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Millers Creek is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in Wilkes County,
North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
, United States. The population was 2,112 at the 2010 census. West Wilkes High School, one of the four public high schools in Wilkes County, is located in Millers Creek.


Geography

According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,931 people, 747 households, and 393 families residing in the CDP.


2010 census

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2010, there were 2,112 people, 892 households, and 621 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1002 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.3%
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, 0.9%
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, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 3.1% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 4.5% of the population. There were 892 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were
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living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.81. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males. 2014 Census Bureau data shows: the median income for a household in the CDP was $32,092 and the median income for a family was $39,975. Males had a median income of $42,314 versus $28,188 for females. The
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for the CDP was $18,771. About 15.0% of families and 22.6% of the population were below the
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, including 21.6% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.


Notable people

* Bobby Billings (born 1975), musician, singer and songwriter *
Benny Parsons Benjamin Stewart Parsons (July 12, 1941 – January 16, 2007) was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst/pit reporter on SETN, TBS, ABC, ESPN, NBC, and TNT. He became famous as the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, an ...
, a well-known
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racer and winner of the 1973
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
championship, was a native of Millers Creek. After retiring from racing, he became a popular racing analyst for the
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,
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, and TBS television networks.


References

{{authority control Census-designated places in North Carolina Census-designated places in Wilkes County, North Carolina