Columbus County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 30.7. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.40. This is about average. Closest monitor was 21.9 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2001 was 0.00334. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 21.1 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Fair Bluff and their reported violations in the past:
HICKORY GROVE BAPT CHURCH (Population served: 110, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-29-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-22-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-18-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-19-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 10 routine major monitoring violations
- 5 regular monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 29.5%
(21.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 39.2% for Black residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 21.2% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.2 people | | North Carolina: |  2.4 people |
| This town: | 57.7% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
| This town: | 5.1% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fair Bluff, NC
5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Fair Bluff compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Fair Bluff (2011 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Fair Bluff Branch at 1054 Main Street, branch established on 1979/05/29. Info updated 2010/03/29: Bank assets: $168,867.6 mil, Deposits: $127,549.5 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1793 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Columbus County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Fair Bluff (based on Columbus County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 53.69%
| Here | | 53.7% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 65.8% | 11.8% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 50.0% | 14.0% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
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| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church | Charismatic Churches Independent | Assemblies of God | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 11.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 15 | Columbus County: | 2.78 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Columbus County: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | This county: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 43 | Columbus County: | 7.97 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 29 | Here: | 5.37 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Here: | 12.1% | | North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Columbus County: | 31.7% | | State: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Columbus County: | 15.7% | | State: | 15.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,254 | $27,048 | 1 | $997 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $6,710 | $26,840 | 1 | $1,276 |
| Totals for Government |
4 | $8,964 | $26,892 | 2 | $2,273 |
Fair Bluff government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $150,000 ($158.23)
Solid Waste Management: $66,000 ($69.62)
All Other: $1,000 ($1.05)
- Construction - Water Utilities: $6,000 ($6.33)
- Current Operations - General - Other: $375,000 ($395.57)
Police Protection: $164,000 ($173.00)
Regular Highways: $140,000 ($147.68)
Liquor Stores: $133,000 ($140.30)
Sewerage: $128,000 ($135.02)
Central Staff Services: $116,000 ($122.36)
Solid Waste Management: $71,000 ($74.89)
Water Utilities: $55,000 ($58.02)
Fire Protection: $27,000 ($28.48)
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $265,000 ($279.54)
All Other: $63,000 ($66.46)
Transit Utilities: $35,000 ($36.92)
Highways: $22,000 ($23.21)
- General - Interest on Debt: $32,000 ($33.76)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $1,000 ($1.05)
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $1,000 ($1.05)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $136,000 ($143.46)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $537,000 ($566.46)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $523,000 ($551.69)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $14,000 ($14.77)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $17,000 ($17.93)
Interest Earnings: $9,000 ($9.49)
Rents: $6,000 ($6.33)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $81,000 ($85.44)
Police Protection: $27,000 ($28.48)
Central Staff: $7,000 ($7.38)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $430,000 ($453.59)
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $158,000 ($166.67)
Water Utilities: $64,000 ($67.51)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $52,000 ($54.85)
All Other: $40,000 ($42.19)
General Support: $27,000 ($28.48)
- Tax - Property: $215,000 ($226.79)
NEC: $1,000 ($1.05)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $188,000 ($198.31)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
4.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,737 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.55% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,743 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.37% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fair Bluff:
- WZFB (1480 AM; 1 kW; FAIR BLUFF, NC; Owner: SOLOMON RADIO PARTNERS, INC.)
- WTAB (1370 AM; 5 kW; TABOR CITY, NC; Owner: WTAB, INC)
- WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJAY (1280 AM; 4 kW; MULLINS, SC; Owner: THE GREATER HWY CHURCH OF CHRIST)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WVOE (1590 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CHADBOURN, NC; Owner: EBONY ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFMO (860 AM; 1 kW; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WMIR (1200 AM; 7 kW; ATLANTIC BEACH, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC BEACH RADIO, INC.)
