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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% | |
