WILMINGTON
2012-13 Progress Report
Winter 2014: Special Progress Report
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Wilmington at-a-glance
City population, 2012:
109,922
Median age, 2010: 34.7
Gender 2010:
Female 52.2%
Male 47.8%
Race 2010:
73.5% White
19.9% Black
4% American Indian/
Asian/Other
6.1% Hispanic
City Land Area:
52.76 square miles
8th largest city in NC
(population)
Your City At Work: By the Numbers
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Each year, the city’s 1,000 employees provide a variety of services to help maintain the community and
keep it safe. These services are paid for with property tax dollars, user fees and state funding. Following
is some information that illustrates what citizens received for their money in fiscal year 2012-13 as well
as upcoming projects.
Public Safety
• olice Department-174,000 calls for service
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• ire Department-10,906 response calls
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Streets
• iles of roadways maintained: 400
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• iles of sidewalks maintained: 439
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Signs, Lights, Signals
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Signs manufactured and maintained: 17,000
Miles of street markings maintained: 400
Street lights maintained: 9,260
Traffic signals maintained: 212
Stormwater
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57 miles of ditches cleaned (manual)
,077 tons of street sweeping debris collected
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lmost 10,000 miles of streets swept
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30 storm pipe cave-in repairs
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Traffic Engineering
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,256 streetlights
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12 traffic signals
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1 miles of cable for traffic signal system
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0,000 street and
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traffic signs
Source: US Census Bureau QuickFacts
Information: W I L M I N G T O N N C . G O V
Parks & landscaping
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37 acres of public parks (34 public parks)
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0 acres of greenways (21 locations)
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84 acres of athletic and recreational facilities
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ore than 9 acres of city-owned lots
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(24 locations)
pproximately 71 miles of rights-of-way
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(107 locations) within the city
pproximately 66 miles of rights-of-way
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(28 locations) for the NCDOT
pproximately 13 miles of 127 alley locations
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pproximately 5 miles of medians
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(17 locations)
ore than 20 traffic speed reduction devices
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5 dog waste stations throughout the city
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5 playground units
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70 trees planted
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Solid Waste
• rash picked up – 23,593 tons (47,186,540 lbs.)
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• ecycling picked up – 6,110 tons (12,221,000 lbs.)
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• ard waste picked up – 13,517 tons
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(27,034,060 lbs.)