Quick Facts

Population

• Wilkes: 10,282
• Rayle: 199
• Tignall: 546
• Washington: 4,134

• 43.1% Black
• 55.1% White
• 2% Hispanic

• 23 people per square mile
• 24%: Age 18 OR younger
• 17.1%: AGE 65 OR OLDER

Employment

Largest Employers, 2012:

• Hollander Home Fashions Corporation
• Pliant Corporation
• Wilkes-Wills Memorial Hospital

Employment Sector:

• 30.2% Goods Producing
• 44.3% Service Producing
• 25.5% Government