Henderson (North Carolina)

Vance County

37-30660

Henderson is a city in Vance County, North Carolina in the United States of America and also the administrative seat of Vance County. In the 2000 census, a population of 16,095 residents were counted.

The city was named in honor of the former presiding judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina Leonard Henderson, who lived nearby and was a friend of early settler Lewis Reavis. Officially, the city was notarized by the General Assembly of the State in 1841, the European colonization, however, had already begun in 1700.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of ​​the city covers 21.4 km ², of which 21.3 km ² of land, with the remaining 0.12 % is water surfaces. Henderson benefits from its location near Interstate 85 and U.S. Highways 1 and 158, and belongs to the metropolitan area of ​​Triangle (Raleigh -Durham - Cary ).

In Henderson the Nutbush Creek springs, whose valley a few kilometers north of the town is a large tributary of the John H. Kerr reservoir.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 16,095 people in Henderson in 6,332 households and 4,122 families. The population density is 754 inhabitants per km ². The racial sits down the population composed of 36.76 % White, 59.17 % African American, 0.27 % Native American, 0.64 % Asian, 0.02 % Pacific Islander, 2.36% from other races residents; 0.77 % are descended from two or more races. 5.13% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,332 households out of which 31.3 % have children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1 % were married couples living together, 26.7 % had a female householder with no husband, and 34.9 % were non-families. 30.7 % of all households are made up and in 14.4 % have someone living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.05.

27.4 % of the population were under 18 years old. 8.9 % from 18 to 24 years, 26.8 % between 25 and 44 years 20.6% between 45 and 64, and 16.4 % were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 23,745, and the median income for a family was $ 30,222. Males had a median income of $ 26,804 versus $ 19,910 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,130. 28.3 % of the population and 23.4 % of families are below the poverty line. 40.5 % of them are children and adolescents under age 18 and 20.9% are 65 years or older.

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