Pitt County, North Carolina
Pitt led the young "Patriot" Whigs and in 1756 became secretary of state, where he was a pro-freedom speaker in British Colonial government.Caucasians make up 58.9% of the population, followed by African-Americans at 34.1%, Asian persons at 1.6%, American Indian or Alaskan at 0.3%, Hispanic at 5.5%, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander at 0.1%.The per capita money income, in terms of 2009 dollars, in the past twelve months from 2005 to 2009 in Pitt County was $21,622, about $3,000 less than the North Carolina average.Pitt voted for the Democratic Party in every election from at least 1876 until American Independent candidate George Wallace gained a plurality in 1968.Apart from Richard Nixon's overwhelming victory over George McGovern in 1972, Pitt has since been a closely contested swing county, with no major party candidate post-McGovern falling under forty percent.After 1976, when Jimmy Carter carried it, and aside from a victory in 1992 by Bill Clinton, Pitt County tended to vote for Republicans until 2008.
CountyPitt County CourthouseNorth CarolinaNamed forWilliam Pitt the ElderGreenvilleTime zoneUTC−5EasternUTC−4Inner BanksU.S. state2020 census14th-most populous countycounty seatMetropolitan Statistical AreaGreenville–Washington, NC CSABeaufort CountySecretary of State for the Southern DepartmentLeader of the House of CommonsPrime Minister of Great BritainU.S. Census BureauContentnea CreekNeuse RiverSwift CreekTar RiverMartin CountyCraven CountyLenoir CountyGreene CountyWilson CountyEdgecombe CountyUS 13US 64 Alt.US 258US 264US 264 Alt.NC 11NC 11 Bus.NC 11 Byp.NC 30NC 33NC 43NC 102NC 118NC 121NC 222NC 903G.K. Butterfield Transportation CenterPitt-Greenville AirportBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanPacific IslanderOther/MixedHispanicLatino2000 censusAfrican Americanother racesSolid SouthdisenfranchisedblacksRichard NixonGeorge McGovernRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)Mid-East CommissionKandie Smith5th districtNorth Carolina SenateGloristine Brown8th districtTimothy Reeder9th districtNorth Carolina House of RepresentativesPitt County SchoolsWahl-Coates Elementary SchoolAyden-Grifton High SchoolD. H. Conley High SchoolJ. H. Rose High SchoolNorth Pitt High SchoolSouth Central High SchoolEast Carolina UniversityPitt Community CollegeMiller-Motte Technical CollegeBethelFalklandFarmvilleFountainGriftonGrimeslandSimpsonWintervilleBell ArthurBelvoirStokesBell's ForkBlack JackOakleyList of counties in North CarolinaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Pitt County, North CarolinaNorfolk Southern RailwayWake CountyUnited States Census Bureauhathitrust.orgarchive.orgOpenStreetMapUnincorporatedcommunitiesBell ForkCalicoCongletonRaleighTopicsClimateGeographyriversstate parkswildlifeHistorycolonial eraWar of 1812Civil WarnewspapersNorth CaroliniansPolitics