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Benham, KY

Harlan County, Kentucky

Latitude: 36.964832     Longitude: -82.954035
Population 556 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2105662, place: Benham city, Kentucky)

Total Population: 599
Male: 290 (48.41%)
Female: 309 (51.59%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 30 (5.01%)
5 to 9 years: 34 (5.68%)
10 to 14 years: 46 (7.68%)
15 to 19 years: 37 (6.18%)
20 to 24 years: 17 (2.84%)
25 to 34 years: 50 (8.35%)
35 to 44 years: 99 (16.53%)
45 to 54 years: 104 (17.36%)
55 to 59 years: 32 (5.34%)
60 to 64 years: 33 (5.51%)
65 to 74 years: 50 (8.35%)
75 to 84 years: 44 (7.35%)
85 years and over: 23 (3.84%)

Median age: 44.2 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 462 (77.13%)
21 years and over: 448 (74.79%)
62 years and over: 139 (23.21%)
65 years and over: 117 (19.53%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 462 (77.13%)
--Male: 210 (35.06%)
--Female: 252 (42.07%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 117 (19.53%)
--Male: 40 (6.68%)
--Female: 77 (12.85%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 596 (99.5%)
--White: 530 (88.48%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3 (0.5%)
--Black or African American: 59 (9.85%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 2 (0.33%)
--Asian: 1 (0.17%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.17%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----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: 2 (0.33%)
Two or more Races: 3 (0.5%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3 (0.5%)
--Mexican: 3 (0.5%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 0 (0%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 596 (99.5%)
--White Alone: 530 (88.48%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 599 (100%)
--Householder: 248 (41.4%)
--Spouse: 147 (24.54%)
--Child: 164 (27.38%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 127 (21.2%)
--Other relatives: 30 (5.01%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 7 (1.17%)
--Nonrelatives: 10 (1.67%)
----Unmarried partner: 2 (0.33%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 248
Family households (families): 181 (72.98%)
----With own children under 18 years: 77 (31.05%)
--Married-couple families: 147 (59.27%)
----With own children under 18 years: 63 (25.4%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 24 (9.68%)
----With own children under 18 years: 10 (4.03%)
Nonfamily households: 67 (27.02%)
--Householder living alone: 66 (26.61%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 48 (19.35%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 80 (32.26%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 96 (38.71%)
Average household size: 2.42 people
Average family size: 2.88 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 288
Occupied housing units: 248 (86.11%)
Vacant housing units: 40 (13.89%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 10 (3.47%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 4.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 18.8%
Occupied housing units: 248 (86.11%)
Owner occupied housing units: 222 (77.08%)
Renter occupied housing units: 26 (9.03%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.42 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.38 people

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