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Pembroke was founded in 1892 as a railroad town and turpentine shipping center. It was named after early resident Pembroke Whitfield Williams. It was incorporated in 1905.
The Bryan County seat was voted to be moved from Clyde to Pembroke in 1935, with the first County Commissioners session in Pembroke taking place on February 15, 1937.
A tornado damaged the town on April 8, 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting.
Pembroke was the birthplace of jazz musician Jabbo SmithJabbo Smith born as Cladys Smith ( 24 December, 1908 16 January, 1991) was a United States jazz musician, known for his hot virtuoso playing on the trumpet. Smith was born in Pembroke, Georgia. At the age of 6 he went into the Jenkins Orphanage in Charles.
Pembroke is located at 32°8'24" North, 81°37'25" West (32.139892, -81.623553) 1.
According to the United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the city has a total area of 19.8 km˛ (7.6 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 19.7 km˛ (7.6 mi˛) of it is land and 0.1 km˛ (0.04 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.26% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2 of 2000, there are 2,379 people, 819 households, and 630 families residing in the city. The population density is 120.7/km˛ (312.5/mi˛). There are 909 housing units at an average density of 46.1/km˛ (119.4/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city is 59.56% White, 38.04% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.34% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races. 1.64% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 819 households out of which 38.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% are married couples living together, 21.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% are non-families. 20.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.82 and the average family size is 3.24.
In the city the population is spread out with 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $28,456, and the median income for a family is $33,281. Males have a median income of $28,879 versus $19,632 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,795. 23.7% of the population and 22.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 33.9% of those under the age of 18 and 15.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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