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Wikes County, North Caroline

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Overview for Wilkes County, NC
Part of: North Wilkesboro NC, Micropolitan Area
 
Map of Wilkes County Wilkes County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 757.2 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 89.0 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 32.5%. On the 2000 census form, 99.3% of the population reported only one race, with 4.2% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 3.4% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.43 persons compared to an average family size of 2.87 persons.

In 2005 manufacturing was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $27,118. Per capita income grew by 15.1% between 1994 and 2004 (adjusted for inflation).

 

People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value Industry Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2005) 67,390 Covered Employment 25,194
   Growth (%) since 1990 13.5%    Average wage per job $37,311
Households (2000) 26,650 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 20.7%
Labor Force (persons) (2005) 32,616    Average wage per job $27,118
Unemployment Rate (2005) 5.8 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 3.3%
Per Capita Personal Income (2004) $26,753    Average wage per job $37,361
Median Household Income (2003) $34,091 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County D
Poverty Rate (2003) 13.6    Average wage per job D
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 66.0 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County 3.7%
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 11.3    Average wage per job $32,799

  

 
 

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