Lenoir County, North Carolina
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
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State Health Department
- North Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services: 1915 Mail Service Center, Raleigh
Population:
- Total Population: 59,648
- Males: 28,281
- Females: 31,367
Ethnicity:
- White: 33,046
- Black/African American: 24,044
- Hispanic: 1,852
- Native American/Eskimo: 77
- Asian: 387
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
- Other: 14
- 2 or more: 228
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (52,825)
- Spanish (2,275)
- French (245)
- Vietnamese (40)
- Chinese (30)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 1,640
- Mexico (859)
- India (98)
- Germany (98)
- United Kingdom (69)
- Honduras (48)
- Vietnam (46)
- El Salvador (37)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (5,410)
- United Methodist Church, The (4,325)
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (2,809)
- Original Free Will Baptists (2,362)
- International Pentecostal Holiness Church (1,368)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 25,926
- Sensory: 2,439
- Physical: 6,585
- Mental: 3,373
- Self-care: 2,103
- Go outside home: 5,170
- Employment: 6,012
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 757
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 23,862
- Utility gas: 5,088
- Bottled or LP gas: 5,274
- Electricity: 11,673
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 1,518
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 215
- Solar Energy: 7
- Other fuel: 32
- No fuel used: 55
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 38,293
- No vehicle: 4,060
- 1 or more vehicle: 34,233
Education Attainment:
- No School: 1,188
- No High School: 3,013
- Some High School: 6,974
- High School: 12,475
- Some College: 8,156
- Associate's Degree: 2,723
- College Degree: 3,830
- Master's Degree: 1,037
- Professional Degree: 292
- Doctoral Degree: 145
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 23,862
- Owners with phone: 15,684
- Owners without phone: 300
- Renters with phone: 6,882
- Renters without phone: 996
10 closest counties:
- Greene County, North Carolina
- Jones County, North Carolina
- Wayne County, North Carolina
- Pitt County, North Carolina
- Duplin County, North Carolina
- Wilson County, North Carolina
- Craven County, North Carolina
- Onslow County, North Carolina
- Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- Beaufort County, North Carolina
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
28501, 28502, 28503, 28504, 28525, 28551, 28572
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WRNS-FM (95.1 FM) KINSTON, NC
- WZUP (104.7 FM) KINSTON, NC
- WEGG (710 AM) KINSTON, NC
- WLNR (1230 AM) KINSTON, NC
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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