Durham County, North Carolina
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Durham County Courthouse
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 Location in the U.S. state of North Carolina |
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 North Carolina's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1881 | ||
| Named for | Bartlett Snipes Durham | ||
| Seat | Durham | ||
| Largest city | Durham | ||
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| • Total | 298 sq mi (772 km2) | ||
| • Land | 286 sq mi (741 km2) | ||
| • Water | 12 sq mi (31 km2), 4.0% | ||
| Population (est.) | |||
| • (2014) | 294,460 | ||
| • Density | 1,015.4/sq mi (392/km²) | ||
| Congressional districts | 1st, 4th, 6th, 13th | ||
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | ||
| Website | www |
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Durham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 267,587. Its county seat is Durham.
Durham County is the core of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 1,749,525 in 2010.
The county was formed on April 17, 1881, from parts of Orange County and Wake County, taking the name of its own county seat. In 1911 parts of Cedar Fork Township of Wake County was transferred to Durham County and became Carr Township.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 298 square miles (770 km2), of which 286 square miles (740 km2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km2) (4.0%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 223,314 people, 89,015 households, and 54,032 families residing in the county. The population density was 769 people per square mile (297/km²). There were 95,452 housing units at an average density of 329 per square mile (127/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 50.91% White, 39.46% Black or African American, 0.30% Native American, 3.29% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.21% from other races, and 1.80% from two or more races. 7.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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