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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $534 (0.8%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bladen County is $397 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $733 a month.
Cities in this county include: Long View
, Elizabethtown
, Bladenboro
, Clarkton
, White Lake
, East Arcadia
, Kelly
, White Oak
, Butters
, Dublin
.
Neighboring
counties: Columbus County
, Cumberland County
, Pender County
, Robeson County
, Sampson County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bladen County: Browns
Landing
(A),
Elizabethtown Dock
(B),
Memorial Monument
(C),
Lock Landing
(D),
Prospect Hall Landing
(E),
Gibson Landing
(F),
Reeves Ford
(G),
Jessups Landing
(H),
Lake Creek Community House
(I),
Church Landing
(J),
Prison Number 601
(K),
Russ Landing
(L),
Sikes Landing
(M),
Sandy Bluff Landing
(N),
Tar Heel Landing
(O),
Boone Field Landing
(P),
Bakers Landing
(Q),
Atkinson Landing
(R),
Still Landing
(S),
Strawhorn Landing
(T)
Churches in Bladen County include: ABE
Branch Church
(A),
New Center Church
(B),
Natmore Church
(C),
Hickory Grove Church
(D),
Murphy Chapel
(E),
Antioch Church
(F),
Ashwood Church
(G),
Mount Zion Church
(H),
Bakers Creek Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Melvin
Cemetery
(1),
Burney Cemetery
(2),
Grimes Cemetery
(3),
McCall Cemetery
(4),
Johnson Cemetery
(5),
Atkinson Cemetery
(6),
Roanoke Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Jones
Lake
(A),
Salters Lake
(B),
Bakers Lake
(C),
Horseshoe Lake
(D),
Little Singletary Lake
(E),
Bay Tree Lake
(F),
Wheeler Lake
(G),
Davis Millpond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Georgia
Branch
(A),
Panther Branch
(B),
Frenchs Creek
(C),
Pemberton Creek
(D),
Peters Creek
(E),
Phillips Creek
(F),
Fishpond Branch
(G),
Pine Log Swamp
(H),
Ellis Creek
(I)
Parks in Bladen County include: Bladen
County Park
(1),
Singletary Lake State Park
(2),
Jones Lake State Park
(3),
Bay Tree Lake State Park
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
6.3% | | North
Carolina: |
4.5% |
Current college students: 1,484
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 70.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 737 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Bladen
County: |
2.3% | | Whole
state: | 5.3% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 369
- 1990
to 1994: 135
- 1985
to 1989: 116
- 1980
to 1984: 22
- 1975
to 1979: 24
- 1970
to 1974: 3
- 1970
to 1974: 20
- 1965
to 1969: 48
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Mean travel time to work: 26.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 64.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 9,790
- One,
attached: 107
- Two:
202
- 3
or 4: 251
- 5
to 9: 98
- 10
to 19: 45
- 20
or more: 135
- Mobile
homes: 4,688
Housing units in Bladen County with a mortgage: 3,183 (310 second mortgage, 292 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,027 Agriculture
in Bladen County
Average size of farms: 264 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $462158
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $608.09
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.33%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 84.49%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $365858
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 44.67%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 14.82%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $77120
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.20%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.02
Corn for grain: 17719 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2731 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 10730 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 19007 harvested acres
Vegetables: 110 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 132 acresBladen
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near North Carolina state average. It is 1.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 13 fatalities and 110 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/28/1984, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed 12 people and injured 101 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(14%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Food
(7%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Educational
services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Health
care (18%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Food
(5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Agricultural
workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(60%)
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- El
Salvador (8%)
- Honduras
(8%)
- Germany
(4%)
- Poland
(3%)
- Korea
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Bladen County:
|
- United
States or American (19%)
- English
(6%)
- Scotch-Irish
(6%)
- Irish
(4%)
- German
(2%)
- Scottish
(2%)
- Polish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 10,296 (80%)
- Carpooled:
1,885 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 62 (0%)
- Railroad:
6 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
12 (0%)
- Bicycle:
6 (0%)
- Walked:
148 (1%)
- Other
means: 155 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 272 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Bladen County, North Carolina
- 347
people in nursing homes
- 101
people in state prisons
- 94
people in other group homes
- 71
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 68
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 9
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $36,531.
5.45% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,573 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.45% | | North
Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($452 average AGI)
| Bladen
County: |
0.14% | | North
Carolina average: | 0.17% |
3.76% relocated from other counties in North Carolina ($19,951 average AGI)
1.56% relocated from other states ($8,168 average AGI)
| Bladen
County: |
1.56% | | North
Carolina average: | 4.34% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Cumberland County, NC
|
0.77% ($30,859 average AGI) |
| from
Robeson County, NC
|
0.64% ($22,892) |
| from
Columbus County, NC
|
0.51% ($24,019) |
| from
New Hanover County, NC
|
0.29% ($33,517) |
| from
Sampson County, NC
|
0.24% ($34,667) |
| from
Brunswick County, NC
|
0.14% ($37,000) |
| from
Wake County, NC
|
0.12% ($37,917) |
5.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,249 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.55% | | North
Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.25% relocated to other counties in North Carolina ($20,556 average AGI)
1.30% relocated to other states ($7,693 average AGI)
| Bladen
County: |
1.30% | | North
Carolina average: | 3.10% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Cumberland County, NC
|
0.77% ($26,308 average AGI) |
| to
Robeson County, NC
|
0.73% ($25,649) |
| to
Columbus County, NC
|
0.63% ($31,250) |
| to
New Hanover County, NC
|
0.33% ($26,235) |
| to
Wake County, NC
|
0.25% ($21,760) |
| to
Sampson County, NC
|
0.18% ($25,389) |
| to
Mecklenburg County, NC
|
0.17% ($23,882) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.2
Births
per 1000 population in Bladen County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.0
Deaths
per 1000 population in Bladen County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.2
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Bladen County
|
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,608 (3,998 aged, 1,610 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 31,579
- In
family households: 27,096 (6,317 male householders, 2,588 female householders)
6,157
spouses, 9,449 children (8,869 natural, 193 adopted, 387 stepchildren), 1,081 grandchildren, 268 brothers or sisters, 245 parents, 415 other relatives, 576 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,483 (1,679 male householders (1,428 living alone)), 2,289 female householders (2,145 living alone)), 515 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 699 (515 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,879 2-persons, 2,300 3-persons, 1,707 4-persons, 704 5-persons, 228 6-persons, 87 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,573 1-person, 332 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 6 6-persons.
