Blackshear, GA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1308284, place: Blackshear city, Georgia)

Total Population: 3,283
Male: 1,477 (44.99%)
Female: 1,806 (55.01%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 206 (6.27%)
5 to 9 years: 244 (7.43%)
10 to 14 years: 240 (7.31%)
15 to 19 years: 218 (6.64%)
20 to 24 years: 172 (5.24%)
25 to 34 years: 388 (11.82%)
35 to 44 years: 421 (12.82%)
45 to 54 years: 478 (14.56%)
55 to 59 years: 182 (5.54%)
60 to 64 years: 144 (4.39%)
65 to 74 years: 293 (8.92%)
75 to 84 years: 220 (6.7%)
85 years and over: 77 (2.35%)

Median age: 39.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,453 (74.72%)
21 years and over: 2,339 (71.25%)
62 years and over: 681 (20.74%)
65 years and over: 590 (17.97%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,453 (74.72%)
--Male: 1,062 (32.35%)
--Female: 1,391 (42.37%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 590 (17.97%)
--Male: 207 (6.31%)
--Female: 383 (11.67%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 3,263 (99.39%)
--White: 2,515 (76.61%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 33 (1.01%)
--Black or African American: 701 (21.35%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 10 (0.3%)
--Asian: 6 (0.18%)
----Asian Indian: 4 (0.12%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 1 (0.03%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 1 (0.03%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.09%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 3 (0.09%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 14 (0.43%)
Two or more Races: 20 (0.61%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 33 (1.01%)
--Mexican: 26 (0.79%)
--Puerto Rican: 1 (0.03%)
--Cuban: 1 (0.03%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 5 (0.15%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 3,250 (98.99%)
--White Alone: 2,515 (76.61%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 3,185 (97.01%)
--Householder: 1,354 (41.24%)
--Spouse: 614 (18.7%)
--Child: 987 (30.06%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 754 (22.97%)
--Other relatives: 155 (4.72%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 62 (1.89%)
--Nonrelatives: 75 (2.28%)
----Unmarried partner: 45 (1.37%)
Living in group quarters: 98 (2.99%)
--Institutionalized Population: 98 (2.99%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 1,354
Family households (families): 895 (66.1%)
----With own children under 18 years: 406 (29.99%)
--Married-couple families: 614 (45.35%)
----With own children under 18 years: 248 (18.32%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 241 (17.8%)
----With own children under 18 years: 138 (10.19%)
Nonfamily households: 459 (33.9%)
--Householder living alone: 433 (31.98%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 205 (15.14%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 445 (32.87%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 418 (30.87%)
Average household size: 2.35 people
Average family size: 2.96 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,518
Occupied housing units: 1,354 (89.2%)
Vacant housing units: 164 (10.8%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 12 (0.79%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 13.9%
Occupied housing units: 1,354 (89.2%)
Owner occupied housing units: 902 (59.42%)
Renter occupied housing units: 452 (29.78%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.4 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.26 people

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