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Greensboro

(Encyclopedia) Greensboro. <1> City (2020 pop. 3,648), seat of Greene co., Ga.; inc. 1803 (town); 1855 (city). Founded in 1780, the town lies…

Birmingham-Southern College

(Encyclopedia) Birmingham-Southern College, at Birmingham, Ala.; United Methodist; coeducational; formed 1918 by the merger of Southern Univ. (chartered 1856; opened 1859 at Greensboro, Ala.) and…

Steele, Wilbur Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Steele, Wilbur Daniel, 1886–1970, American author, b. Greensboro, N.C., grad. Univ. of Denver, 1907. He studied art in Boston, Paris, and New York City. He was particularly noted for…

Greensboro Four Biography

Greensboro Fourcivil rights activists On Feb. 1, 1960 four Black freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond, took…

Guilford Courthouse, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Guilford Courthouse, battle of, in the Carolina campaign of the American Revolution, fought Mar. 15, 1781. The site is included in a national military park near Greensboro, N.C. (see…

Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth, 1959–, U.S. lawyer and government official, b. Greensboro, N.C., grad. Harvard (A.B. 1981, J.D. 1984). She was a prosecutor in the office of the U.S. attorney…

Greensboro, NC Census Data

People QuickFactsGreensboroNorth CarolinaPopulation, 2003 estimate 229,1108,407,248Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 2.3%4.5%Population, 2000 223,8918,049,313Population…

Greensboro, NC Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population223,891100.0SEX AND AGEMale105,57347.2Female118,31852.8Under 5 years14,2146.35 to 9 years14,6066.510 to 14 years13,6206.115 to 19 years16,7737.520 to 24 years22,…

Greensboro, NC Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over178,542100.0In labor force122,64168.7Civilian labor force122,48868.6Employed114,54264.2Unemployed7,9464.5Percent of civilian labor…

Greensboro, NC, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units99,133100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached54,32654.81-unit, attached6,0026.12 units2,6442.73 or 4 units6,6246.75 to 9 units12,46412.610 to 19 units9,0019.120…