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| Population |
| |
Category |
Total
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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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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| 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% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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2005 Crime Rate 7,103 (per 100,000 population) |
|
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| 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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 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%
|
|
|
|
|
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| 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
|
|
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Source for Housing Data: U.S. Census Bureau 2000
Source for Housing Data: North Carolina Rural Center |
