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Beaufort County
	Beaufort County, North Carolina
	; Location in the state of North Carolina
	; North Carolina's location in the U.S.
Founded	1712
Seat	Washington
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 959 sq mi (2,484 km²); 828 sq mi (2,145 km²); 131 sq mi (339 km²), 13.64%
Population; - (2000); - Density	; 44,958 ; 54/sq mi (21/km²)
Website	www.co.beaufort.nc.us

Beaufort County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 44,958. Its county seat is Washington^[1].

GeographyEdit

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 959 square miles (2,483.8 km²), of which 828 square miles (2,144.5 km²) is land and 131 square miles (339.3 km²) (13.64%) is water.

Adjacent countiesEdit

Washington County (northeast)
Hyde County (east)
Pamlico County (southeast)
Craven County (southwest)
Pitt County (west)
Martin County (northwest)

Law and government Edit

Beaufort County is a member of the Mid-East Commission regional council of governments.

Beaufort County is one of the proposed sites for a Navy outlying landing field. This practice airfield would allow pilots to simulate landings on an aircraft carrier. Construction, which has not yet begun, is controversial[1] due to its potential ecological impact.

DemographicsEdit

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 44,958 people, 18,319 households, and 12,951 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile (21/km²). There were 22,139 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 68.44% White, 29.03% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.42% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. 3.24% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 18,319 households out of which 28.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.60% were married couples living together, 13.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.30% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.40% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 26.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,066, and the median income for a family was $37,893. Males had a median income of $30,483 versus $21,339 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,722. About 15.20% of families and 19.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.60% of those under age 18 and 19.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns Edit

:Note, for the following tables, that there may be more than one county of this name and that some contributors may have entered a different (possibly shorter and/or ambiguous) name when this county was meant. Search for similar names to get a more complete result. Common abbreviations are "Co." and "Cty", but there may have been no word for "county" (or equivalent) included, or such a word may have been wrongly included.

Beaufort County, North Carolina on FamilypediaEdit

Born in Beaufort County, North CarolinaEdit

	Birth place	Birth date	Father	Mother
Betty Josephine Whealton (1944-2004)	Craven, Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States	18 August 1944	Stephen Redden Whealton (1914-1995)	Inez Martin (1916-2008)
Bruce Whealton Sr. (1940-)	Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States	9 September 1940	Stephen Redden Whealton (1914-1995)	Inez Martin (1916-2008)

Baptised in Beaufort County, North CarolinaEdit

Married in Beaufort County, North CarolinaEdit

See also Category:Married in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Grouping is for "first marriage", "second marriage", etc as indicated in column headings

	Birth place	Wedding1 date	Wedding1 locality	Joined with-g1
Etta Jones (1895-1978)		30 July 1914	South Creek, North Carolina	William Henry Martin (1891-1965)

Died in Beaufort County, North CarolinaEdit

See also Category:Died in Beaufort County, North Carolina

	Death date	Death place	Birth place	Father	Mother	Joined with
Etta Jones (1895-1978)	26 January 1978	Aurora, Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States		Henry Jones (c1870-)	Annie Fell (c1870-)	William Henry Martin (1891-1965)
Bessie Arabella Weatherington (1893-1970)	20 January 1970	Aurora, Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States	North Carolina, United States	Redden F Weatherington (1853-1900)	Matilda Mayo (1858-1933)	Leven Whealton (1887-1955)

Buried in Beaufort County, North CarolinaEdit

ReferencesEdit

^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at Beaufort County, North Carolina. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.

[GR6-0] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[GR2-1] "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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