Editing Pleasant Garden, North Carolina

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|official_name            = Pleasant Garden, North Carolina
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|motto                    = "Remembering the Past, While Moving towards the Future"

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|map_caption              = Location in [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]] and the state of [[North Carolina]].

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|subdivision_name2        = [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]
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|established_date         = 1757
|incorporated             = 1997
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|population_total         = 5000
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|postal_code              = 27313
|area_code                = [[Area code 336|336]]
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'''Pleasant Garden''' is a town in [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]], [[North Carolina]], United States.

As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 5,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=pleasant+garden++town,+North+Carolina |access-date=October 27, 2023 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Incorporated in 1997 from Fentress Township, Pleasant Garden was first settled in 1786, and known as a business district by that name from at least 1876.

==Geography==
Pleasant Garden is situated south of Greensboro, west of Forest Oaks, and north of Climax. It is bordered both east and west by [[U.S. Route 421]] and Old U.S. Highway 220 (Randleman Road) (Respectively), and to the north by [[Interstate 85 in North Carolina|Interstate 85]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|15.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|15.3|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}}  (0.26%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1980 = 1991
| 1990 = 2228
| 2000 = 4714
| 2010 = 4489
| 2020 = 5000
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 5020
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-37.xlsx |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in North Carolina: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=April 19, 2024}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Pleasant Garden racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3752760&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,594
| 71.88%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 792
| 15.84%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 18
| 0.36%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 28
| 0.56%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 4
| 0.08%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 193
| 3.86%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 371
| 7.42%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 5,000 people, 1,817 households, and 1,220 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,714 people, 1,783 households, and 1,383 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|307.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,874 housing units at an average density of {{convert|122.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 85.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.24% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.04% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.19% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.63% of the population.

There were 1,783 households, out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $45,833, and the median income for a family was $51,818. Males had a median income of $36,052 versus $29,778 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,679. About 8.0% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Dennis Byrd (American football, born 1946)|Dennis Byrd]], defensive tackle at [[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]], member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]
*[[Joey Hackett]], former [[NFL]] tight end
*[[Shane Hmiel]], former [[NASCAR]] driver

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pleasantgarden.net/ Official website]

{{Guilford County, North Carolina}}

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[[Category:Towns in Guilford County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Towns in North Carolina]]