Yancey County

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The Yancey County Courthouse in Burnsville
The Yancey County Courthouse in Burnsville
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Burnsville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
Burnsville, NC 28714-0000
Foundation : 1833
Made up from: Burke County
Buncombe County
Area code : 001 828
Demographics
Residents : 17,774  (2000)
Population density : 22 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 811 km²
Water surface : 2 km²
map
Map of Yancey County within North Carolina
Website : www.main.nc.us/yancey/

Yancey County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Burnsville .

geography

The county is located in western North Carolina, bordering Tennessee and has an area of ​​811 square kilometers, of which 2 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Mitchell Counties , McDowell Counties , Buncombe Counties , and Madison Counties .

Yancey County is divided into eleven townships : Brush Creek, Burnsville, Cane River, Crabtree, Egypt, Green Mountain, Jacks Creek, Pensacola, Price's Creek, Ramseytown, and South Toe.

history

Yancey County was formed in 1833 from parts of Burke County and Buncombe County. It was named after Bartlett Yancey , a member of the US Congress .

The old Yancey County Courthouse (2013) is one of eight entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 5962 -
1850 8205 37.6%
1860 8655 5.5%
1870 5909 -31.7%
1880 7694 30.2%
1890 9490 23.3%
1900 11,464 20.8%
1910 12,072 5.3%
1920 15.093 25%
1930 14,486 -4%
1940 17.202 18.7%
1950 16.306 -5.2%
1960 14.008 -14.1%
1970 12,629 -9.8%
1980 14,934 18.3%
1990 15,419 3.2%
2000 17,774 15.3%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

After the census in 2000 17,774 people lived in Yancey County. 151 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 7,472 households and 5,372 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.99 percent white, 0.57 percent African American, 0.34 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian and 0.41 percent from other ethnic groups; about 0.56 percent are descended from two or more races. 2.69 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,472 households, 27.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.2 percent of these were married couples living together, 7.8 percent were single mothers and 28.1 percent were non-families. 25.4 percent were single households and 12.5 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.81 people.

21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 26.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 27.1 percent between 45 and 64, and 18.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For all females there were 95.7 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 93.3 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,674 , and the median income for a family is $ 35,879. Males had a median income of $ 26,800 versus $ 20,885 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,335. 15.8 percent of the population and 10.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 22.1 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 16.3 percent are 65 years of age or older.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008598. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
  6. ^ Yancey County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 35 ° 54 ′  N , 82 ° 19 ′  W