By Jessica Williams

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Mecklenburg County
By Jessica Williams
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Facts

• The County Seat of Mecklenburg County is
  Charlotte.
• The population of Mecklenburg County is 850,178
  (2006).
• The median household income in Mecklenburg County
  is 49,020.
• Charlotte is named by Entrepreneur Magazine as
  one of the nations best large cities for
  entrepreneurs to start and run a small business.

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Population
Total Population 850,178
Median Age Female 35.8 Male 33.6
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Major Industries And Employers

• Industries
• Whole Sale Retail Trade
• Education, Healthcare Social Services
• Finance Insurance
• Professional Technical Services

• Employers
• Wachovia Corporation
• Carolinas HealthCare System
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Bank of America
• State of North Carolina
• City of Charlotte
• US Airways
• Duke Energy Corporation

• Other Facts
• 947 companies in Mecklenburg County are listed in
  the 2006 Dun Bradstreet Million Dollar
  Listing.
• 26 of these companies exceed over 1 Billion in
  sales.

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Housing

• Total New Residential Permits (2005) 13,602
• Percentage of Rentable Square Feet Available
  (9/05) 14.8
• Total Residential Units Sold (2005) 28,997
• Average Value of Residential Units (2005) -
  222,341
• Cost of Living Index 92.4 (Ranked 4)

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CPCC
Education

• Colleges Nearby
• Carolinas College of Health Science
• Central Piedmont Community College
• Davidson College
• Johnson C. Smith University
• Queens University of Charlotte
• University of North Carolina Charlotte

• Level of Education (Age 25)
• High School Graduates 86.2
• Bachelors Degree or Higher 37.1

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Religion

• Places of Worship
• Temple Beth El (Jewish)
• St. Matthew Catholic Church (Catholic)
• Islamic Center of Charlotte (Islam)
• Albemarle Road Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian)
• All Saints Episcopal Church (Episcopal)
• Wat Lao Buddharam (Buddhist)

• Number of Churches
• Protestant 500
• Catholic 17
• Jewish 4
• Other - 63

Also Billy Graham, a famous Evangelist minister,
was born in Charlotte, NC.
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Healthcare

• Hospitals
• Acute Care Hospitals 6
• Specialty Care Hospitals 4
• Long-Term Care Facilities - 26

• Statistics
• Nursing Schools 8
• Doctors 1800
• Dentists 560
• Total Hospital Beds 5583

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Entertainment

• District, Neighborhood, and community parks 110
• Miles of Greenway Parks 23
• Public and Semi-Private Golf Courses 21
• Country Clubs 16
• Sports Courts and Facilities 405
• Dog Parks 3
• BMX Track 1
• Skate Parks 2
• Shopping Centers 224
• Television Stations 12
• Local Radio Stations 28
• Cable Television Services 1
• Satellite Television Services 2

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Bibliography
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Charlotte
Chamber. http//www.charlottechamber.com/index.p
hp?src Charlotte Mecklenburg County
Government. Charlotte Mecklenburg Living.
http//charmeck.org/Living/home.htm U.S. Census
Bureau. Mecklenburg County QuickFacts from the
U.S. Census Bureau. http//quickfacts.census.go
v/qfd/states/37/37119.html Wikipedia. Billy
Graham Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Graham Wikiped
ia. Charlotte, North Carolina Wikipedia, the
Free Encyclopedia. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Charlotte,_North_Carolina ePodunk Inc. Colleges
in or near Mecklenburg County ePodunk JW. Wat
Lao Buddharam. http//www.unc.edu/ncbuddhism/wat
laobuddharam.htm Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.
Charlotte in Detail. February, 2007