Editing Rockfish, North Carolina

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'''Rockfish''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. The population was 3,298 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/G001/1600000US3757200| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Rockfish CDP, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 21, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213110915/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3757200| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> up from 2,353 at the 2000 census.

==History==
[[Puppy Creek Plantation]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1976.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Rockfish is located in eastern Hoke County and is bordered to the east across Stewarts Creek by the city of [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] in [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]]. Rockfish is {{convert|10|mi|0}} east of [[Raeford, North Carolina|Raeford]], the Hoke [[county seat]], and {{convert|13|mi}} southwest of the center of Fayetteville.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|13.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|12.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|1|abbr=on}}, or 1.87%, is covered by  water. The community is drained by Stewart Creek and Gully Branch, both of which flow south to Rockfish Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the [[Cape Fear River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 3383
|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}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Rockfish racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3757200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-10|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,816
|53.68%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|712
|21.05%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|65
|1.92%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|65
|1.92%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|10
|0.3%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|259
|7.66%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|456
|13.48%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,383 people, 1,348 households, and 948 families residing in the CDP.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,353 people, 805 households, and 680 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|469.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 893 housing units at an average density of {{convert|178.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 76.50% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 14.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.76% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.10% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.30% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.70% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.39% of the population.

There were 805 households, out of which 51.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.5% were non-families. 11.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 45.8% from 25 to 44, 10.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,786, and the median income for a family was $54,375. Males had a median income of $35,574 versus $22,102 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $18,112. About 6.6% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

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

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Hoke County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Fayetteville, North Carolina metropolitan area]]