Robeson County, North Carolina
Robeson County is a county located in the state of North Carolina of the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Lumberton, named after its location on the Lumber River.
Geography
The County is located in the central southeastern North Carolina, is bounded on the southwest by South Carolina and has an area of 2463 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Cumberland County, Bladen County, Columbus County, Scotland County and Hoke County.
Robeson County is divided into 29 townships: Alfordsville, Back Swamp, Britts, Burnt Swamp, East Howell Ville, Fairmont, Gaddy, Lumber Bridge, Lumberton, Maxton, Orrum, Parkton, Pembroke, Philadelphus, Raft Swamp, Red Springs, Rennert, Rowland, Saddletree, Shannon, Smith, Smyrna, St. Pauls, Sterling, Thompson, Union, West Howell Ville, White House, and Wishart.
There is next to the City Lumberton following 14 cities ( Towns ): Fairmont, Lumber Bridge, Marietta, Maxton, McDonald, Orrum, Parkton, Pembroke, Proctorville, Raynham, Red Springs, Rennert, Rowland, and St. Pauls and the six Census-designated places Barker Ten Mile, Elrod, Prospect, Raemon, Rex and Shannon continue the three communities unicorporated Bloomington, Five Forks and Red Banks.
History
Robeson County was formed in 1786 from parts of Bladen County. It was named after Thomas Robeson, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000
According to the census in 2000 lived in Robeson County 123 339 people in 43,677 households and 32,015 families. The population density was 50 people per square kilometer. Ethnically the population was made up of 32.80 percent White, 25.11 percent African Americans, 38.02 percent Native American (mostly Lumbee ), 0.33 percent Asian, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 2.26 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.41 percent were descended from two or more races. 4.86 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 43,677 households out of which 37.0 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 46.6 percent were married couples living together, 20.6 percent were single mothers and 26.7 percent were non-families. 22.7 percent of all households and 8.3 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.20 persons.
29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 10.6 percent of 18 to 24 years 29.3 percent between 25 and 44, 21.1 percent between 45 and 64, and 10.0 percent were 86 years old or older. The average age was 32 years. In all females there were 94.7 males. In all women aged 18 and over, 91.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 28,202, and the median income for a family was $ 32,514. Males had a median income of $ 26,646 versus $ 20,599 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,224. 22.8 percent of the population and 19.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. 30.0 percent of them are children and adolescents under age 18 and 25.3 percent are 65 years or older.