Bladen County, NC
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Municipal budget
Total revenue$185.3M (FY2023)
Total spending$160.9M (FY2023)
Taxes$39.5M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$10.5M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$5,450 (FY2023)
🗳️ Election results (4 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
BLADEN COUNTY County Commission DISTRICT 03 2024-11-05
Danny L. Ellis II ✓ 3,968
BLADEN COUNTY County Commission DISTRICT 02 2024-11-05
Rodney Hester ✓ 4,425
BLADEN COUNTY County Commission DISTRICT 01 2024-11-05
Ophelia Munn-Goins ✓ 3,653
BLADEN COUNTY County Commission COUNTY-WIDE 2024-11-05
David R. Gooden ✓ 4,632 · Ray Britt 4,510 · Mark Gillespie 3,556 · G. Michael Cogdell 3,524
Recent meetings
Tue Jul 14, 2026
Board of Elections
Bladen County Board of Elections proposes moving Elizabethtown 1 voting location
The Board of Elections is considering a resolution to change the voting site for Precinct Elizabethtown 1. The move would shift voting from the National Guard Armory to the Elizabethtown Community Center.
- Proposal to move Precinct Elizabethtown 1 voting from 1001 W Swanzy St to 409 Martin Luther King Dr
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Bladen County Board of Elections
Larry Hammond, Chairman James Nance III, Director
Emery White Samantha Reagan, Deputy Director
Michael T. Aycock Sherita Stanley, Asst. Deputy Director
Misty Dixon Kathleen McGurgan, Election Clerk
Elizabeth Blanks
PO Box 512 ‘301 S. Cypress St. Elizabethtown, NC 28337 - (910) 862-6951 - fax (910) 862-7820
elections@bladenco.org
July 14, 2026
Resolution
Moving Location of Bladen County Board of Elections Precinct:
Elizabethtown 1
WHEREAS, the current voting location for Elizabethtown | is the National Guard Armory 1001 W
Swanzy St, Elizabethtown, N.C. 28337; and,
WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statue I 63-128 provides that a county board of election shall have
power from time to time, by resolution, to establish, alter, discontinue, or create such new election
precincts or voting places as it may deem expedient; and,
WHEREAS, the proposal is subject to approval by the Bladen County Board of Elections.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Bladen County Board of Elections as follows:
1. That pursuant to North Carolina General Statues 163-128, voting for Precinct
Elizabethtown 1 will cease to occur at National Guard Armory 1001 W Swanzy St,
Elizabethtown, N.C. 28337; and,
2. That pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes 163-128, Elizabethtown
Community Center 409 Martin Luther King Dr Elizabethtown N.C. 28337, will be
the new voting location for Precinct Elizabethtown 1, which is within precinct
boundary lines.
3. That all requirem …
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🌐 County-level context (Bladen County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities6 (1 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments540 (10,734 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$930/mo (428 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy32.1% (low numeracy 48% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
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$185.3M
Annual budget
$10.5M
Debt outstanding
97
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$185.3M
Spending$160.9M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
Debt load LOW
Outstanding debt$10.5M
Debt-to-revenue0.06×
Debt-load index38 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
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Where it’s happening
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