Editing Etowah, North Carolina

{{short description|Census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, USA}}
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|official_name            = Etowah, North Carolina
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|postal_code              = 28729
|area_code                = [[Area code 828|828]]
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'''Etowah''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Henderson County, North Carolina|Henderson County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. The population was 6,944 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3721880| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Etowah CDP, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 19, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213110506/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3721880| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is part of the [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]] [[Asheville metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
[[Bryn Avon]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1999.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Etowah is located in western Henderson County in the valley of the [[French Broad River]]. It is bordered to the north by the town of [[Mills River, North Carolina|Mills River]], to the northeast by unincorporated [[Horse Shoe, North Carolina|Horse Shoe]], and to the west by [[Transylvania County, North Carolina|Transylvania County]].

[[U.S. Route 64]] passes through Etowah, leading east {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Hendersonville, North Carolina|Hendersonville]] and southwest {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Brevard, North Carolina|Brevard]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Etowah CDP has a total area of {{convert|46.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|45.4|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.5|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 1.20%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 7642
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016|archive-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228083025/https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Etowah racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3721880&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-19|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219191105/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3721880&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 6,547
| 85.67%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 130
| 1.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 14
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 75
| 0.98%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 5
| 0.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 311
| 4.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 560
| 7.33%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,642 people, 3,411 households, and 2,408 families residing in the CDP.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,766 people, 1,280 households, and 938 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|603.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,365 housing units at an average density of {{convert|297.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.78% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.70% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.58% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.14% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.51% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.87% of the population.

There were 1,280 households, out of which 18.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.53.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 15.8% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 29.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $38,438, and the median income for a family was $45,041. Males had a median income of $30,525 versus $22,212 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $20,849. About 2.3% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Henderson County, North Carolina}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Henderson County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Asheville metropolitan area]]