CRAVEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

'Craven County' is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 91,436. Its county seat is New Bern⁶.

Contents

Geography

Adjacent Counties

Law and government

Demographics

Cities and towns

External Links

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,005 km² (774 mi²). 1,835 km² (708 mi²) of it is land and 170 km² (66 mi²) of it (8.49%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

★ Beaufort County (northeast)

★ Pamlico County (east)

★ Carteret County (southeast)

★ Jones County (southwest)

★ Lenoir County (west)

★ Pitt County (northwest)

Law and government

Craven County is a member of the regional Eastern Carolina Council of Governments.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 91,436 people, 34,582 households, and 25,071 families residing in the county. The population density was 50/km² (129/mi²). There were 38,150 housing units at an average density of 21/km² (54/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 69.94% White, 25.12% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.78% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. 4.02% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 34,582 households out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were married couples living together, 12.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.50% were non-families. 23.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 12.80% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $35,966, and the median income for a family was $42,574. Males had a median income of $28,163 versus $21,412 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,423. About 9.90% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.50% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

★ Brices Creek

★ Bridgeton

★ Cove City

★ Dover

★ Fairfield Harbour

★ Havelock

★ James City

★ Neuse Forest

★ New Bern

★ River Bend

★ Trent Woods

★ Vanceboro

★ Harlowe

★ Cherry Point

★ Cherry Branch

External Links

★ Official website

★ New Bern ''Sun Journal''

★ Havelock Chamber of Commerce

★ New Bern Chamber of Commerce