Pocahontas, AR

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0556540, place: Pocahontas city, Arkansas)

Total Population: 6,518
Male: 2,988 (45.84%)
Female: 3,530 (54.16%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 441 (6.77%)
5 to 9 years: 431 (6.61%)
10 to 14 years: 417 (6.4%)
15 to 19 years: 443 (6.8%)
20 to 24 years: 446 (6.84%)
25 to 34 years: 805 (12.35%)
35 to 44 years: 860 (13.19%)
45 to 54 years: 711 (10.91%)
55 to 59 years: 305 (4.68%)
60 to 64 years: 291 (4.46%)
65 to 74 years: 621 (9.53%)
75 to 84 years: 467 (7.16%)
85 years and over: 280 (4.3%)

Median age: 38 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,970 (76.25%)
21 years and over: 4,694 (72.02%)
62 years and over: 1,527 (23.43%)
65 years and over: 1,368 (20.99%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,970 (76.25%)
--Male: 2,185 (33.52%)
--Female: 2,785 (42.73%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,368 (20.99%)
--Male: 463 (7.1%)
--Female: 905 (13.88%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 6,459 (99.09%)
--White: 6,304 (96.72%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 58 (0.89%)
--Black or African American: 72 (1.1%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 29 (0.44%)
--Asian: 5 (0.08%)
----Asian Indian: 2 (0.03%)
----Chinese: 1 (0.02%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.02%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.02%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 13 (0.2%)
Two or more Races: 59 (0.91%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 58 (0.89%)
--Mexican: 34 (0.52%)
--Puerto Rican: 2 (0.03%)
--Cuban: 6 (0.09%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 16 (0.25%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 6,460 (99.11%)
--White Alone: 6,304 (96.72%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 6,260 (96.04%)
--Householder: 2,693 (41.32%)
--Spouse: 1,292 (19.82%)
--Child: 1,810 (27.77%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,407 (21.59%)
--Other relatives: 272 (4.17%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 119 (1.83%)
--Nonrelatives: 193 (2.96%)
----Unmarried partner: 90 (1.38%)
Living in group quarters: 258 (3.96%)
--Institutionalized Population: 247 (3.79%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 11 (0.17%)
Total households: 2,693
Family households (families): 1,743 (64.72%)
----With own children under 18 years: 809 (30.04%)
--Married-couple families: 1,292 (47.98%)
----With own children under 18 years: 553 (20.53%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 354 (13.15%)
----With own children under 18 years: 199 (7.39%)
Nonfamily households: 950 (35.28%)
--Householder living alone: 858 (31.86%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 465 (17.27%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 883 (32.79%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 884 (32.83%)
Average household size: 2.32 people
Average family size: 2.94 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 2,924
Occupied housing units: 2,693 (92.1%)
Vacant housing units: 231 (7.9%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 8 (0.27%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 7.6%
Occupied housing units: 2,693 (92.1%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,609 (55.03%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,084 (37.07%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.4 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.21 people

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