Address: 12 N Main St, Robbinsville, NC 28771
Phone: 828-479-7973
Fax: 828-479-6417
Website: main.nc.us/graham/
On the southwestern border of NC, southwest of Asheville; organized Jan 30, 1872 from Cherokee County. Name Origin: For William Alexander Graham (1804-75), U.S. senator from NC (1840-43), governor (1845-49), and U.S. secretary of the navy (1850-52).
Area (sq mi): 301.6 (Land: 292.07 Water: 9.53). Pop per sq mi: 27.7.
Pop 2005: 8,085. State Rank: 98. Pop changes: 2000-2005: +1.2%; 1990-2000: +11.1%. Pop 2000: 7,993 (White: 91.4%; Black: 0.2%; Hispanic or Latino: 0.8%; Asian: 0.2%; Other: 7.7%; including American Indian/ Alaska Native: 6.8% ) Foreign born: 1.3%. Median age: 41.5.
Income 2000: per capita $14,237; median household $26,645; Pop below poverty: 19.5%.
Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $19,589-$21,508.
Unemployment 2004: 8.2%. Unemployment 2000: 9.3%; Change from 2000: -1.1%. Median travel time to work: 27.9 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 24.4%.
Cities with pop over 10,000: None
State: North Carolina
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