Raeford, North Carolina Raeford, North Carolina Hoke County Courthouse Location of Raeford, North Carolina Location of Raeford, North Carolina State North Carolina Raeford is a town/city in Hoke County, North Carolina, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Hoke County. The county was titled after Confederate General Robert F.
Hoke, a North Carolina native.
Likewise, the Upper Cape Fear Valley of North Carolina was in the 18th and 19th centuries the biggest settlement of Gaelic-speaking Highland Scots in North America.
Since World War II, many Lumbee Indian families have moved northward from Robeson County and now constitute a momentous element of the populace that is otherwise European and African American.
The Hoke County Courthouse and Raeford Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) is territory and 0.27% is veiled by water.
As of the census of 2000, 3,386 citizens , 1,323 homeholds, and 899 families resided in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 52.75% White, 40.93% African American, 2.86% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.09% from other competitions, and 1.39% from two or more competitions.
Of the 1,323 homeholds, 30.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.0% were not families.
In the city, the populace was distributed as 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,306, and for a family was $33,772.
About 18.6% of families and 22.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 30.6% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.
Raeford is also the home of the Raeford Drop Zone, once owned by the late Gene Paul Thacker and his wife Billie Thacker. He played college football at North Carolina State.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Raeford and Hoke Chamber of Commerce (new website) Municipalities and communities of Hoke County, North Carolina, United States County seat: Raeford This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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