| |
| Population
|
| |
Category |
Total |
White |
Black |
Latino |
Asian |
Native
Amer. |
|
|
 |
| |
Population 2003
|
125,756
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Population
2000
|
123,891
|
32.8
% |
25.1
% |
4.9
% |
0.3
% |
38.1
% |
|
| |
% Population Below
Poverty (2000)
|
22.8
% |
13.5
% |
34.3
% |
25.9
% |
11.6
% |
23.0
% |
|
| |
% Population Below
Poverty (2003)
|
22.4
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
% of Children
Below Poverty (2000)
|
30.0
% |
19.2
% |
45.1
% |
28.7
% |
8.7
% |
26.0
% |
|
| |
Elderly Below Poverty Level (2000)
|
25.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Total Households Below Poverty
Level
(2000)
|
23.7
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Total Families Below Poverty Level
(2000)
|
19.6
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Percent of Families in which householder
worked full-time year round and fell below poverty in 2000
|
4.9
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Families in Poverty With Female
Householder (2000) |
43.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Income
and Wealth |
| |
Category |
Total |
White |
Black |
Latino |
Asian |
Nat.
Am. |
|
| |
Per Capita Income
for 2000
|
$13,224
|
$18,029
|
$9,624
|
$9,173
|
$18,827
|
$11,862
|
| |
Mean Household
Income for 2000
|
$36,579
|
$43,612
|
$27,932
|
$39,327
|
$74,935
|
$34,440
|
| |
Mean Family Income
for 2002
|
$36,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Median Value of Owner-Occupied Housing Units in 2000
|
$53,012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Unemployment |
| |
Category |
Total |
Male |
Female |
White |
Black |
Latino |
Asian |
Nat. Am. |
|
| |
2000 Annual Rate
|
9.6% |
8.6% |
10.8% |
6.2% |
15.8% |
11.7% |
10.4% |
9.3% |
| |
2006 Annual Rate |
6.2
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Current Rate (March 2007) |
6.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
2005 Crime Rate 7,103 (per 100,000 population)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Health
and Human Services |
| |
Category |
Total
|
White |
Non-white |
|
|
| |
Infant Mortality
Rate (per 1,000 live births)
|
10.5
|
11.9
|
9.7
|
|
| |
Average Monthly Number of Work First
Recipients
|
4,476
|
|
|
|
| |
Average Monthly Recipients of Food
Stamps
|
19,573
|
|
|
|
| |
Average Monthly Households Receiving
Food Stamps
|
7,553
|
|
|
|
| |
Percent Population Receiving Food Stamps 2003
|
17.10%
|
|
|
|
| |
Children 17 and Under Receiving
Food Stamps
|
30%
|
|
|
|
| |
Children 17 and Under Eligible for
Medicaid
|
61% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Education |
| |
Category |
Total
|
White |
Black |
|
|
| |
Percentage
of Population with High School Degree
|
64.9% |
|
|
|
| |
Bachelor Degree or Higher
|
11.4% |
|
|
|
| |
School Children Receiving
Subsidized Meals in 2003
|
78%
|
|
|
|
| |
Average SAT Score for
2003
|
869
|
|
|
|
| |
Drop Out Rate in 2003
|
5.3% |
|
|
|
| |
2004 Data End of Grade Pass Rates
|
70.40% |
79.80%
|
63.40%
|
|
| |
Per Student Expenditure
for 2002
|
$6,572
|
|
|
|
| |
2004 Percent Voted
|
45.80% |
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing
|
| |
Category |
Total |
White |
Black |
|
| |
Home Ownership Rate
|
72.80%
|
77.40%
|
62.00%
|
| |
Home
Ownership Not Including Mobile Homes
|
39.20%
|
|
|
| |
Percent Mobile Homes
|
37.10%
|
|
|
| |
Percent Unaffordable Housing
|
18.00%
|
|
|
| |
Median Value
of Owner Occupied Housing Units 2000
|
$53,012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source for Housing Data: U.S.
Census Bureau 2000
Source for Housing Data: North Carolina Rural Center |
