| People QuickFacts |
Beaufort County
|
North Carolina
|
| Population, 2001 estimate |
46,224
|
8,188,268
|
| Population, percent change, April 1,
2000-July 1, 2001 |
0.6%
|
1.7%
|
| Population, 2000 |
44,958
|
8,049,313
|
| Population, percent change, 1990 to
2000 |
6.3%
|
21.4%
|
| Persons under 5 years old, percent,
2000 |
6.0%
|
6.7%
|
| Persons under 18 years old, percent,
2000 |
23.4%
|
24.4%
|
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent,
2000 |
15.9%
|
12.0%
|
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.3%
|
51.0%
|
| |
|
|
| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
68.4%
|
72.1%
|
| Black or African American persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
29.0%
|
21.6%
|
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2%
|
1.2%
|
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2%
|
1.4%
|
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2000 (a) |
Z
|
Z
|
| Persons reporting some other race,
percent , 2000 (a) |
1.4%
|
2.3%
|
| Persons reporting two or more races,
percent, 2000 |
0.7%
|
1.3%
|
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin,
percent, 2000 (b) |
3.2%
|
4.7%
|
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino
origin, percent, 2000 |
66.8%
|
70.2%
|
| |
|
|
| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000,
pcd age 5+, 2000 |
62.1%
|
23.0%
|
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.6%
|
5.3%
|
| Language other than English spoken
at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.7%
|
8.0%
|
| High school graduates, percent of persons
age 25+, 2000 |
75.0%
|
78.1%
|
| Bachelor's degree of higher, pct of
persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.0%
|
22.5%
|
| Persons with a disability, age 5+,
2000 |
10,321
|
1,540,365
|
| Mean travel time to work, workers age
16+ (minutes), 2000 |
25.4
|
24
|
| |
|
|
| Housing units, 2000 |
22,139
|
3,523,944
|
| Home ownership reate, 2000 |
75.0%
|
69.4%
|
| Housing units in multi-unit structures,
percent, 2000 |
6.8%
|
16.1%
|
| Median value of owner-occupied housing
units, 2000 |
$81,900
|
$108,300
|
| |
|
|
| Households, 2000 |
18,319
|
3,132,013
|
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.42
|
2.49
|
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$31,066
|
$39,184
|
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16, 722
|
$20,307
|
| Persons below poverty, percetn, 1999 |
19.5%
|
12.3%
|
| |
|
|
| Business QuickFacts |
Beaufort County
|
North Carolina
|
| Private nonfarm establishments |
1,134
|
201,706
|
| Private nonfarm employment |
15,051
|
3,324,155
|
| Private nonfarm emplyment, percent
change, 1990-1999 |
10.2%
|
24.1%
|
| Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
2,770
|
445,159
|
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
927,805
|
161,900,477
|
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
386,040
|
72,356,763
|
| Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$8,731
|
$9,740
|
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total,
1997 |
7.2%
|
10.8%
|
| Women-owned firms, percent of total,
1997 |
13.7%
|
24.5%
|
| Housing units authorized by building
permits, 2000 |
190
|
78,376
|
| Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
253,612
|
44,557,095
|
| Local government employment, full-time
equivalent, 1997 |
1,957
|
293,505
|
| |
|
|
| Geography QuickFacts |
Beaufort County
|
North Carolina
|
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
828
|
48,711
|
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
54.3
|
165.2
|
| Metropolitan Area |
None
|
|
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|
|
| (a) Includes persons reporting only
one race. |
|
(b) Hispanic may be of any race, so also are included
in applicable race categories.
|
| FN: Footnote on this item for this
are in place of data. |
| NA: Not Available |
| D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of
confidential information. |
| X: Not Applicable |
| S: Suppressed; does not meet publication
standards. |
| Z: Value greater than zero but less
than half unit of measurement. |
| F: Fewer than 100 firms. |
| Source: US
Census Bureau State and County Quick Facts. |
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