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coordinates 35 47 n 78 39 w 35 79 n 78 65 w 35 79 78 65 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia county in north carolina united states county in north carolina wake county north carolina county raleigh skyline wake county courthouse north carolina state capitol holy name of jesus cathedral new hope valley railway ncsu memorial belltower william b umstead state park flag seal logo location within the u s state of north carolina coordinates 35 47 n 78 39 w 35 79 n 78 65 w 35 79 78 65 country united states state north carolina founded 1771 named for margaret wake seat raleigh largest community raleigh area total 857 02 sq mi 2 219 7 km 2 land 834 59 sq mi 2 161 6 km 2 water 22 43 sq mi 58 1 km 2 2 62 population 2020 total 1 129 410 estimate 2025 1 257 235 density 1 353 3 sq mi 522 49 km 2 gdp 1 total 128 428 billion 2024 time zone utc 5 eastern summer dst utc 4 edt congressional districts 2nd 4th 13th website www wake gov wake county is a county located in the u s state of north carolina as of the 2020 census its population was 1 129 410 2 making it north carolina s most populous county from july 2005 to july 2006 wake county was the 9th fastest growing county in the united states 3 with cary and raleigh being the 8th and 15th fastest growing communities respectively 4 its county seat is raleigh 5 which is also the state capital eleven other municipalities are in wake county the largest of which is the town of cary the third most populous city of the research triangle region and the seventh most populous municipality in north carolina it is governed by the wake county board of commissioners coterminous with the wake county public school system with law enforcement provided by the wake county sheriff s department it is also part of the wider central pines regional council which governs regional planning history edit early history edit prior to english colonization present day wake county was part of the tuscarora nation 6 18th century edit margaret wake tryon wake county was formed in 1771 from parts of cumberland county johnston county and orange county the first courthouse was built at a village originally called wake courthouse now known as bloomsbury in 1771 the first elections and court were held and the first militia units were organized wake county lost some of its territory through the formation of other counties parts were included in franklin county in 1787 and in durham county in both 1881 and 1911 during the colonial period of north carolina the state capital was new bern for several years during and after the revolutionary war there was no capital and the general assembly met in various locations fayetteville was the state capital in 1786 1789 1790 and 1793 when raleigh became the permanent state capital in 1794 7 in 1792 a commission was appointed to select a site to build a permanent state capital the commission members favored land owned by colonel john hinton across the neuse river but the night before the final vote the committee adjourned to the home of joel lane for an evening of food and spirits the next day the vote went in lane s favor lane named wake county in honor of margaret wake tryon wife of colonial governor william tryon 8 raleigh was named after sir walter raleigh and established in 1792 on 1 000 acres 4 0 km 2 purchased from lane raleigh had never set foot in north carolina but he had sponsored the establishment of the first english colony in north america on north carolina s roanoke island in 1585 the city of raleigh became both the state capital and the new seat of wake county 19th century edit main article battle of morrisville the battle at morrisville station was fought april 13 15 1865 in morrisville north carolina during the carolinas campaign of the american civil war it was the last official battle of the civil war between the armies of major general william t sherman and general joseph e johnston general judson kilpatrick commanding officer of the union cavalry advance compelled confederate forces under the command of generals wade hampton iii and joseph wheeler to withdraw in haste they had been frantically trying to transport their remaining supplies and wounded by rail westward toward the final confederate encampment in greensboro kilpatrick used artillery on the heights overlooking morrisville station and cavalry charges to push the confederates out of the small village leaving many needed supplies behind however the trains were able to withdraw with wounded from the battle of bentonville and the battle of averasboro later general johnston sent a courier to the federal encampments at morrisville with