4,403 married couples with children.
2,270 single-parent households (423 men, 1,847 women).
94.9% of residents of Bladen County speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (39% speak English very well, 52% speak English well, 9% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $218,129,000 ($6609 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,161,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $89,072,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $43,833,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,475,000
Federal grants: $69,344,000
Federal procurement contracts: $553,000 ($-5,805,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $9,852,000 ($4,574,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,149,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,445,000
Federal Government insurance: $32,142,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,431
| Here: |
74 per 1000 residents | | State: |
72 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,082
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: |
44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +309
| Here: |
+9 per 1000 residents | | State: | +18
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +61
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +27
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Bladen County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 30.91 millions of gallons per day (7% from ground, 93% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 350
- 1995
to 1998: 1,588
- 1990
to 1994: 1,372
- 1980
to 1989: 2,835
- 1970
to 1979: 3,597
- 1960
to 1969: 1,995
- 1950
to 1959: 1,477
- 1940
to 1949: 1,046
- 1939
or earlier: 1,056
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Bladen County, North Carolina: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 112
- 3
rooms: 430
- 4
rooms: 1,083
- 5
rooms: 3,034
- 6
rooms: 2,489
- 7
rooms: 1,583
- 8
rooms: 791
- 9
or more rooms: 511
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bladen County, North Carolina: |
- 1
room: 15
- 2
rooms: 180
- 3
rooms: 361
- 4
rooms: 742
- 5
rooms: 701
- 6
rooms: 464
- 7
rooms: 285
- 8
rooms: 52
- 9
or more rooms: 64
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bladen County:
|
- no
bedroom: 35
- 1
bedroom: 265
- 2
bedrooms: 2,267
- 3
bedrooms: 6,146
- 4
bedrooms: 1,071
- 5
or more bedrooms: 249
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bladen County:
|
- no
bedroom: 31
- 1
bedroom: 562
- 2
bedrooms: 1,017
- 3
bedrooms: 1,019
- 4
bedrooms: 216
- 5
or more bedrooms: 19
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bladen County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 620
- 1
vehicle: 3,201
- 2
vehicles: 3,760
- 3
vehicles: 1,729
- 4
vehicles: 506
- 5
or more vehicles: 217
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bladen County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 585
- 1
vehicle: 1,414
- 2
vehicles: 676
- 3
vehicles: 140
- 4
vehicles: 21
- 5
or more vehicles: 28
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71% of Bladen County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in North Carolina.
| Bladen
County: |
71.0% | | State
average: |
54.4% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 26867
- Northeast:
1634
- Midwest:
594
- South:
2078
- West:
222
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(45%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility
gas (5%)
- Wood
(3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(52%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility
gas (7%)
- Wood
(4%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 208
| Here: |
5.8% | | North
Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 106
| Here: |
6.0% | | North
Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 77
| Here: |
5.6% | | North
Carolina: | 20.2% |
Bladen
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $37,096,000
All Other: $20,960,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,043,000
Higher Education - Other: $1,753,000
Sewerage: $978,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $707,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $38,000
Parks & Recreation: $30,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $4,000
- Construction
- Elementary & Secondary Education: $1,564,000
Higher Education - Other: $222,000
- Current
Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $39,571,000
General - Other: $23,475,000
Other Higher Education: $9,004,000
Health Services - Other: $4,230,000
Welfare - Other: $2,891,000
Police Protection: $1,915,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,707,000
Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $1,676,000
Central Staff Services: $1,321,000
Corrections - Other: $774,000
Fire Protection: $674,000
Financial Administration: $666,000
Sewerage: $429,000
Libraries: $392,000
Natural Resources - Other: $307,000
Water Utilities: $184,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $166,000
Parks & Recreation: $159,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $20,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $437,000
Education: $0
- General
- Interest on Debt: $2,937,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $462,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $2,688,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $46,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $11,199,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $22,600,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,668,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Higher Education: $0
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $21,700,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $11,045,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,420,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $964,000
Higher Education: $0
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Elementary and Secondary Education: $900,000
Other, NEC: $283,000
Water Utilities: $154,000
Higher Education: $0
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $234,000
Interest Earnings: $225,000
Rents: $84,000
Property Sale Other: $9,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,221,000
General - Other: $515,000
Solid Waste Management: $266,000
Police Protection: $162,000
Welfare - Other: $135,000
Other Higher Education: $113,000
Health - Other: $93,000
Parks & Recreation: $64,000
Central Staff: $23,000
Water Utilities: $20,000
Natural Resource - Other: $19,000
Judicial: $19,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $8,000
Corrections - Other: $3,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $15,512,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $419,000
- Short
Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $23,000
End of Fiscal Year: $3,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Education: $42,042,000
Public Welfare: $3,732,000
Health & Hospitals: $1,574,000
All Other: $1,306,000
Housing & Community Development: $320,000
General Support: $92,000
- Tax
- Property: $15,521,000
Total General Sales: $5,757,000
NEC: $515,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $48,721,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $560,000
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