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Allegany County of North Carolina
Demographics
 
 
 
Alleghany County is a mountainous, rural community that encompasses 236 square miles.  Alleghany experiences varied weather patterns that include warm summers and cold winters that bring snow and ice.  According to the NC Employment Security Commission website, the unemployment rate for Alleghany County is 7.1%.
 
 
GEOGRAPHY QUICKFACTS:
 
Land area, 2000 (sq miles) 234.65
Persons per sq mile, 2000 45.4
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Area none

PEOPLE QUICKFACTS:

Alleghany
County

North
Carolina

Unemployment Rate, March 2008 7.1%
Population, 2006 estimate 10,912 8,856,505
Population, % change, 4/1/2000-7/1/2006 2.2% 10.1%
Population, 2000 10,677 8,049,313
Persons under 5 years old, %, 2006 4.3% 6.9%
Persons under 18 years old, %, 2006 18.5% 24.3%
Persons 65 & older, %, 2006 19.5% 12.2%
Females persons, %, 2006 50.2% 51.0%
White persons, %, 2006 97.1% 74.0%
Black persons, %, 2006 1.4% 21.7%
American Indian & Alaskan, %, 2006 0.2% 1.3%
Asian persons, %, 2006 0.3% 1.9%
Persons reporting 2 or more races 1.0% 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2006 8.3% 6.7%
White persons not Hispanic, %, 2006 89.4% 67.9%
Living in same house in 1995 & 2000 64.9% 53.0%
Foreign born persons, %, 2000 4.1% 5.3%
High school graduates, 2000 68% 78.1%
Bachelors degree or higher, 2000 11.7% 2,398
Persons with a disability, 2000 2,398 1,540,365
Mean travel time to work in minutes 24.1 minutes 24.0
Housing units, 2000 7,051 4,028,959
Homeownership rate, 2000 78.9% 69.4%
Housing unites in multi-unit structures, 2000 5.7% 16.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing, 2000 $ 89,700 $ 108,300
Households, 2000 4,593 3,132,013
Persons per household, 2000 2.28 2.49
Median household income, 2004 $ 29,144 $ 40,863
Per capita money income, 1999 $ 17,691 $ 20,307
Persons below poverty, %, 2004 16.5% 13.8%
 
*Statistics used from U.S. Census Bureau*
 
 
 
 
                                                        
 
Crisis Line:
(336) 372-DANA (3262)
 
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(886) 261-DANA (3262)
 
En Espanol:
(336) 657-0466