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Demographics
|
People QuickFacts |
Ashe County |
North Carolina |
| Population, 2001
estimate |
24,715 |
8,186,268 |
| Population percent
change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 |
1.4% |
1.7% |
| Population, 2000
|
24,384 |
8,049,313 |
| Population, percent
change, 1990 to 2000 |
9.8% |
21.4% |
| Persons under 5 years
old, percent, 2000 |
5.3% |
6.7% |
| Persons under 18 years
old, percent, 2000 |
19.8% |
24.4% |
| Persons 65 years old
and over, percent, 2000 |
18.0% |
12.0% |
| Female persons,
percent, 2000 |
50.7% |
51.0% |
| White persons, percent,
2000 (a) |
97.2% |
72.1% |
| Black or African
American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% |
21.6% |
| American Indian and
Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
1.2% |
| Asian persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z |
Z |
| Persons reporting some
other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.1% |
2.3% |
| Persons reporting two
or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.6% |
1.3% |
| Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
2.4% |
4.7% |
| White persons, not of
Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
96.1% |
70.2% |
| Living in same house
in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
64.6% |
53.0% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
1.9% |
5.3% |
| Language other than
English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.3% |
8.0% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
68.6% |
78.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or
higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
12.1% |
22.5% |
| Persons with a
disability, age 5+, 2000 |
6,052 |
1,540,365 |
| Mean travel time to
work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
26.6 |
24.0 |
| Housing units, 2000
|
13,268 |
3,523,944 |
| Homeownership rate,
2000 |
81.0% |
69.4% |
| Housing units in
multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
5.6% |
16.1% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$91,600 |
$108,300 |
| Households, 2000
|
10,411 |
3,132,013 |
| Persons per household,
2000 |
2.31 |
2.49 |
| Median household money
income, 1999 |
$28,824 |
$39,184 |
| Per capita money
income, 1999 |
$16,429 |
$20,307 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999 |
13.5% |
12.3% |
|
Business QuickFacts |
Ashe County |
North Carolina |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 1999 |
524 |
201,706 |
| Private nonfarm
employment, 1999 |
5,949 |
3,324,155 |
| Private nonfarm
employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
5.9% |
24.1% |
| Nonemployer
establishments, 1999 |
1,891 |
445,159 |
| Manufacturers
shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
242,129 |
161,900,477 |
| Retail sales, 1997
($1000) |
163,037 |
72,356,763 |
| Retail sales per
capita, 1997 |
$6,825 |
$9,740 |
| Minority-owned firms,
percent of total, 1997 |
F |
10.8% |
| Women-owned firms,
percent of total, 1997 |
18.3% |
24.5% |
| Housing units
authorized by building permits, 2000 |
239 |
78,376 |
| Federal funds and
grants, 2001 ($1000) |
138,263 |
44,557,095 |
| Local government
employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
681 |
293,505 |
|
Geography QuickFacts |
Ashe County |
North Carolina |
| Land area, 2000 (square
miles) |
426 |
48,711 |
| Persons per square
mile, 2000 |
57.2 |
165.2 |
| Metropolitan Area
|
None |
* Information taken from
U.S. Census Bureau
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