Stokes County

administration
Stokes County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP as No. 79001750
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Danbury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 20 Danbury, NC 27016-0020
Foundation :	1798
Made up from:	Surry County
Area code :	001 336
Demographics
Residents :	44,711 (2000)
Population density :	38.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1181 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.co.stokes.nc.us

Stokes County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Danbury .

geography

The county is located in northwest North Carolina, bordering Virginia to the north and has an area of 1,181 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Rockingham County , Forsyth County, and Surry County .

Stokes County is divided into nine townships : Beaver Island, Big Creek, Danbury, Meadows, Peters Creek, Quaker Gap, Sauratown, Snow Creek, and Yadkin.

history

Stokes County was formed in 1798 from parts of Surry County. It was named after Captain John Stokes, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and later judge for the US judicial district of North Carolina.

A total of 15 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	8528	-
1800	11,026	29.3%
1810	11,645	5.6%
1820	14,033	20.5%
1830	16,196	15.4%
1840	16,265	0.4%
1850	9206	-43.4%
1860	10,402	13%
1870	11.208	7.7%
1880	15,353	37%
1890	17.199	12%
1900	19,866	15.5%
1910	20,151	1.4%
1920	20,575	2.1%
1930	22,290	8.3%
1940	22,656	1.6%
1950	21,520	-5%
1960	22,314	3.7%
1970	23,782	6.6%
1980	33,086	39.1%
1990	37,223	12.5%
2000	44,711	20.1%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Stokes County's population was 44,711. 573 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 17,579 households and 13,043 families. The population density was 38 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 93.43 percent white, 4.66 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.19 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.88 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.54 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.87 percent of the population.

Of the 17,579 households, 33.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.6 percent of them were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers and 25.8 percent were non-families. 22.8 percent were single households and 8.9 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.94.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64, and 11.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For all females there were 96.1 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 92.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 38,808 , and the median income for a family is $ 44,615. Males had a median income of $ 30,824 versus $ 24,319 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,130. 9.1 percent of the population and 6.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 10.0 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 15.9 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

Commons : Stokes County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 1008586. 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. 291 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 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
^ Stokes County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

36.41 -80.23Coordinates: 36 ° 25 ′ N , 80 ° 14 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 1008586. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] 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. 291 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[8] Stokes County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .