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Population (year 2000): 344. Estimated
population in July 2005: 325 (-5.5% change)
Males: 192 (55.8%), Females: 152 (44.2%)
Halifax County
Zip code:
27839
Median resident age: 36.5 years
Median household income: $36,429 (year 2000)
Median house value: $50,700 (year 2000)
Races in Halifax:
- White Non-Hispanic (63.4%)
- Black (35.2%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (12.2%), German (6.4%),
Scotch-Irish (3.5%), Irish (3.2%), Scottish (2.3%), United
States (2.0%).
Elevation: 133 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Halifax
- High school or higher: 90.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
- Unemployed: 18.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Halifax town
- Never married: 21.0%
- Now married: 54.2%
- Separated: 9.5%
- Widowed: 6.9%
- Divorced: 8.4%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +14 (+4.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Halifax:
- HALIFAX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC (about 10 miles;
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC)
- OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; SCOTLAND
NECK, NC)
- GREENSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
EMPORIA, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Halifax:
- ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON RGNL (about 39 miles; ROCKY
MOUNT, NC; ID: RWI)
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 50 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID:
PGV)
- KINSTON RGNL JETPORT AT STALLINGS FLD (about 70
miles; KINSTON, NC; ID: ISO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Halifax:
- HALIFAX COUNTY (about 11 miles; ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC;
ID: RZZ)
- EMPORIA-GREENSVILLE REGIONAL (about 26 miles;
EMPORIA, VA; ID: EMV)
- TARBORO-EDGECOMBE (about 28 miles; TARBORO, NC; ID:
ETC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Halifax:
- PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54 miles; GREENVILLE,
NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,072)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles;
GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles;
HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles;
PETERSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 3,641)
- JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles;
CHESTER, VA; FT enrollment: 2,520)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 81
miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
- SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,299)
Public high school in Halifax:
- SOUTHEAST HALIFAX HIGH (Students: 659;
Location: 16683 HWY 125; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Halifax:
- WELDON MIDDLE (Students: 394; Location: 4489
HIGHWAY 301; Grades: 05 - 08)
Library in Halifax:
- HALIFAX COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $527,079; Location: 33 GRANVILLE ST.; 73,096
books; 981 audio materials; 1,810 video materials; 144
serial subscriptions)
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