Demographics and economics

As of the census

Census

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of 2010, there were 138,428 people, 53,140 households, and 37,058 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

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 was 270.7 people per square mile (98/km²). There were 60,211 housing units at an average density of 117.7 per square mile (41/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 76.52% White

Race (United States Census)

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, 16.18% Black

Race (United States Census)

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 or African American

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.34% Native American

Race (United States Census)

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, 1.00% Asian

Race (United States Census)

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, 0.035% Pacific Islander

Race (United States Census)

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, 4.33% from other races

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, and 1.60% from two or more races. 7.69% of the population were Hispanic

Race (United States Census)

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 or Latino

Race (United States Census)

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 of any race.

Of the 53,140 households, 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.20% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 8.49% had a female

Female

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 householder with no husband present, 5.41% had a male

Male

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 householder with no wife and 30.26% were non-families. 25.22% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.15% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.1 years. For every 100 females there were 97.57 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.28 males.

According to the 2000 Census, The median income

Income

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 for a household in the county was $37,494, and the median income for a family was $44,242. Males had a median income of $31,626 versus $23,437 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the county was $18,071. About 8.10% of families and 10.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.70% of those under age 18 and 11.40% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

• China Grove
  China Grove, North Carolina
  China Grove is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,616 at the 2000 census. The town is located just north of Kannapolis, NC and south of Salisbury, NC.-Geography:China Grove is located at ....
  
  
• Cleveland
  Cleveland, North Carolina
  Cleveland is a town in the Cleveland Township of Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 808 at the 2000 census.It is named after Cleveland, England, but it is rumored that the town is actually named after Grover Cleveland after he visited the town during his presidential...
  
  
• East Spencer
  East Spencer, North Carolina
  East Spencer is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,755 at the 2000 census. This is the hometown of NBA guard Bobby Jackson.-Geography:East Spencer is located at ....
  
  
• Enochville
  Enochville, North Carolina
  Enochville is a census-designated place in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,851 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Enochville is located at ....
  
  
• Faith
  Faith, North Carolina
  Faith is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, incorporated in 1903. The population was 695 at the 2000 census.Since 1946, the town has hosted a Fourth of July celebration that has become notably large for a town of its population - running for several days and drawing visitors from many states....
  
  
• Granite Quarry
  Granite Quarry, North Carolina
  Granite Quarry is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,175 at the 2000 census.-Geography: Granite Quarry is located at ....
  
  
• Kannapolis
  Kannapolis, North Carolina
  Kannapolis is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte. The population was 42,625 at the 2010 census, which makes Kannapolis the 20th largest city in North Carolina...
  
  
• Landis
  Landis, North Carolina
  Landis is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,996. The town is located just north of Kannapolis, NC and south of China Grove, NC.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Rockwell
  Rockwell, North Carolina
  Rockwell is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rockwell is located at ....
  
  
• Salisbury
  Salisbury, North Carolina
  Salisbury is a city in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. The population was 33,663 in the 2010 Census . It is the county seat of Rowan County...
  
  
• Spencer
  Spencer, North Carolina
  Spencer is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States, incorporated in 1905. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,355.-History:...
  
  

Townships

The county is divided into fourteen townships

Township (United States)

A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....

: Atwell

Atwell Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Atwell Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 11,226 according to the 2000 census....

, China Grove

China Grove Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

China Grove Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 23,348 according to the 2000 census....

, Cleveland

Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Cleveland Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 2,700 according to the 2000 census....

, Franklin

Franklin Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Franklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 12,301 according to the 2000 census.Geographically, Franklin Township occupies in northern Rowan County...

, Gold Hill

Gold Hill Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Gold Hill Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 10,015 according to the 2000 census....

, Litaker

Litaker Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Litaker Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 10,299 according to the 2000 census....

, Locke

Locke Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Locke Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 12,401 according to the 2000 census....

, Morgan

Morgan Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Morgan Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 3,439 according to the 2000 census....

, Mount Ulla

Mount Ulla Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Mount Ulla Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,397 according to the 2000 census and is currently the smallest township in Rowan County by population....

, Providence

Providence Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Providence Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 8,892 according to the 2000 census....

, Salisbury

Salisbury Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Salisbury Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 28,594 according to the 2000 census and is currently the most populous township in Rowan County....

, Scotch Irish

Scotch Irish Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Scotch Irish Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,751 according to the 2000 census....

, Steele

Steele Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Steele Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,687 according to the 2000 census....

, and Unity

Unity Township, Rowan County, North Carolina

Unity Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 2,290 according to the 2000 census....

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Libraries

• Rowan Public Library
  • Headquarters (Salisbury)
  • East Branch (Rockwell)
  • Frank T. Tadlock South Rowan Regional Library (China Grove)

Public high schools

• East Rowan High School - Mustangs
• Henderson Independent High School - Eagles
• Jesse Carson High School - Cougars
• North Rowan High School
  North Rowan High School
  North Rowan High School, formerly Spencer High School and East Spencer High School, is located in the northern end of Rowan County in Spencer, North Carolina...
  
   - Cavaliers
• Salisbury High School
  Salisbury High School (North Carolina)
  Salisbury High School is a public, co-educational secondary school located in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is one of eight high schools in the Rowan–Salisbury School System.-History:...
  
