State: North Carolina
        
        Time zone: Eastern GMT -5:00. 
| Population: | 46,822 | 
| 2000 Population: | 46,477 | 
| White Population: | 41,101 | 
| Black Population: | 3,981 | 
| Hispanic Population: | 1,163 | 
| Asian Population: | 189 | 
| Hawaiian Population: | 97 | 
| Indian Population: | 22 | 
| Other Population: | 695 | 
| Male Population: | 22,965 | 
| Female Population: | 23,512 | 
| Median Age: | 38.5 | 
| Male Median Age: | 37.3 | 
| Female Median Age: | 39.9 | 
| Households: | 20,137 | 
| Average Household Size: | 2.45 | 
| Average House Value: | $81,900 | 
| Average Household Income: | $33,181 | 
| Land Area: | 331.677 sq mi | 
| Water Area: | 0.007 sq mi | 
Brown Mountain Beach Edgemont , Gamewell , Kings Creek , Laytown , Mortimer , Upton , Valmead , Warrior , Lenoir
            Lenoir, NC (       1.5 miles)
             Patterson, NC (       2.7 miles)
             Hudson, NC (       8.5 miles)
             Granite Falls, NC (       9.4 miles)
             Ferguson, NC (      12.8 miles)
             Collettsville, NC (      12.9 miles)
             Rhodhiss, NC (      13.8 miles)
             Boomer, NC (      13.9 miles)
             Rutherford College, NC (      14.0 miles)
             Drexel, NC (      14.1 miles)
             
| 2000 Population: | 8,049,313 | 
| White Population: | 5,804,656 | 
| Black Population: | 1,737,545 | 
| Asian Population: | 113,689 | 
| Indian Population: | 99,551 | 
| Hawaiian Population: | 3,983 | 
| Other Population: | 186,629 | 
| Male Population: | 3,942,695 | 
| Female Population: | 4,106,618 | 
| Median Age: | 35.30 | 
| Male Median Age: | 33.80 | 
| Female Median Age: | 36.70 | 
| 2000 Households: | 3,132,013 | 
| White Households: | 2,366,455 | 
| Black Households: | 626,997 | 
| Asian Households: | 33,079 | 
| Indian Households: | 34,038 | 
| Hawaiian Households: | 1,033 | 
| Average Household Size: | 2.49 | 
| Average Family Size: | 2.98 |