Macon County, North Carolina

administration
Macon County Courthouse
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Franklin
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 5 West Main Street Franklin, NC 28734-3005
Foundation :	1828
Made up from:	Haywood County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	29,811 (2000)
Population density :	22.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1345 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.maconnc.org

Macon County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Franklin , named after Governor Jesse Franklin .

geography

The county is located almost in the far west of North Carolina, borders Georgia in the south , is about 25 miles from Tennessee in the north and has an area of 1,345 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Swain County , Jackson County , Clay County , Cherokee County, and Graham County .

Macon County is divided into eleven townships : Burningtown, Cartoogechaye, Cowee, Ellijay, Flats, Franklin, Highlands, Millshoal, Nantahala, Smithbridge and Sugarfork.

history

Macon County was formed in 1828 from parts of Haywood County. It was named after Nathaniel Macon , a spokesman for the House of Representatives and Senator .

The First Presbyterian Church (2014) is one of 22 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

22 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 4, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	5333	-
1840	4869	-8.7%
1850	6389	31.2%
1860	6004	-6%
1870	6615	10.2%
1880	8064	21.9%
1890	10.102	25.3%
1900	12,567	24.4%
1910	13,538	7.7%
1920	16,763	23.8%
1930	20,336	21.3%
1940	22,996	13.1%
1950	25,720	11.8%
1960	26,742	4%
1970	30,648	14.6%
1980	35,135	14.6%
1990	35,681	1.6%
2000	42,151	18.1%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Macon County's population was 29,811 as of the 2000 census . Of these, 533 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 12,828 households and 8,902 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.18 percent white, 1.20 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.39 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.31 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.63 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.52 percent of the population.

Of the 12,828 households, 24.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.5 percent of these were married couples living together, 8.0 percent were single mothers and 30.6 percent were non-families. 27.0 percent were single households and 13.6 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.74 people.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.9 percent between 45 and 64, and 22.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For all females there were 92.1 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 88.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 32,139 US $ and the median income for a family was $ 37,381. Males had a median income of $ 28,113 versus $ 20,081 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,642. 12.6 percent of the population and 8.8 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 16.0 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 11.8 percent of those aged 65 and over.

Web links

Commons : Macon County (North Carolina) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1025833. 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. 188 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 4, 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
^ Macon County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.15 -83.42Coordinates: 35 ° 9 ′ N , 83 ° 25 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1025833. 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. 188 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 4, 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] Macon County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .