Carrboro Information: Tickets, Venues, Events and More

‘Carrboro’ is a town that is located in Orange County, North Carolina, United States.

Geography

According to the US Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.48 square miles (11.60 km²), of which 4.47 square miles (11.58 km²) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²) is water.

Population Factor

According to the census that was held in the year 2000, “there were 16,782 people, 7,570 households and 3,126 families residing in the town. The population density was 3,753.7 people per square mile (1,449.6/km²). There were 8,207 housing units at an average density of 1,835.7/sq mi (708.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 72.67% White, 13.54% African American, 0.36% Native American, 5.15% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 5.85% from other races and 2.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 12.29% of the population.

There were 7,570 households out of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.3% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 58.7% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the town the population was spread out with 19.0% under the age of 18, 21.4% from 18 to 24, 40.3% from 25 to 44, 14.2% from 45 to 64 and 5.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.”

Events

Cat's Cradle is the most famous venue of the city.