Wilson, North Carolina
| Wilson | |||
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| Nickname : Wide-Awake-Wilson | |||
Location in North Carolina
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | January 29, 1849 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | North Carolina | ||
| County : | Wilson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 44 ′ N , 77 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 44,405 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 736.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 60.7 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of which 60.3 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 33 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 27893-27896 | ||
| Area code : | +1 252 | ||
| FIPS : | 37-74540 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1023273 | ||
| Website : | www.wilsonnc.org | ||
Wilson is a city in and at the same time the administrative seat of Wilson County in the state of North Carolina in the United States of America with 44,405 inhabitants in 2000, making it one of the 20 largest cities in the state. Wilson has an Amtrak station and a public transportation system .
geography
The city covers an area of 60.7 square kilometers, 0.4 square kilometers, or 0.64% of this is water.
Demographics
According to the census in 2000, 44,405 people lived here in 17,296 households and 11,328 families. The population density is 736.1 inhabitants per km². The racial population is composed of 46.67.87% White, 47.53% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, and 3.89% from other ethnic groups. About 1.01% are descended from two or more races and 7.29% of the population are Hispanic or Latinos .
There are 17,296 households out of which 31.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42% of whom are married couples living together, 19.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% are non-families. 29.4% consisted of single households and 10.9% had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.06 people.
26% of the population were under 18 years old. 9.8% between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.9% between 25 and 44 years of age, 21.8% between 45 and 64, and 13.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 88 males. For every 100 women aged 18 years or over, there were 83.1 men.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 31,169, and the median income for a family is $ 41,041. Males had a median income of $ 30,682 versus females of $ 22,363. The per capita income was $ 17,813. 21.6% of the population and 16.5% of families are below the poverty line. 29.5% of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 20.4% are 65 years of age or older.
sons and daughters of the town
- Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (1878–1950), historian and the first archivist in the United States
- Donovan Stewart Correll (1908-1983), botanist
- GK Butterfield (* 1947), lawyer and politician (Democratic Party)
- Julius Peppers (born 1980), American football player
- BJ Britt (born 1982), actor
- Rapsody (* 1988), rapper
- Martha Hunt (* 1989), model
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census 2000