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Brunswick County, VA

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2000 Census Data Summary: Brunswick County
Population, 2000 18,419
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.2%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.0%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 20.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.5%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 42.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 56.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) N/A
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000 46.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 41.4%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 5,157
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 715
Housing units, 2000 7,541
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.6%
Households, 2000 6,277
Persons per household, 2000 2.47
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 32.7%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $25,652
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.1%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 29.8%


Links to county websites:

County Offices:

Industrical Development Authority
(http://www.bcida.org/)


Agencies:

VA Dept of Forestry
(http://www.vdof.org/)

Natural Resources Conservation Service
(http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app)


Other:

Deeds On-Line. (http://www.rootsweb.com/~vabrunsw/deeds.htm)

Piedmont Environmental Council (http://www.pecva.org/conservation/conservationintro.asp)

Please send suggestions of other websites to link to this page to: erin_sills@ncsu.edu

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List of tables, graphs, and maps:

Economy:


Agriculture:

  • Agricultural Census data
    Table showing total number of farms and acreage, and number of farms with land in different uses.
  • Agricultural crops
    Table of crops planted on greatest acreage in the county over the past 30 years.
  • Federal funds
    Table of funding amounts for natural resource programs in the county over the past 5 years.


Forestry:

  • Forest cover
    Table showing forest cover and ownership in 2000.


Maps of Limited Resource Areas:

  • Race
    Map showing areas of the county with above average minority population.

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