Wilson 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 30.9. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 18.2. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 7.6 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.46. This is about average. Closest monitor was 19.0 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2000 was 3.09. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 11.2 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Lucama and their reported violations in the past:
NEW LIFE FREE WILL BAPTIST (Population served: 400, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Nitrate. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-03-1999), St Public Notif requested (AUG-03-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-20-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-10-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between APR-02-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-10-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 17 routine major monitoring violations
- 3 regular monitoring violations
- 6 other older monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 13.8%
(4.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 11.1% for Black residents, 33.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 92.9% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 36.2% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.8 people | | North Carolina: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 69.6% | | Whole state: | 67.7% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 6.5% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lucama, NC
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Lucama compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly 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 Lucama (2011 data):
- The Heritage Bank: at 106 South Main Street, branch established on 1914/09/01. Info updated 2011/07/11: Bank assets: $265.5 mil, Deposits: $228.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Heritage Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Wilson County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Lucama (based on Wilson County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 38.41%
| Here |  | 38.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 24.3% | 18.3% | 17.2% | 8.3% | 5.6% |
| Congregations | 13.6% | 10.7% | 17.5% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
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| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Episcopal Church | Other |
| Adherents | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 10.4% |
| Congregations | 13.6% | 1.0% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 24.3% |
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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: 17 | This county: | 2.22 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Wilson County: | 0.13 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 9 | Wilson County: | 1.18 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 46 | This county: | 6.01 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 50 | Wilson County: | 6.53 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Here: | 11.9% | | North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Here: | 31.4% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Wilson County: | 18.6% | | 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 | $2,869 | $34,428 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $4,140 | $49,680 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $3,806 | $22,836 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,818 | $33,816 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
2 | $7,350 | $44,100 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
7 | $20,983 | $35,971 | 0 | $0 |
Lucama government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $162,000 ($145.95)
Solid Waste Management: $47,000 ($42.34)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $1,178,000 ($1061.26)
Sewerage: $170,000 ($153.15)
Police Protection: $143,000 ($128.83)
Regular Highways: $91,000 ($81.98)
Central Staff Services: $77,000 ($69.37)
Water Utilities: $73,000 ($65.77)
Solid Waste Management: $47,000 ($42.34)
Fire Protection: $18,000 ($16.22)
General - Other: $4,000 ($3.60)
Libraries: $1,000 ($0.90)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $41,000 ($36.94)
All Other: $1,000 ($0.90)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $147,000 ($132.43)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $113,000 ($101.80)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $34,000 ($30.63)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $49,000 ($44.14)
Rents: $1,000 ($0.90)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $45,000 ($40.54)
Electric Utilities: $39,000 ($35.14)
Regular Highways: $31,000 ($27.93)
Police Protection: $10,000 ($9.01)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,237,000 ($2015.32)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $1,428,000 ($1286.49)
Water Utilities: $69,000 ($62.16)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $30,000 ($27.03)
General Support: $14,000 ($12.61)
- Tax - Property: $130,000 ($117.12)
NEC: $13,000 ($11.71)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $402,000 ($362.16)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $9,000 ($8.11)
5.21% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,899 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.21% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($176 average AGI)| Wilson County: | 0.04% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.40% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,657 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.40% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($198 average AGI)| Wilson County: | 0.04% | | North Carolina average: | 0.10% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Lucama:
- WGTM (590 AM; 5 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WLLY (1350 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: ESTUARDO VALDEMAR RODRIGUEZ AND LEONOR RODRIGUEZ, JT TENANTS)
- WGBR (1150 AM; 5 kW; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WMPM (1270 AM; 5 kW; SMITHFIELD, NC; Owner: CAROLINA BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WVOT (1420 AM; 1 kW; WILSON, NC; Owner: KINGDOM EXPANSION CORPORATION)
- WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
- WGHB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FARMVILLE, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA, INC.)
- WEED (1390 AM; 5 kW; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
- WRBZ (850 AM; 10 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP #1)
Strongest FM radio stations in Lucama:
- WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WYMY (96.9 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
- WFXK (104.3 FM; TARBORO, NC; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRQM (90.9 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NC AT CHAPEL HILL)
- WRSV (92.1 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: NORTHSTAR BROADCATING CORPORATION)
- WKIX (102.3 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCPE (89.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CORPORATION)
- WQDR (94.7 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- W276AX (103.1 FM; PRINCETON, ETC., NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WSAY-FM (98.5 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
- WBBB (96.1 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAROLINA MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WYFL (92.5 FM; HENDERSON, NC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WKNS (90.3 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WZAX (99.7 FM; NASHVILLE, NC; Owner: MAINQUAD BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WAJC (90.5 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
TV broadcast stations around Lucama:
- WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
- WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
- WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCR-LP (Channel 20; WILSON, NC; Owner: ON THE MAP, INC.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUNK-TV (Channel 25; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WRPX (Channel 47; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: PAXSON RALEIGH LICENSE, INC.)
- WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
- WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WHFL-LP (Channel 56; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: FREE LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WARZ-LP (Channel 34; SMITHFIELD/SELMA, NC; Owner: WATERS & BROCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WUNP-TV (Channel 36; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- W63CW (Channel 63; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W66DK (Channel 66; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W64CN (Channel 64; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WHIG-LP (Channel 57; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: ACTION COMMUNITY TELEVISION, INC.)
Lucama fatal accident list:
Jun 9, 2006 09:29 PM, Us-301, Lat: 35.649806, Lon: -78.002075, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jan 2, 2004 05:25 PM, Rp-1649, Terry Street, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Sep 20, 1991 07:54 PM, Us301, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
May 21, 1983 02:30 AM, 1651, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jul 20, 1979 10:50 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 10, 1978 10:45 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Lucama, NC
| Most common first names in Lucama, NC among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 44 | 72.6 years |
| William | 29 | 74.1 years |
| George | 23 | 71.6 years |
| John | 23 | 70.1 years |
| Mary | 21 | 73.6 years |
| Robert | 12 | 70.7 years |
| Elizabeth | 11 | 79.5 years |
| David | 11 | 65.4 years |
| Joseph | 10 | 74.2 years |
| Charlie | 10 | 71.6 years |
| Most common last names in Lucama, NC among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Barnes | 54 | 73.7 years |
| Lamm | 39 | 77.4 years |
| Lucas | 36 | 76.3 years |
| Ferrell | 28 | 74.6 years |
| Raper | 25 | 73.5 years |
| Moore | 25 | 71.8 years |
| Watson | 22 | 73.5 years |
| Johnson | 21 | 74.1 years |
| Bass | 19 | 74.4 years |
| Taylor | 15 | 71.2 years |
Businesses in Lucama, NC
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