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Community Profile
(2003 data unless where indicated)
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Raleigh, North
Carolina |
Capital of
North Carolina, located in Wake County |
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Population: |
Raleigh:
316,802 |
Wake County:
695,681 |
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Vicinity: |
Apex: 26,588 |
Cary: 98,824 |
Fuqua Varina:
6,249 |
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Garner: 20,537 |
Holly Springs:
5,597* |
Knightdale:
3,832* |
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*Estimated |
Morrisville:
2,250* |
Wake Forest:
8,881* |
Wendell:
3,724* |
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Zebulon:
4,431* |
Unincorporated: 144,510* |
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Durham:198,376(Durham County) |
Chapel Hill:
43,898* (Orange County) |
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Racial
Composition of
Wake
County: |
White: 72.4%
Asian: 3.4% |
Black: 21.0%
Hispanic: 5.4% |
Native: 0.3% |
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Cost of Living
Index [100% Comparative Index for 2002]: |
Atlanta, GA:
97.7 |
Boston, MA:
135.5 |
Charlotte, NC:
94.5 |
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(Index:
Includes Grocery, Health Cost, Housing, Transportation,
Utilities and Miscellaneous) |
Dallas, TX:
98.0
San Diego: 137.8 |
Philadelphia:
120.2
Washington, DC: 133.2 |
Raleigh, NC:
97.1 |
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Area
Universities: |
Duke: 12,488 |
NCSU: 29,940 |
UNC-CH: 26,028 |
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(Student
enrollment for 2004) |
Meredith:
2,328
Shaw: 2,683 |
Peace: 634
Wake Tech:
10,991 |
St. Augustine:
1,502
NCCU: 6,519 |
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Durham Tech:
5,642 |
Southeastern
Baptist Theo. Seminary: 2,407 |
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Scholastic
Achievement: |
National SAT
score: 1026 |
NC SAT score:
1001 |
Wake County SAT
score: 1067 |
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Wake County
Schools: |
113,000+ kids
in school system (33rd largest in US; 2nd
largest in NC) |
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Total schools
in the county number 129 consisting of elementary, middle
school, high school and 4 special schools. Total of about 50
schools in the magnet system. Budget: $636.9 million |
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Teacher/Student
Ratio: |
K: 1:23 |
1-5: 1:22.5 |
6-8: 1:22.5 |
9-12: 1:23 |
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Mean Household
(1998) Income: |
Triangle Area
$67,987 |
North Carolina
$59,839 |
United States
$67,975 |
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Per Capita
Income (1996): |
Triangle Area
$26,255 |
North Carolina
$22,244 |
United States
$24,436 |
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Local Property
Taxes:
(2004 Rates per
$100 assessed valuation) |
Wake
County:
$0.60
Apex: $0.40 |
Durham
Cnty: $0.94
Durham:
$0.63
Cary:
$0.42 |
Orange Cnty:
$0.90
Chapel Hill: $0.58
Raleigh:
$0.40 |
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Fuqua-Varina:
$0.52 |
Holly
Springs:
$0.53 |
Knightdale:
$0.50 |
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Morrisville:
$0.47 |
Wake
Forest:
$0.54 |
Wendell: $0.54 |
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Zebulon: $0.48 |
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