Wilkes (county, North Carolina)

According to the US Census Bureau , the total area of ​​the county is 1,968.402 km ² , of which 1,960.632 km ^{2 is} land and 7.770 km ² or 0.360% is water.

According to the 2010 census ^[1] , 69,340 inhabitants live in the district as a part of 28,360 households and 19,683 families . The population density is 35.49 people per km ² . On the territory of the district there are 33,065 residential buildings, with a building density of about 16.93 buildings per km ² . The racial composition of the population: whites - 90.60%, African Americans - 4.08%, Native Americans ( Indians ) - 0.19%, Asians - 0.43%, Hawaiians - 0.03%, representatives of other races - 3.33 %, representatives of two or more races - 1.33%. Hispanic made up 0.00% of the population regardless of race .

26.76% of the total number of households are children under the age of 18, 54.03% of households are married couples living together, 10.50% of households are single women without a spouse, 30.60% of households households are not related to families , 26.69% of households consist of one person, 11.59% of households consist of elderly (65 years and older) living alone. The average household size is 2.41 people, and the average family size is 2.89 people.

The age structure of the district: 22.41% younger than 18 years old, 7.16% from 18 to 24, 23.96% from 25 to 44, 29.49% from 45 to 64 and 16.99% from 65 and older. The average age of a resident of the district is 42.4 years. For every 100 females there are 97.69 males . For every 100 females over 18, there are 95.42 males .

The average income per household in the district was 30,668 USD , per family - 39,670 USD . The average earnings of a man were 30,917 USD against 26,182 USD for a woman . The per capita income was 18,319 USD . About 17.60% of families and 21.50% of the total population were below the poverty line , including 32.60% of young people (those who are under 18) and 13.40% of those who were over 65 .

• Official site of the Wilkes, North Carolina County Government
• National Association of the United States
• Wilkes County, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
• The Chamber of Commerce of Wilkes County, North Carolina (Neopr.) (The inaccessible link is history ) .
• The Chamber of Commerce of Wilkes County, North Carolina (Neopr.) (The inaccessible link is history ) .