Beaufort County, North Carolina (NC)

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• • 31,51770.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 12,37627.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,7618.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4451.0%Two or more races
  • 440.10%Asian alone
  • 210.05%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 160.04%Some other race alone

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 15
• Assaults: 68
• Burglaries: 280
• Thefts: 514
• Auto thefts: 51

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 14
• Assaults: 67
• Burglaries: 274
• Thefts: 494
• Auto thefts: 40

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $1,184 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $818 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Beaufort County is $427 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $606 a month.

Cities in this county include: Washington, River Road, Belhaven, Chocowinity, Aurora, Washington Park, Bayview, Bath, Pantego, Pinetown.

2018 air pollution in Beaufort County:

Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bledsoe County, Tennessee , Caldwell County , DeKalb County, Tennessee , Hardeman County, Tennessee , Haywood County , Marion County, Tennessee , Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma .

Current college students: 1,728
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,768 (41.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1752010 or later
• 2612000 to 2009
• 5931990 to 1999
• 2001980 to 1989
• 521970 to 1979
• 145Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 76.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 17,283
• One, attached: 232
• Two: 397
• 3 or 4: 438
• 5 to 9: 601
• 10 to 19: 245
• 20 to 49: 202
• 50 or more: 57
• Mobile homes: 6,678
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22

Housing units in Beaufort County with a mortgage: 6,724 (137 second mortgage, 741 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,173

Religion statistics for Beaufort County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Beaufort County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• North Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 24, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3380: October 07, 2016, FEMA Id: 3380, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 24, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4285: October 10, 2016, FEMA Id: 4285, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 25, 2011 to September 01, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3327: August 25, 2011, FEMA Id: 3327, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 25, 2011 to September 01, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4019: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4019, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-line Winds associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, Incident Period: September 27, 2010 to October 01, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1942: October 14, 2010, FEMA Id: 1942, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm, Storm, Flood, Wind
• North Carolina Hurricane Earl, Incident Period: September 01, 2010 to September 04, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3314: September 01, 2010, FEMA Id: 3314, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Tropical Storm Hanna, Incident Period: September 04, 2008 to September 15, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1801: October 08, 2008, FEMA Id: 1801, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• North Carolina Hurricane Ophelia, Incident Period: September 11, 2005 to September 17, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3254: September 14, 2005, FEMA Id: 3254, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3222: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3222, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• North Carolina Hurricane Isabel, Incident Period: September 18, 2003 to September 26, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1490: September 18, 2003, FEMA Id: 1490, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.59% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($45,757 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.86% relocated from other counties in North Carolina ($29,756 average AGI)
1.73% relocated from other states ($16,002 average AGI)

Beaufort County:	1.73%
North Carolina average:	3.75%

from Pitt County, NC	1.52% ($36,691 average AGI)
from Wake County, NC	0.29% ($63,220)
from Craven County, NC	0.26% ($35,467)
from Martin County, NC	0.19% ($42,094)
from Washington County, NC	0.15% ($40,640)

5.20% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($31,762 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.74% relocated to other counties in North Carolina ($18,683 average AGI)
1.46% relocated to other states ($13,079 average AGI)

Beaufort County:	1.46%
North Carolina average:	3.07%

to Pitt County, NC	1.59% ($31,652 average AGI)
to Wake County, NC	0.34% ($35,103)
to Craven County, NC	0.27% ($34,413)
to Martin County, NC	0.15% ($33,077)
to Hyde County, NC	0.13% ($36,773)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 11.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Beaufort County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 39,900 (6,386 male householders, 6,260 female householders)

  9,317 spouses, 13,198 children (12,270 natural, 232 adopted, 699 stepchildren), 1,746 grandchildren, 744 brothers or sisters, 789 parents, 587 other relatives, 920 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 7,996 (2,723 male householders (2,326 living alone)), 3,997 female householders (3,599 living alone)), 1,270 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 476

Size of family households: 6,563 2-persons, 3,036 3-persons, 1,763 4-persons, 939 5-persons, 207 6-persons, 138 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,931 1-person, 731 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 1 5-persons, 24 6-persons.

5,627 married couples with children.
2,809 single-parent households (355 men, 2,454 women).

93.9% of residents of Beaufort speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $304,861,000 ($6,657 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,165,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $145,496,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $55,583,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,993,000
Federal grants: $76,517,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,641,000 ($706,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,632,000 ($948,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,570,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,911,000
Federal Government insurance: $533,765,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.66 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Beaufort County, North Carolina
• 3832014 or later
• 6172010 to 2013
• 3,5232000 to 2009
• 3,9891990 to 1999
• 3,5431980 to 1989
• 5,3921970 to 1979
• 3,8411960 to 1969
• 1,9721950 to 1959
• 9051940 to 1949
• 1,7961939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Beaufort County, North Carolina
• 71 room
• 02 rooms
• 1483 rooms
• 1,0434 rooms
• 3,1725 rooms
• 3,9586 rooms
• 2,1527 rooms
• 1,6048 rooms
• 1,6519+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Beaufort County, North Carolina
• 661 room
• 1502 rooms
• 6033 rooms
• 1,2254 rooms
• 1,7625 rooms
• 1,1766 rooms
• 2857 rooms
• 1258 rooms
• 1739+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Beaufort County, North Carolina
• 6no bedroom
• 761 bedroom
• 1,6092 bedrooms
• 9,2333 bedrooms
• 2,5114 bedrooms
• 3445+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Beaufort County, North Carolina
• 83no bedroom
• 7941 bedroom
• 1,4652 bedrooms
• 2,7823 bedrooms
• 3414 bedrooms
• 1015+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Beaufort County, North Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Beaufort County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 408no vehicle
• 3,4861 vehicle
• 5,4882 vehicles
• 3,0463 vehicles
• 8844 vehicles
• 4815+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Beaufort County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,056no vehicle
• 2,3331 vehicle
• 1,8782 vehicles
• 2103 vehicles
• 404 vehicles
• 545+ vehicles

94.9% of Beaufort County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 35,205
• Other state: 10,903
• Northeast: 3,538
• Midwest: 1,854
• South: 4,774
• West: 732

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,849
• Number of aged recipients: 246
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,603
• Number of recipients under 18: 317
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,069
• Number of recipients older than 64: 463
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 839
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 768