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Halifax County, NC


Outline:

2000 Census Data Summary: Halifax County

Population, 2000 57,370
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.9%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 42.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 52.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 3.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) N/A
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000 52.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 42.3%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 18,942
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 3,008
Housing units, 2000 25,309
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.0%
Households, 2000 22,122
Persons per household, 2000 2.51
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 36.9%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $24,741
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.6%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 31.5%


Links to county websites:

Selected Community and Environmental NGOs with Websites

Concerned Citizens of Tillery
(http://members.aol.com/tillery/)

Sierra Club ( Medoc Group of the North Carolina Chapter)
(http://www.sierraclub-nc.org/medoc/)

Roanoke River Basin Association
(http://www.rrba.org/)

Woodmen of the World
(http://national.citysearch.com/profile/10686567)

County Offices

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

Chamber of Commerce
(http://www.halifaxchamber.net)

Economic Development Commission
(https://www.halifaxdevelopment.com/)

Municipalities/Townships

Enfield
(http://www.enfieldnc.net/)

Scotland neck
(http://www.townofscotlandneck.com/)

Roanoke Rapids
(http://www.roanokerapidsnc.com/)

Weldon
(http://www.weldonnc.com/)

Agencies

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

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

Natural Resource Conservation Service
(http://offices.usda.gov/scripts/ndCGI.exe/oip_public/USA_map)

Farm Service Agency
(http://www.Natural Resources Conservation Service.usda.gov/NC/halifax.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:

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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