Pasquotank County

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Pasquotank County Courthouse
Pasquotank County Courthouse
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Elizabeth City
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 39
Elizabeth City, NC 27907-0039
Foundation : 1672
Area code : 001 252
Demographics
Residents : 34,897  (2000)
Population density : 215.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 750 km²
Water surface : 588 km²
map
Map of Pasquotank County within North Carolina
Website : www.co.pasquotank.nc.us

Pasquotank County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Elizabeth City , named after Adam Tooley's wife , who donated the land to the town.

geography

The county is located in northeast North Carolina, about 35 km to the east from the Atlantic Ocean , about 10 km to the north from Virginia , and has an area of ​​750 square kilometers, of which 588 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Camden County , Perquimans County, and Gates County .

history

Pasquotank County was formed in 1670 and named after an Algonquin tribe.

The Pasquotank County Courthouse in the Elizabeth City Historic District . The Historic District is one of twelve entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

Twelve buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 11, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1790 5497 -
1800 5379 -2.1%
1810 7674 42.7%
1820 8008 4.4%
1830 8641 7.9%
1840 8514 -1.5%
1850 8950 5.1%
1860 8940 -0.1%
1870 8131 -9%
1880 10,369 27.5%
1890 10,748 3.7%
1900 13,660 27.1%
1910 16,693 22.2%
1920 17,670 5.9%
1930 19,143 8.3%
1940 20,568 7.4%
1950 24,347 18.4%
1960 25,630 5.3%
1970 26,824 4.7%
1980 28,462 6.1%
1990 31,298 10%
2000 34,897 11.5%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Pasquotank County had 34,897 people in 12,907 households and 9,099 families. The population density was 59 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 56.93 percent white, 40.05 percent African American, 0.37 percent Native American, 0.86 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.49 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.26 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.23 percent of the population.

Of the 12,907 households, 33.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 50.4 percent of these were married couples living together, 16.3 percent were single mothers and 29.5 percent were non-families. 25.4 percent were single households and 11.4 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.01 people.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 11.3 percent between 18 and 24 years old, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 21.3 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For all females there were 93.8 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 90.1 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,444, and the median income for a family is $ 36,402. Males had a median income of $ 30,072 versus women of $ 21,652. The per capita income was $ 14,815. 18.4 percent of the population and 15.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. 25.5 percent of them are children and young people under the age of 18 and 17.9 percent are 65 years of age or older.

See also

Web links

Commons : Pasquotank County  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1026330. 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. 236 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 11, 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. ^ Pasquotank County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 36 ° 16 ′  N , 76 ° 16 ′  W