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Duplin County, NC


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2000 Census Data Summary: Duplin County

Population, 2000 49,063
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 22.7%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 12.9%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 58.7%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 28.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 10.9%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000 50.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 55.2%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 14,504
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,702
Housing units, 2000 20,520
Homeownership rate, 2000 74.9%
Households, 2000 18,267
Persons per household, 2000 2.63
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 38.0%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $27,384
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 18.4%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 24.9%


Links to county websites:

Selected Community and Environmental NGOs with Websites:

Rose Hill Renewal Initiative
(http://www.duplinonline.com/DIRECTORIES/Organizations/Rose%20Hill%20Volunteer%20Organization.htm)


County Offices:

Register of deeds
(http://rod.duplincounty.org/)

County Website
(http://www.duplincountync.com/)

Economic Development Commission
(http://www.duplinedc.com/)


Municipalities/Townships:

Beaulaville
(http://www.townofbeulaville.com/)

Warsaw
(http://www.townofwarsawnc.com/)


State & Federal Agencies:

Division of Forest Resources
(http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/)

Cooperative Extension Service
(http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/duplin/)

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

Farm Service Agency
(http://www.fsa.usda.gov/NC/duplin.htm)

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.
  • Number and acreage of farms
    Table showing number of farms, total acres in farms, and average acres per farm.
  • 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.

Water Quality

  • Water quality
    Map of sub-basins in the county and table of available data on water quality in those sub-basins.


Maps of Limited Resource Areas:

  • Income
    Map showing areas of the county with median income below the state average.
  • Poverty rates
    Map showing areas of the county with above-average poverty rates.
  • Education
    Map showing areas of the county with below-average highschool graduation rates.
  • Race
    Map showing areas of the county with above average minority population.

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