- WKKE (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: FERRIS YARNELL LOCKLEAR)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fair Bluff:
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WSTS (100.9 FM; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WQSD (107.1 FM; BRIARCLIFF ACRES, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF MYRTLE BEACH LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHMC-FM (90.1 FM; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKZQ-FM (101.7 FM; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WVCO (94.9 FM; LORIS, SC; Owner: CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCMG (94.3 FM; LATTA, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFNC-FM (102.3 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Fair Bluff:
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WHMC (Channel 23; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- W67DU (Channel 67; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WLPS-LP (Channel 7; LUMBERTON/PEMBROKE, NC; Owner: BILLY RAY LOCKLEAR)
- WPEM-LP (Channel 47; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: GERALD LOCKLEAR)
- WFPX (Channel 62; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W66DE (Channel 50; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
Fair Bluff fatal accident list:
Aug 15, 2009 01:51 AM, W Brooks St, Lat: 34.30969722, Lon: -79.031525, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Fair Bluff)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - Fair Bluff Fire & Rescue (Lat: 34.312667 Lon: -79.034750), Call Sign: WAE768, Licensee ID: L00042809
Assigned Frequencies: 156.015 MHz
Grant Date: 07/18/2003, Expiration Date: 08/15/2013
Registrant: County Of Columbus, 608 N Thompson Street, Whiteville, NC 28472, Phone: (919) 640-6600 - City Hall (Lat: 34.314056 Lon: -79.033083), Call Sign: KWL626, Licensee ID: L00040737
Assigned Frequencies: 453.050 MHz
Grant Date: 01/21/1999, Expiration Date: 05/10/2004, Cancellation Date: 07/11/2004
Registrant: City Of Fair Bluff, Fair Bluff Municipal Bldg, Fair Bluff, NC 28439-0126 - 3 Mi Ese Of Fair Bluff On Sr 1356 (Lat: 34.260167 Lon: -79.020583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 89 m, Call Sign: WPJT468
Assigned Frequencies: 935.400 MHz, 935.412 MHz, 935.425 MHz, 935.450 MHz, 935.900 MHz, 935.912 MHz, 935.925 MHz, 935.950 MHz, 935.962 MHz, 935.975 MHz... (+27 more)
Grant Date: 10/25/2001, Expiration Date: 10/16/2011, Cancellation Date: 10/09/2003, Certifier: Edward O Quarles
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - STATION, Ncsr 1356 4.0 Mi S Of (Lat: 34.260444 Lon: -79.020306), Overall height: 89.3 m, Call Sign: WHI741, Licensee ID: L00002092
Assigned Frequencies: 6004.50 MHz, 6152.75 MHz
Grant Date: 05/19/2008, Expiration Date: 04/08/2018
Registrant: Carolina Power & Light Company D/B/A Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., 100 E. Davie Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, Phone: (919) 546-2929, Fax: (919) 546-2285, Email:
FAA Registered Aircraft: 4 - Aircraft: CESSNA 182J (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3369F , Serial Number: 18257369, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 06/28/1966
Registrant (Individual): Howell Strickland, 138 Air Park Dr, Fair Bluff, NC 28439 - Aircraft: CESSNA 172E (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3699S , Serial Number: 17250899, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 11/20/1963
Registrant (Co-Owned): William Howell Strickland, 138 Air Park Dr, Fair Bluff, NC 28439, Other Owners: Ruth Strickland - Aircraft: CESSNA 172RG (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 5097R , Serial Number: 172RG0039, Year manufactured: 1979, Airworthiness Date: 10/03/1979
Registrant (Corporation): Frank Horne Construction Inc, Po Box 338, Fair Bluff, NC 28439 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-250 (Category: Land, Engines: 2, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 150 mph), Engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 6226Y , Serial Number: 27-3455, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 09/01/1966
Registrant (Individual): Frank Horne, Po Box 338, Fair Bluff, NC 28439
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Fair Bluff, NC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| James | 18 | 71.4 years |
| John | 16 | 76.4 years |
| William | 15 | 71.4 years |
| Mary | 11 | 75.9 years |
| Robert | 10 | 68.5 years |
| Henry | 10 | 74.2 years |
| George | 9 | 68.9 years |
| Willie | 7 | 66.8 years |
| Ruby | 7 | 83.7 years |
| Annie | 6 | 84.5 years |
| Most common last names in Fair Bluff, NC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Strickland | 26 | 71.1 years |
| Enzor | 24 | 78.3 years |
| Meares | 23 | 73.8 years |
| Bullock | 18 | 72.2 years |
| Graham | 18 | 74.1 years |
| Hammond | 17 | 72.6 years |
| Hinson | 16 | 70.0 years |
| Waddell | 15 | 75.7 years |
| Anderson | 14 | 79.2 years |
| Small | 12 | 81.0 years |
Businesses in Fair Bluff, NC
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