Average household size:
| This town: |  2.0 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 66.6% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.2% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 8.4% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 3.6% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Oriental, NC
2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in other workers' dormitories
Oriental compared to North Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
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Banks with branches in Oriental (2007 data):
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company: Oriental Branch at 409 Broad Street, branch established on 1972-12-14. Info updated 2006-07-11: Bank assets: $13,326.8 mil, Deposits: $11,030.1 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 339 total offices, Holding Company: First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Pamlico County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Electricity (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Water Supply |
2 | $4,448 | $26,688 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $2,094 | $12,564 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $3,405 |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $4,317 | $51,804 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $3,308 | $39,696 | 1 | $886 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $14,167 | $28,334 | 5 | $4,291 |
Oriental government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $124,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $2,000
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $105,000
Police Protection: $104,000
Regular Highways: $101,000
Central Staff Services: $92,000
Solid Waste Management: $49,000
Water Utilities: $45,000
General - Other: $17,000
Parks & Recreation: $15,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,000
General Public Buildings: $6,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $65,000
All Other: $5,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $39,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $20,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $19,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $20,000
Interest Earnings: $8,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $6,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $822,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $53,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $44,000
General Support: $31,000
All Other: $26,000
- Tax - Property: $238,000
Other Selective Sales: $15,000
NEC: $10,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $187,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000
7.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,047 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.65% | | 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:
7.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,940 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.79% | | 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 Oriental:
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WTAR (850 AM; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS)
- WDLX (930 AM; 5 kW; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WCKO (1110 AM; daytime; 50 kW; NORFOLK, VA; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WNCT (1070 AM; 10 kW; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WANG (1330 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRVA (1140 AM; 50 kW; RICHMOND, VA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBTB (1400 AM; 1 kW; BEAUFORT, NC; Owner: EASTERN CAROLINA BROADCASTING COMPAN)
- WJCV (1290 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: DOWN EAST BROADCASTING CO INC.)
- WRJR (670 AM; 20 kW; CLAREMONT, VA; Owner: CHESAPEAKE-PORTSMOUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Oriental:
- WMGV (103.3 FM; NEWPORT, NC; Owner: WMGV LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRUP (97.9 FM; BAYBORO, NC; Owner: CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WTKF (107.3 FM; ATLANTIC, NC; Owner: ATLANTIC RIDGE TELECASTERS, INC.)
- WQZL (101.1 FM; BELHAVEN, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNBR (94.1 FM; ORIENTAL, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WIKS (101.9 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: WIKS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOTJ (90.7 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WRHT (96.3 FM; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: ABG NORTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WLGP (100.3 FM; HARKERS ISLAND, NC; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WXNR (99.5 FM; GRIFTON, NC; Owner: WXNR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBJD (91.5 FM; ATLANTIC BEACH, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WANG-FM (105.1 FM; HAVELOCK, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WTEB (89.3 FM; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
TV broadcast stations around Oriental:
- WFXI (Channel 8; MOREHEAD CITY, NC; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF EASTERN CAROLINA LICENSE LLC)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, 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)
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