New Hanover county Community Profile

GEOGRAPHY

·        AT 199 SQUARE MILES, NEW HANOVER COUNTY IS THE SECOND SMALLEST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA’S 100 COUNTIES AND THE SECOND MOST DENSELY POPULATED BEHIND MECKLENBURG

·         COMMUNITIES

o       CAROLINA BEACH ( TOWN)

o       CASTLE HAYNE

o       KINGS GRANT

o       KURE EACH (TOWN)

o       MASONBORO

o       MURRAYSVILLE

o       MYRTLE GROVE

o       ODGEN

o       PORTER’S NECK

o       SEAGATE

o       SILVER LAKE

o       WILMINGTON ( CITY)

o       WRIGHTSBORO

o       WRIGHSVILE BEACH (TOWN)

POPULATION

·         THE US CENSUS BUREAU COUNTS  180, 358 PEOPLE

·         THE POPULATION IS:

o       51.5% FEMALE

o       45.5% MALE

o       81.2%.WHITE

o       16.4% BLACK

VOTER REGISTERATION STATS ( 4^TH Q 2007—NHC BOARD OF ELECTIONS)

·         TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS     130,155

·         COUNTY STATISTICAL (VOTER REGISTRATION ONLY)

o       REPUBLICANS        49, 208

o       DEMOCRATS           49,079

o       UNAFFILIATED        31, 868

·         AM INDIAN                  161

·         ASIAN                           371

·         BLACK                          16, 210

·         WHITE                          111,022

·         OTHER                          1,276

·         MULTI-RACE               279

·         UNDESIGNATED        836

·         HISPANIC                     528

·         NOT HISPANIC       120,946 

·         UNDESIGNATED   8,861 

·         FEMALE                  70,024 

·         MALE                       58,590 

·         UNDESIGNATED   1,541

PRECINCT INFORMATION

·         48 (?) PRECINCTS

·         MORE INFO TO BE ADDED

ELECTED OFFICIALS ( TOTAL 58)

·         31 DEMOCRATS

·         25 REPUBLICANS

·         2 UNAFFILIATED

·         NC SENATE DISTRICT-- 9—DEMOCRAT

·         HOUSE DISTRICT—19—REPUBLICAN

·         5 OF 5 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

·         5 OF 7 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

ECONOMY

·         UNEMPLOYMENT RATE------------3.50 %

·         JOB GROWTH                   ------------3.53 %

·         INCOME PER CAPITA      -----------$ 27,128.00 (INCLUDES ALL ADULTS AND CHILDREN)

·         MEDIAN INCOME            -----------$ 46, 231. 00

·         NC SALES TAX                ----------   7.00 %

·         THE TOP THREE TAX PAYERS IN 2005 WERE PROGRESS ENERGY, CORNING, AND GENERAL ELECTRIC

·         THE TOP THREE EMPLOYERS IN 2007 WERE:__________

EDUCATION

·         85.3 % OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY RESIDENTS 25 + GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL: 31 % HOLD COLLEGE DEGREES.

·         UNC-W

·         CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CRIME

·         VIOLENT CRIME RATE ON SCALE I T0 10 IS 5 VS US 3

·         PROPERTY CRIME RATE  ON SCALE OF 1 TO 10 IS 6 VS US 3

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FOR NEW HANOVER COUNT Y

·         WATER/SEWER REPAIR

·         TRAFFIC

·         CONVENTION CENTER

·         POLICE PROTECTION

·         DRUGS

·         CRIME