Brunswick County, VA | Duplin County, NC | Halifax County, NC | Northampton County, NC | Robeson County, NC | Sampson County, NC | Warren County, NC Warren County, NC Outline: Statistics from 2000 Census Links to county websites List of tables, graphs, and maps Maps of Limited Resource Areas 2000 Census Data Summary: Warren County Population, 2000 19,972 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.7% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.4% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.5% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 17.4% White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 38.9% Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 54.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 4.8% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9% Female persons, percent, 2000 50.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.6% White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 38.5% High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 6,227 College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 828 Housing units, 2000 10,548 Homeownership rate, 2000 77.4% Households, 2000 7,708 Persons per household, 2000 2.48 Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 33.5% Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $23,025 Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.4% Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 29.6% Links to county websites: County Offices: Register of Deeds (http://www.patch.net/data-idx.html) County Website (http://www.warrencountync.org/) Municipalities/Townships: Warrenton (http://www.warrenton-nc.com/) Norlina (http://www.norlina.com/) Lake Gaston (http://www.lakegastonchamber.com/menu.htm) Agencies: Division of Forest Resources (http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/) Cooperative Extension Service (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/warren/) NRCS (http://offices.usda.gov/scripts/ndCGI.exe/oip_public/USA_map) Farm Service Agency (http://www.Natural Resources Conservation Service.usda.gov/NC/warren.htm) Others: Local Contacts (http://www.warrencountync.org/contacts.htm) Please send suggestions of other websites to link to this page to: erin_sills@ncsu.edu return to top of page List of tables, graphs, and maps: Economy: Income and employment Table showing population, income, and employment over past 30 years. Structure of local economy Graph showing total income in different sectors over past 30 years. 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 and graph showing forest cover and ownership in 2000. Forestry Development Program Table of funds spent and acres covered in county over past 20 years. 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. return to top of page