Wilkes County, North Carolina

administration
Wilkes County Courthouse (2007), one of 22 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Wilkesboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 110 North Street Wilkesboro, NC 28697-2428
Foundation :	1777
Made up from:	Surry County
Area code :	001 336
Demographics
Residents :	65,632 (2000)
Population density :	33.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1968 km²
Water surface :	7 km²
map

Website : www.wilkesnc.org

Wilkes County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Wilkesboro .

geography

The county is located in northwest North Carolina, about 30 km to the north from Virginia , about 35 km to the west from Tennessee , and has an area of 1968 square kilometers, of which 7 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Surry County , Yadkin County , Iredell County , Alexander County , Caldwell County , Watauga County , Ashe County, and Alleghany Counties .

Wilkes County is divided into 24 townships : Antioch, Beaver Creek, Boomer, Brushy Mountains, Call, Edwards, Elk, Jobs Cabin, Lewis Fork, Lovelace, Moravian Falls, Mulberry, New Castle, North Wilkesboro, Reddies River, Rock Creek, Somers , Stanton, Traphill, Hays, Union, Walnut Grove and Wilkesboro.

history

Wilkes County was formed in 1777 from parts of Surry County. This measure came into force on February 12, 1778. It was named, like the district capital Wilkesboro, after John Wilkes , a British journalist and radical politician.

22 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 18, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	8143	-
1800	7247	-11%
1810	9054	24.9%
1820	9967	10.1%
1830	11,968	20.1%
1840	12,577	5.1%
1850	12,099	-3.8%
1860	14,749	21.9%
1870	15,539	5.4%
1880	19,181	23.4%
1890	22,675	18.2%
1900	26,872	18.5%
1910	30,282	12.7%
1920	32,644	7.8%
1930	36,162	10.8%
1940	43.003	18.9%
1950	45.243	5.2%
1960	45,269	0.1%
1970	49,524	9.4%
1980	58,657	18.4%
1990	59,393	1.3%
2000	65,632	10.5%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

According to the 2000 census , Wilkes County had 65,632 people in 26,650 households and 19,321 families. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.95 percent white, 4.16 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.32 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.71 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.45 percent of the population.

Of the 26,650 households, 30.2 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.1 percent of these were married couples living together, 9.4 percent were single mothers and 27.5 percent were non-families. 24.5 percent were single households and 10.0 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.87 people.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years old, 29.7 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 25.7 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For all females there were 97.3 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 95.7 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 34,258, and the median income for a family was $ 40,607. Men had a median income of $ 27,346 versus women of $ 21,089. The per capita income was $ 17,516. 11.9 percent of the population and 8.8 percent of families are below the poverty line. 13.2 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 17.2 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 1008595. 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. 329 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 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
^ Wilkes County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

36.2 -81.17Coordinates: 36 ° 12 ′ N , 81 ° 10 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 1008595. 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. 329 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 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] Wilkes County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .