Nash County

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Nash County Courthouse
Nash County Courthouse
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Nashville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
120 W Washington Street
Nashville, NC 27856-1376
Foundation : November 15, 1777
Made up from: Edgecombe County
Area code : 001 252
Demographics
Residents : 87,420  (2000)
Population density : 62.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1406 km²
Water surface : 6 km²
map
Map of Nash County within North Carolina
Website : www.co.nash.nc.us

Nash County is a county in the US state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Nashville .

geography

The county is located in northeastern North Carolina, about 25 miles north of Virginia and has an area of ​​1,406 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Halifax County , Edgecombe County , Wilson County , Johnston County , Franklin County, and Wake County .

Nash County is divided into 15 townships : Bailey, Castalia, Coopers, Dry Wells, Ferrells, Griffins, Jackson, Mannings, Nashville, North Whitakers, Oak Level, Red Oak, Rocky Mount, South Whitakers and Stony Creek.

history

Nash County was formed on November 15, 1777 from parts of Edgecombe County. It was named, like the district capital Nashville, after General Francis Nash , who was killed at the Battle of Germantown during the American Revolutionary War .

The Nash County Courthouse (1948) is one of 28 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

A total of 28 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 9, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1790 7393 -
1800 6975 -5.7%
1810 7268 4.2%
1820 8185 12.6%
1830 8490 3.7%
1840 9047 6.6%
1850 10,657 17.8%
1860 11,687 9.7%
1870 11,077 -5.2%
1880 17,731 60.1%
1890 20,707 16.8%
1900 25,478 23%
1910 33,727 32.4%
1920 41,061 21.7%
1930 52,782 28.5%
1940 55,608 5.4%
1950 59,919 7.8%
1960 61.002 1.8%
1970 59,122 -3.1%
1980 67,153 13.6%
1990 76,677 14.2%
2000 87,420 14%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Nash County had a population of 87,420. Of these, 2,127 people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 33,644 households and 23,920 families. The population density was 62 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 61.94 percent white, 33.93 percent African American, 0.45 percent Native American, 0.57 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 2.06 percent from other ethnic groups Groups. About 1.02 percent are of two or more races, and 3.36 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 33,644 households, 32.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.7 percent of these were married couples living together, 14.5 percent were single mothers and 28.9 percent were non-families. 25.0 percent were single households and 9.6 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.02.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.5 percent between 45 and 64, and 12.4 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For all females there were 92.7 males. For all women aged 18 years or over, there were 89.1 men.

The median income for a household in the 37,147 US dollars , the median income for a family was 44,769 USD. Males had a median income of $ 32,459 versus $ 24,438 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,863. 13.4 percent of the population and 10.3 percent of families are below the poverty line. These included 17.8 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 15.2 percent of those aged 65 and over.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008574. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 9, 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. ^ Nash County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Nash County, North Carolina  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 58 ′  N , 77 ° 59 ′  W