   - Hornets
• South Rowan High School - Raiders
• West Rowan High School - Falcons

Public middle schools

• C.C. Erwin Middle School - Eagles
• China Grove Middle School - Red Devils
• Corriher-Lipe Middle School - Yellow Jackets
• Knox Middle School -Trojans
• North Rowan Middle School - Mavericks
• Southeast Middle School - Patriots
• West Rowan Middle School - Bulldogs

Public elementary schools

• Bostian Elementary School
• China Grove Elementary School - Cardinals
• Cleveland Elementary School - Eagles
• East Elementary School
• Enochville Elementary School
• Elizabeth Hanford-Dole Elementary School - Bobcats
• Faith Elementary School - Firecrackers
• Granite Quarry Elementary School-Dragons
• Hurley Elementary School
• Isenberg Elementary School
• Knollwood Elementary School
• Koontz Elementary School
• Landis Elementary School - mini jackets
• Millbridge Elementary School - Musketeers
• Morgan Elementary School- Broncos
• Mount Ulla Elementary School - Monarchs
• North Rowan Elementary School - Steamers
• Overton Elementary School-Explorers
• Rockwell Elementary School- Roadrunners
• Woodleaf Elementary School

Private schools

• North Hills Christian School - Eagles (pre-school through high school)
• Rockwell Christian School (elementary through high school)
• Sacred Heart Catholic School - Dolphins (elementary through middle school)
• Salisbury Academy - jaguars (pre-kindergarten through middle school)
• Salisbury Adventist School

Places of worship

• Centenary United Methodist Church
• Central Church of Christ
• Christ Episcopal Church - Cleveland
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Salisbury
• Cleveland First Baptist Church
• Coburn Church, UMC
• Cornerstone Baptist Church
• Cornerstone Church of Salisbury
• First Baptist Church of Salisbury
• Faith Baptist Church
• First Baptist Church of China Grove
• First United Methodist Church - Landis
• First Presbyterian Church of Kannapolis
• First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury
• First Baptist Church of Rockwell
• First United Methodist Church - China Grove
• Gospel Light Baptist Church
• Grace Bible Church
• Grace Lowerstone Church
• Landis Baptist Church
• High Rock Community Church
• Highest Praise Family Worship Center
• Immanuel Lutheran Church
• Jehovah's Witnesses - Salisbury Assembly Hall
• Jehovah's Witnesses - Salisbury Midway Cong
• Jehovah's Witnesses - Salisbury Oakland Cong

• John Calvin Presbyterian Church
• Milford Hills United Methodist Church]
• New Haven Baptist Church
• North Kannapolis Baptist Church
• Oakland Heights Baptist Church
• Rockwell Church of God
• Rowan Christian Assembly
• Rowan Christian Church
• Salisbury Church of God
• Salisbury Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church
• Sandy Ridge African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
• Stallings Memorial Baptist Church of Salisbury
• Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church
• St. John's Lutheran Church
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church
• St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church
• St. Paul's Lutheran Church
• Temple Israel
• Trading Ford Baptist Church
• Trinity Wesleyan Church
• Union Lutheran Church
• Wittenberg Lutheran Church
• Needmore Baptist Church

Notable people

• Actor Sidney Blackmer
  Sidney Blackmer
  Sidney Alderman Blackmer was an American actor.Blackmer was born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina. He started off in an insurance and financial business but gave up on it. While working as a builder's laborer on a new building, he saw a Pearl White serial being filmed and immediately...
  
   was born and raised in Salisbury.
• Former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole
  Elizabeth Dole
  Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....
  
   is from Salisbury.
• Governor of North Carolina
  Governor of North Carolina
  The Governor of North Carolina is the chief executive of the State of North Carolina, one of the U.S. states. The current governor is Bev Perdue, North Carolina's first female governor.-Powers:...
  
   John W. Ellis was born in what was then eastern Rowan County and practiced law in Salisbury.
• Former North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture James Allen Graham was born and raised in Cleveland.
• President
  President of the United States
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   Andrew Jackson
  Andrew Jackson
  Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
  
   practiced law in Salisbury.
• Phil Kirk
  Phil Kirk
  Phillip J. Kirk, Jr. is a North Carolina political figure. He is a former chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education and a former president of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce .Kirk, a native of Rowan County, North Carolina and a graduate of Catawba College, worked as a...
  
  , former chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education
  North Carolina State Board of Education
  The North Carolina State Board of Education, established by Article 9 of the North Carolina Constitution, supervises and administers the public school systems of North Carolina...
  
  , is a Rowan native.
• U.S. Senator Lee S. Overman lived in Rowan.
• Gary Ritchie, from China Grove, owner of Gary's BBQ and inductee into American Legion and USSSA Softball Halls Of Fame.
• Worlds Fastest Drummer Matt Smith was born in Salisbury.

See also

• Carter County, Tennessee
  Carter County, Tennessee
  Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 57,424. Its county seat is Elizabethton.Carter County is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined...
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Rowan County, North Carolina

External links

• Rowan Museum website.
• Rowan County official government website.
• Edith M. Clark History Room