Rutherford County, North Carolina

administration
Rutherford County Courthouse (2011), one of 28 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Rutherfordton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 289 N Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2503
Foundation :	1779
Made up from:	Tryon County
Area code :	001 828
Demographics
Residents :	62,899 (2000)
Population density :	43.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1466 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.rutherfordcountync.gov

Rutherford County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . In 2000 , the county had 62,899 residents and a population density of 43 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Rutherfordton .

geography

The county is located in west-central North Carolina, bordering South Carolina to the south and has an area of 1,466 square kilometers, of which 5 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: McDowell County , Burke County , Cleveland County , Polk County , Henderson County, and Buncombe County .

Rutherford County is divided into 14 townships : Camp Creek, Chimney Rock, Colfax, Cool Springs, Duncans Creek, Gilkey, Golden Valley, Green Hill, High Shoals, Logan Store, Morgan, Rutherfordton, Sulfur Springs, and Union.

history

Rutherford County was formed in 1779 from parts of the defunct Tryon County . It was named, like the district capital Rutherfordton, after Griffith Rutherford , a member of the provincial congress and general in the American Revolutionary War .

A total of 28 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 15, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	7808	-
1800	10,753	37.7%
1810	13,202	22.8%
1820	15,351	16.3%
1830	17,557	14.4%
1840	19.202	9.4%
1850	13,550	-29.4%
1860	11,573	-14.6%
1870	13,121	13.4%
1880	15.198	15.8%
1890	18,770	23.5%
1900	25.101	33.7%
1910	28,385	13.1%
1920	31,426	10.7%
1930	40,452	28.7%
1940	45,577	12.7%
1950	46,356	1.7%
1960	45.091	-2.7%
1970	47,337	5%
1980	53,787	13.6%
1990	56,918	5.8%
2000	62,899	10.5%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Rutherford County's population was 62,899. 1,532 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 25,191 households and 17,935 families. The population density was 43 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 86.79 percent white, 11.23 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.33 percent Asian, 0.03 percent of residents from the Pacific island region and 0.67 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.74 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.81 percent of the population.

Of the 25,191 households, 30.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.4 percent of these were married couples living together, 11.7 percent were single mothers and 28.8 percent were non-families. 25.5 percent were single households and 11.1 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.90 people.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.3 percent between 45 and 64, and 16.0 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For all females there were 93.0 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 89.6 men.

The median income for a household in the 31,122 US $ and the median income for a family was $ 37,787. Males had a median income of $ 28,890 versus $ 21,489 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,270. 13.9 percent of the population and 10.4 percent of families lived below the poverty line, including 18.3 percent of children and adolescents under the age of 18 and 13.8 percent of those aged 65 and over.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1008584. 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. 266 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 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
^ Rutherford County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.4 -81.92Coordinates: 35 ° 24 ' N , 81 ° 55' W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1008584. 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. 266 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 15, 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] Rutherford County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .