Carteret County, North Carolina

Carteret County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina in the United States of America. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Beaufort, the. According to Henry Somerset, the Duke of Beaufort, was named

Geography

The County is located in Eastern North Carolina, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and has an area of ​​3472 square kilometers, of which 2126 square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Onslow County, Jones County, Craven County and Pamlico County.

History

Carteret County was formed in 1722. It was named for John Carteret, later Earl Granville.

Historical buildings

About 6.4 kilometers east of Atlantic Beach is the historic Fort Macon. The property is located on the so-called Bogue Point at Fort Macon Road. The fort was taken as a historical monument with the number 70000445 on 26 February 1970 by the National Register of Historic Places.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Carteret County 59 383 people in 25 204 households, and 17,365 families. The population density was 44 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 90.28 percent White, 6.99 percent African American, 0.54 percent Asian, 0.43 percent Native American, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.60 percent from other races groups; 1.09 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.74 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 25 204 households out of which 26.5 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.0 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers and 31.1 percent were non-families. 26.1 percent of all households and 10.1 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.76 persons.

20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.4 percent 18 to 24 years 27.2 percent between 25 and 44, 28.4 percent between 45 and 64, and 17.2 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 42 years. In all females there were 96.5 males. In all women aged 18 and over, 94.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 38,344, and the median income for a family was $ 45,499. Males had a median income of $ 31,365 versus $ 22,126 for females. The per capita income was $ 21,260. 10.7 percent of the population and 8.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. 15.4 percent of them are children and adolescents under age 18 and 9.4 percent are 65 years or older.