Lincoln County (North Carolina)

Lincoln County is a county located in the state of North Carolina of the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Lincolnton.

Geography

The County is located in west-central North Carolina, is located in the south about 30 miles from South Carolina and has an area of 795 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Catawba County, Iredell County, Mecklenburg County, Gaston County, Cleveland County, and Burke County.

Lincoln County is divided into townships: Catawba Springs, Howards Creek, Ironton, Lincolnton and Northbrook.

History

Lincoln County was formed in 1778 from the defunct Tryon County. It was named, as is the district capital of Lincolnton, according to Benjamin Lincoln, a general in the American Revolutionary War.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000

According to the census in 2000, lived in Lincoln County ( North Carolina) 63 780 people in 24,041 households and 18,174 families. The population density was 82 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 90.24 percent White, 6.44 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.73 percent from other races groups; 1.0 per cent are descended from several ethnic groups, 5.73 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 24,041 households out of which 34.1 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them. 61.2 percent were married couples living together, 10.0 percent were single mothers and 24.4 percent were not classical families. 20.1 percent of all households and 7.8 percent had someone living alone over 65 years. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size 3.00.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.7 percent were 18 to 24 years, 31.7 percent 25-44 years 24.2 percent of 45 to 64, and 11.5 percent 65 years of age or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The median income for a household was $ 41,421, and the median income for a family was $ 47,752. Males had a median income of $ 32,394 compared to women with $ 22,362. The per capita income was $ 18,877. 9.2 percent of the population and 6.9 percent of families are below the poverty line. 10.9 percent of them were children and youth under age 18 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older.