Shallotte, North Carolina

Shallotte was incorporated as a town in 1899.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lNpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3992%2C5078290 | title=Shallotte | work=Star-News | date=May 24, 1998 | access-date=November 1, 2015 | pages=34}}

A former Hardee's restaurant, located on Main Street, was used as a filming location for the robbery scene in the Melissa McCarthy film Tammy (2014). It was demolished in 2017.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Shallotte is located in west-central Brunswick County. U.S. Route 17 (Ocean Highway) passes through the town, bypassing the town center to the northwest. (Main Street is designated US 17 Business.) US 17 leads northeast {{convert|33|mi}} to Wilmington and southwest {{convert|38|mi}} to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|24.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|24.1|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.72%, is water.

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|location = SHALLOTTE AG, NC, 1991-2020 normals

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| Jan high F = 55.6

| Feb high F = 58.1

| Mar high F = 65.2

| Apr high F = 72.0

| May high F = 78.4

| Jun high F = 83.6

| Jul high F = 87.2

| Aug high F = 86.0

| Sep high F = 82.4

| Oct high F = 74.3

| Nov high F = 65.2

| Dec high F = 58.5

|year high F = 72.2

|Jan mean F = 46.0

|Feb mean F = 48.3

|Mar mean F = 54.5

|Apr mean F = 62.5

|May mean F = 70.0

|Jun mean F = 76.5

|Jul mean F = 80.1

|Aug mean F = 78.9

|Sep mean F = 74.7

|Oct mean F = 65.2

|Nov mean F = 55.0

|Dec mean F = 48.9

|year mean F = 63.4

| Jan low F = 36.4

| Feb low F = 38.6

| Mar low F = 43.8

| Apr low F = 52.9

| May low F = 61.5

| Jun low F = 69.3

| Jul low F = 73.1

| Aug low F = 71.8

| Sep low F = 66.9

| Oct low F = 56.0

| Nov low F = 44.7

| Dec low F = 39.4

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| Jan precipitation inch = 3.79

| Feb precipitation inch = 3.58

| Mar precipitation inch = 4.17

| Apr precipitation inch = 3.52

| May precipitation inch = 3.83

| Jun precipitation inch = 4.48

| Jul precipitation inch = 5.19

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| Sep precipitation inch = 9.66

| Oct precipitation inch = 4.24

| Nov precipitation inch = 3.55

| Dec precipitation inch = 3.65

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{{US Census population

|1900= 149

|1910= 139

|1920= 174

|1930= 214

|1940= 381

|1950= 493

|1960= 480

|1970= 597

|1980= 680

|1990= 965

|2000= 1381

|2010= 3675

|2020= 4185

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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,185 people, 1,682 households, and 1,066 families residing in the town.

As of the census of 2010,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|author=Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS)|work=census.gov|access-date=March 26, 2015}} there were 3,675 people, 1,583 households, and 985 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|680.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,908 housing units with a density of 353.3 per square mile (136.3/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the town was 85.2% White, 9.3% African American, 1.3% Asian, 0.6% Native American, 2.0% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.8% of the population.

There were 1,583 households, out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.78.

The town population was distributed with 22.8% under the age of 20, 22.5% from 20 to 40, 32.2% from 40 to 65, and 22.4% aged 65 and over. The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $41,616, and the median income for a family was $52,284. Males had a median income of $36,591 versus $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,397. About 4.7% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

• Brunswick Beacon, weekly newspaper

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.townofshallotte.org/ Town of Shallotte official website]
• [http://www.shallottenc.com/ Shallotte commercial website]

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Category:Towns in Brunswick County, North Carolina

Category:Towns in North Carolina

Category:Cape Fear (region)