a message for major general sherman requesting a conference to discuss an armistice several days later the two generals met at bennett place near durham on april 17 1865 to begin discussing the terms of what would become the largest surrender of the war 20th century edit in the 20th century the average per capita income for the county was of 54 988 and the median income for a family was of 67 149 in the same period the per capita income decreased from 44 472 to 31 579 especially for women about 7 80 of the population was below the federal poverty line a county courthouse was built in 1915 space for county government in the building grew increasingly inadequate in the 1960s and another courthouse was built in 1970 9 21st century edit in august 2014 the county population surpassed 1 000 000 people 10 in november 2017 the commissioners of wake and harnett counties discussed the possibility of redrawing the line between the counties using the latest technology this boundary change would affect about 130 properties with 27 having houses on them meaning they would end up in a different county or divided between two 11 an agreement was reached regarding the adjustment of the wake chatham and harnett county lines in may 2018 12 13 geography edit interactive map of wake county neuse river according to the u s census bureau the county has a total area of 857 02 square miles 2 219 7 km 2 of which 834 59 square miles 2 161 6 km 2 is land and 22 43 square miles 58 1 km 2 2 62 is water 14 wake county is located in the northeast central region of north carolina where the north american piedmont and atlantic coastal plain regions meet this area is known as the fall line because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers as a result most of wake county features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state s flat coastal plain its central piedmont location situates the county about three hours west of atlantic beach by car and four hours east of the great smoky mountains bodies of water that are located in wake county include crabtree creek walnut creek the neuse river lake crabtree lake johnson lake raleigh lake wheeler lake benson harris lake and portions of falls lake and jordan lake climate edit wake county enjoys a moderate subtropical climate with moderate temperatures in the spring fall and winter summers are typically hot with high humidity winter highs generally range in the low 50s f 10 to 13 c with lows in the low to mid 30s f 2 to 2 c although an occasional 60 f 16 c or warmer winter day is not uncommon spring and fall days usually reach the low to mid 70s f low 20s c with lows at night in the lower 50s f 10 to 14 c summer daytime highs often reach the upper 80s to low 90s f 29 to 35 c the rainiest months are july and august the county at the national weather service in raleigh receives on average 7 inches 180 mm of snow in the winter freezing rain and sleet occur most winters and occasionally the area experiences a major damaging ice storm 15 state and local protected areas sites edit see also category protected areas of wake county north carolina annie louise wilkerson md nature preserve park 16 blue jay point county park 17 butner falls of neuse game land part 18 carl alwin schenck memorial forest 19 carroll howard johnson environmental park 20 clemmons educational state forest part falls lake state recreation area part forest ridge park 21 harris lake county park 22 harris game land part 18 hemlock bluffs nature preserve hilltop needmore town park preserve 23 jc raulston arboretum jordan game land part 18 lake crabtree county park mitchell mill state natural area north carolina executive mansion historic site north carolina museum of history north carolina state capitol historic site prairie ridge ecostation robertson millpond preserve 24 sandy pines preserve 25 turnipseed nature preserve 26 william b umstead state park major water bodies edit see also category rivers of wake county north carolina b everett jordan lake beaver dam lake 27 brier creek reservoir crabtree creek house creek lake benson 28 lake betz 29 lake crabtree lake johnson 30 lake wheeler 31 little river neuse river shearon harris reservoir 32 stirrup iron creek adjacent counties edit granville county north franklin county northeast nash county east johnston county southeast harnett county southwest chatham county west durham county northwest parks and recreation edit falls lake state recreation area jordan lake state recreation area state parks edit wake county is home to three state parks falls lake state recreation area jordan lake state recreation area and william b umstead state park falls lake park is located in