Shelby, North Carolina


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Shelby
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Population 2002:19,598
Population 2000:19,477
Elevation:853 feet
Area codes:704
Population growth:+121 (+0.62%)
Land area:18.1 square miles
Foreign born:2.6% (1.0% Asia, 0.8% Latin America, 0.6% Europe)
County:Cleveland
Industries:Manufacturing (27.3%), Educational,health and social services (20.6%), Retail trade (12.7%).
Races
White Non-Hispanic:56.4%
Black:41.0%
Hispanic:1.6%
Two or more races:0.8%
Other race:0.7%
Marital Status
Now married:50.2%
Never married:24.5%
Widowed:11.4%
Divorced:9.3%
Separated:4.6%
Median
House value:$79,300
Household income:$29,345
Resident age:38.9 years
Shelby Compared to North Carolina State Average
Number of college students:below
Median house value:below
Hispanic race population percentage:much below
Length of stay since moving in:above
Black race population percentage:much above
Institutionalized population percentage:above
Foreign-born population percentage:much below
Median age:above
Education
High school or higher:73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher:18.0%
Unemployed:8.0%
Graduate or professional degree:6.1%
Crime Statistics
2002 crime index:733.6 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 burglaries:424 (2106.1 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:124 (615.9 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:88 (437.1 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:65 (322.9 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:20 (99.3 per 100,000)
2002 murders:4 (19.9 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:1,120 (5563.3 per 100,000)
Ancestries
United States:12.9%
German:9.5%
English:6.8%
Irish:4.3%
Scotch-Irish:3.1%
Scottish:2.0%
 

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Shelby, North Carolina ZIP Codes: 28150