Cleveland County (North Carolina)

Cleveland County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina of the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Shelby, which was after Colonel Isaac Shelby, an officer in the American Revolutionary War, named.

Geography

The County is located in west-central North Carolina, bordered to the south by South Carolina and has an area of ​​1214 square kilometers, of which 10 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Burke County, Lincoln County, Gaston County and Rutherford County.

Cleveland County is divided into eleven numbered townships: 1 ( River), 2 ( Boiling Springs ), 3 ( Rippy ), 4 ( Kings Mountain ), 5 ( Warlick ), 6 ( Shelby ), 7 ( Sandy Run), 8 ( Polkville ), 9 ( Double Shoals ), 10 ( Knob Creek ) and 11 ( Casar ).

History

Cleveland County was formed in 1841 from parts of Lincoln County. It was named after Benjamin Cleveland, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War and hero at the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000 lived in Cleveland County 96,287 people in 37 046 households and 27 006 families. The population density was 80 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 76.81 percent White, 20.93 percent Black or African American, 0.15 percent Native American, 0.69 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.68 percent from other races groups; 0.72 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.49 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 37 046 households out of which 32.2 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.0 percent were married couples living together, 13.7 percent were single mothers and 27.1 percent were non-families. 23.6 percent of all households and 9.6 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.98.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.8 percent 18 to 24 years 28.8 percent between 25 and 44, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 36 years. In all females there were 92.6 males. In all women aged 18 and over, 88.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 35,283, and the median income for a family was $ 41,733. Males had a median income of $ 30,882 versus $ 21,995 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,395. 13.3 percent of the population and 10.1 percent of families are below the poverty line. 17.9 percent of them are children and adolescents under age 18 and 14.0 percent are 65 years or older.