northern wake county and contains the 12 000 acre 49 km 2 falls lake and 26 000 acres 110 km 2 of woodlands 33 umstead park is situated between raleigh and cary near rdu located right off i 40 it is divided into two sections crabtree creek and reedy creek and contains 5 579 acres 22 58 km 2 of woodlands 34 jordan lake park which is partially located in wake county near apex contains 13 940 acre 56 4 km 2 jordan lake and 46 768 acres 189 26 km 2 of woodlands this park is known for being home to bald eagles 35 county parks and recreation centers edit there are 152 county parks city parks public swimming and public tennis facilities in wake county in addition there are 53 community centers 36 notable parks include pullen park and yates mill park the american tobacco trail is a 22 mile 35 km rail trail project that is located in the research triangle park region fifteen miles of the trail is located in wake county and is open to pedestrians cyclists equestrians in non urban sections and other non motorized users the capital area greenway system has over 100 miles 160 km of paved walking and biking trails and connects to other systems operated by municipalities and neighboring counties demographics edit historical population census pop note 1790 10 192 1800 13 437 31 8 1810 17 096 27 2 1820 20 102 17 6 1830 20 398 1 5 1840 21 118 3 5 1850 24 888 17 9 1860 28 627 15 0 1870 35 617 24 4 1880 47 939 34 6 1890 49 207 2 6 1900 54 626 11 0 1910 63 229 15 7 1920 75 155 18 9 1930 94 757 26 1 1940 109 544 15 6 1950 136 450 24 6 1960 169 082 23 9 1970 228 453 35 1 1980 301 327 31 9 1990 423 380 40 5 2000 627 846 48 3 2010 900 993 43 5 2020 1 129 410 25 4 2025 est 1 257 235 37 11 3 u s decennial census 38 1790 1960 39 1900 1990 40 1990 2000 41 2010 2020 2 2020 population density of wake county nc by census block 42 2020 census edit as of the 2020 census the county had a population of 1 129 410 437 043 households and 279 243 families the median age was 36 3 years with 23 8 of residents under the age of 18 and 12 3 aged 65 or older for every 100 females there were 94 2 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91 4 males age 18 and over 43 the racial makeup of the county was 58 8 white 18 5 black or african american 0 5 american indian and alaska native 8 6 asian 0 1 native hawaiian and pacific islander 6 0 from some other race and 7 6 from two or more races hispanic or latino residents of any race comprised 11 4 of the population 44 94 8 of residents lived in urban areas while 5 2 lived in rural areas 45 there were 462 582 housing units of which 5 5 were vacant among occupied housing units 61 6 were owner occupied and 38 4 were renter occupied the homeowner vacancy rate was 1 4 and the rental vacancy rate was 6 9 43 racial and ethnic composition edit wake county north carolina racial and ethnic composition note the us census treats hispanic latino as an ethnic category this table excludes latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category hispanics latinos may be of any race race ethnicity nh non hispanic pop 1980 46 pop 1990 47 pop 2000 48 pop 2010 49 pop 2020 50 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 white alone nh 230 094 321 008 439 160 560 536 645 020 76 36 75 82 69 95 62 21 57 11 black or african american alone nh 65 053 87 565 122 648 182 793 204 535 21 59 20 68 19 53 20 29 18 11 native american or alaska native alone nh 517 1 113 1 821 2 537 2 760 0 17 0 26 0 29 0 28 0 24 asian alone nh 2 315 8 076 21 183 48 287 96 665 0 77 1 91 3 37 5 36 8 56 native hawaiian or pacific islander alone nh x 51 x 52 178 317 453 x x 0 03 0 04 0 04 other race alone nh 963 222 842 1 755 6 210 0 32 0 05 0 13 0 19 0 55 mixed race or multiracial nh x 53 x 54 8 029 16 846 45 526 x x 1 28 1 87 4 03 hispanic or latino any race 2 385 5 396 33 985 87 922 128 241 0 79 1 27 5 41 9 76 11 35 total 301 327 423 380 627 846 900 993 1 129 410 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 2018 census estimate edit according to the 2018 census estimate 55 the median income for a household in the county was 54 988 and for a family was 67 149 males had a median income of 44 472 versus 31 579 for females the per capita income for the county was 27 004 about 4 90 of families and 7 80 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 60 of those under age 18 and 8 90 of those age 65 or over in wake county 29 of the population is affiliated with the southern baptist convention 22 are affiliated with the catholic church 17 are affiliated with the united methodist church 6 are affiliated with the presbyterian church usa and 27 are religiously affiliated with other 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