.2 percent of them were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers and 24.4 percent were not classic families. 20.1 percent were single households and 7.8 percent had people over 65 years of age. The average household size was 2.62, the average family size 3.00 people.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.7 percent were 18 to 24 years old, 31.7 percent 25 to 44 years old, 24.2 percent 45 to 64, and 11.5 percent 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 96.6 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 41,421, and the median income for a family is $ 47,752. Males had a median income of $ 32,394 versus $ 22,362 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,877. 9.2 percent of the population and 6.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 10.9 percent of them were children and adolescents under 18 years of age and 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or older.

Web links

Commons : Cumberland County, North Carolina - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1008569. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 3, 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
↑ Lincoln County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.48 -81.22Coordinates: 35 ° 29 ′ N , 81 ° 13 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1008569. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 3, 2018.

[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] Lincoln County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .