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Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Blacksburg town

 

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text.

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	1,880	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	1,880	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	10	0.5%
Male	837	44.5%		Mexican	4	0.2%
Female	1,043	55.5%		Puerto Rican	0	0.0%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	164	8.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	6	0.3%
5 to 9 years	153	8.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	1,870	99.5%
10 to 14 years	139	7.4%		White alone	1,392	74.0%
15 to 19 years	119	6.3%
20 to 24 years	102	5.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	272	14.5%		Total population	1,880	100.0%
35 to 44 years	253	13.5%		In households	1,874	99.7%
45 to 54 years	218	11.6%		Householder	785	41.8%
55 to 59 years	105	5.6%		Spouse	316	16.8%
60 to 64 years	86	4.6%		Child	575	30.6%
65 to 74 years	142	7.6%		Own child under 18 years	444	23.6%
75 to 84 years	98	5.2%		Other relatives	137	7.3%
85 years and over	29	1.5%		Under 18 years	81	4.3%
				Nonrelatives	61	3.2%
Median age (years)	34.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	36	1.9%
				In group quarters	6	0.3%
18 years and over	1,349	71.8%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	585	31.1%		Noninstitutionalized population	6	0.3%
Female	764	40.6%
21 years and over	1,285	68.4%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	317	16.9%		Total households	785	100.0%
65 years and over	269	14.3%		Family households (families)	504	64.2%
Male	83	4.4%		With own children under 18 years	243	31.0%
Female	186	9.9%		Married couple family	316	40.3%
				With own children under 18 years	138	17.6%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	153	19.5%
One race	1,851	98.5%		With own children under 18 years	89	11.3%
White	1,401	74.5%		Nonfamily households	281	35.8%
Black or African American	443	23.6%		Householder living alone	256	32.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	4	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	128	16.3%
Asian	2	0.1%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	294	37.5%
Chinese	2	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	229	29.2%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.39	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.04	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%		Total housing units	911	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	785	86.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	126	13.8%
Samoan	1	0.1%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1	0.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	0	0.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.5%	(X)
Two or more races	29	1.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.0%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	1,430	76.1%		Occupied housing units	785	100.0%
Black or African American	460	24.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	471	60.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	13	0.7%		Renter-occupied housing units	314	40.0%
Asian	3	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.36	(X)
Some other race	4	0.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.43	(X)
Date: November 28, 2001
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.