Cumberland County Profile

• County seat: Fayetteville
• Origin of name: Named for William Augustus (1721-1765), Duke of Cumberland
• Size: 652.4 square miles

Population

• 2000 projected: 300,281
• 1999 projected: 297,542
• 1997: 303,173
• 1990 census: 274,566
• 1980 census: 247,160
• Rank of county by population: 4
• Median age: 28.49 years
• Racial breakdown: 61.9% white, 31.9% black, 1.6% Indian, 4.6% other
• Per-capita income,1996 estimate: $19,556
• Percentage of residents under poverty line, 1995 estimate: 15.0
• Percentage of residents with high school diploma: 80.3
• Percentage of residents with a four-year college degree: 16.6
  

Municipal populations (1997 estimate)

• Falcon: 369
• Fayetteville: 113,406
• Godwin: 73
• Hope Mills: 10,523
• Linden: 170
• Spring Lake: 8,579
• Stedman: 668
• Wade: 457