Burlington (North Carolina)

Alamance County

37-09060

Burlington, Burlington City, respectively, is a city in the state of North Carolina in the United States. It is the central city in the metropolitan statistical Burlington, which encompasses the entire administrative area of Alamance County. The estimated population for the year 2006, according to the census of 2000, 47 692. Burlington is part of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. Most of the city lies in the area of ​​Alamance County, a small portion is located, however, on the land of neighboring Guilford County.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city covers an area 55.3 km ², of which 0.28%, and 0.2 km ² water surface.

Formation

In the 1850s, the North Carolina Railroad Company needed a place where they could perform and prepare the maintenance, repair and construction of paths they chose a piece of land just west of Graham. At the time when the shops (shops) were completed, were already in the village of 27 buildings, 39 white, 20 African-American slaves and two free African Americans were at this time engaged in the workshops. These employees need a place within walking distance to settle down with their families and a town began to develop, the place was called Company Shops. The sale of land began shortly thereafter, but went up after the end of the American War of Independence sluggish. In 1864 there were about 300 people in Company Shops.

1886 moved the North Carolina Railroad Company transferred its headquarters in Manchester, Virginia. The offices and workshops were closed. After the railway company were no longer present, the citizens decided that a new name was needed for the place. In February 1887, a committee of influential citizens chose the name " Burlington ".

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 44 917 people in 18,280 households and 11,754 families. The population density is 815 inhabitants per km ². The racial sits down, the population consists of 66.2 % White, 25.05% Black or African American, 0.34 % Native American, 1.71 % Asian, 0.04 % from the Pacific Islands, 5.16% of residents other ethnic groups, 1.44 % are descended from two or more races. 10.07% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 18,280 households out of which 29 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1 % were married couples living together, 14.9 % had a female householder with no husband, and 35.7 % were non-families. 30.3 % of all households are made up and in 12.2 % have someone living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.4 and the average family size was 2.96.

23.7% of the population were under 18 years old. 8.9% 18-24 years 29% 25-44 years 21.4% between 45 and 64, and 17% were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85 males.

The median income for a household was $ 35,301, and the median income for a family was $ 45,441. Males had a median income of $ 31,697 versus $ 22,466 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,640. 9.7 % of the population and 13.7 % of families are below the poverty line. 18.1% of them are children and adolescents under age 18 and 14.6% are 65 years or older.

Economy

LabCorp, one of the largest manufacturers of Laboratory has its headquarters and a number of research institutions in the city, the company is the largest employer with 3,000 jobs the county. Honda Aero, a subsidiary of Honda has announced to move its headquarters to Burlington and also to build a plant at the airport, the Burlington - Alamance Regional Airport for $ 27 million, will be built in the Ultralight. Biscuitville, a regional fast-food chain has its base also in Burlington.

Education

The school system of Alamance - Burlington was created by the merger of the county school system and the school system Burlingtoner 1996

Transportation

The Carolinian and Piedmont train, operated by Amtrak, connecting Burlington with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh and Charlotte.