Beaufort County, North Carolina (NC)

Races in Beaufort County, North Carolina:

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 2016: $1,135 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $852 (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.

2012 air pollution in Beaufort County:

Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 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: 85.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,841 (36.7% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 1802010 or later
• 5032000 to 2009
• 6421990 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: 16,841
• One, attached: 231
• Two: 412
• 3 or 4: 400
• 5 to 9: 729
• 10 to 19: 246
• 20 to 49: 198
• 50 or more: 56
• Mobile homes: 6,537
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 23

Housing units in Beaufort County with a mortgage: 6,607 (153 second mortgage, 698 home equity loan, 46 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,820

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.

4.87% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,220 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.35% relocated from other counties in North Carolina ($25,268 average AGI)
1.53% relocated from other states ($14,952 average AGI)

Beaufort County:	1.53%
North Carolina average:	3.45%

from Pitt County, NC	1.35% ($37,150 average AGI)
from Craven County, NC	0.21% ($29,471)
from Wake County, NC	0.17% ($39,107)
from Martin County, NC	0.15% ($25,240)
from Washington County, NC	0.15% ($35,667)
from Hyde County, NC	0.10% ($26,000)
from Pamlico County, NC	0.09% ($25,643)

5.21% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,454 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.84% relocated to other counties in North Carolina ($23,369 average AGI)
1.37% relocated to other states ($9,085 average AGI)

Beaufort County:	1.37%
North Carolina average:	3.07%

to Pitt County, NC	1.68% ($28,462 average AGI)
to Craven County, NC	0.31% ($25,660)
to Wake County, NC	0.27% ($33,089)
to Martin County, NC	0.20% ($25,594)
to Pamlico County, NC	0.09% ($32,571)
to Washington County, NC	0.09% ($57,857)
to Carteret County, NC	0.08% ($45,231)

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: 39,967 (6,610 male householders, 5,899 female householders)

  9,496 spouses, 13,451 children (12,326 natural, 425 adopted, 708 stepchildren), 1,697 grandchildren, 589 brothers or sisters, 825 parents, 546 other relatives, 886 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 8,054 (2,757 male householders (2,422 living alone)), 4,076 female householders (3,637 living alone)), 1,190 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 480

Size of family households: 6,798 2-persons, 2,827 3-persons, 1,683 4-persons, 792 5-persons, 257 6-persons, 163 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,064 1-person, 715 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 29 6-persons.

5,912 married couples with children.
2,793 single-parent households (313 men, 2,480 women).

93.7% of residents of Beaufort speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% 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)

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 1902014 or later
• 6472010 to 2013
• 3,5422000 to 2009
• 3,9301990 to 1999
• 3,5281980 to 1989
• 5,4361970 to 1979
• 3,7801960 to 1969
• 2,0011950 to 1959
• 8471940 to 1949
• 1,6771939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 91 room
• 122 rooms
• 1113 rooms
• 9674 rooms
• 2,9205 rooms
• 3,9786 rooms
• 2,1877 rooms
• 1,5448 rooms
• 1,5769+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 491 room
• 1432 rooms
• 7183 rooms
• 1,4634 rooms
• 1,6905 rooms
• 1,3556 rooms
• 3137 rooms
• 1138 rooms
• 1669+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 8no bedroom
• 861 bedroom
• 1,7302 bedrooms
• 8,9153 bedrooms
• 2,3034 bedrooms
• 2895+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 64no bedroom
• 8771 bedroom
• 1,8442 bedrooms
• 2,7923 bedrooms
• 3814 bedrooms
• 685+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 347no vehicle
• 3,2521 vehicle
• 5,7822 vehicles
• 2,8193 vehicles
• 6834 vehicles
• 4345+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Beaufort County population

• 962no vehicle
• 2,7651 vehicle
• 1,8332 vehicles
• 2393 vehicles
• 314 vehicles
• 1455+ vehicles

93.9% of Beaufort County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in North Carolina.

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

• This state: 35,357
• Other state: 10,813
• Northeast: 3,341
• Midwest: 1,769
• South: 4,942
• West: 751

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