Bentonia, MS

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2805380, place: Bentonia town, Mississippi)

Total Population: 500
Male: 222 (44.4%)
Female: 278 (55.6%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 30 (6%)
5 to 9 years: 32 (6.4%)
10 to 14 years: 36 (7.2%)
15 to 19 years: 37 (7.4%)
20 to 24 years: 30 (6%)
25 to 34 years: 53 (10.6%)
35 to 44 years: 75 (15%)
45 to 54 years: 64 (12.8%)
55 to 59 years: 27 (5.4%)
60 to 64 years: 28 (5.6%)
65 to 74 years: 47 (9.4%)
75 to 84 years: 27 (5.4%)
85 years and over: 14 (2.8%)

Median age: 40.4 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 374 (74.8%)
21 years and over: 358 (71.6%)
62 years and over: 104 (20.8%)
65 years and over: 88 (17.6%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 374 (74.8%)
--Male: 162 (32.4%)
--Female: 212 (42.4%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 88 (17.6%)
--Male: 28 (5.6%)
--Female: 60 (12%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 495 (99%)
--White: 314 (62.8%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2 (0.4%)
--Black or African American: 179 (35.8%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 0 (0%)
--Asian: 1 (0.2%)
----Asian Indian: 1 (0.2%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----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: 1 (0.2%)
Two or more Races: 5 (1%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2 (0.4%)
--Mexican: 0 (0%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 2 (0.4%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 498 (99.6%)
--White Alone: 314 (62.8%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 500 (100%)
--Householder: 203 (40.6%)
--Spouse: 79 (15.8%)
--Child: 158 (31.6%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 105 (21%)
--Other relatives: 44 (8.8%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 20 (4%)
--Nonrelatives: 16 (3.2%)
----Unmarried partner: 11 (2.2%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 203
Family households (families): 131 (64.53%)
----With own children under 18 years: 60 (29.56%)
--Married-couple families: 79 (38.92%)
----With own children under 18 years: 37 (18.23%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 44 (21.67%)
----With own children under 18 years: 19 (9.36%)
Nonfamily households: 72 (35.47%)
--Householder living alone: 68 (33.5%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 33 (16.26%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 70 (34.48%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 67 (33%)
Average household size: 2.46 people
Average family size: 3.15 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 214
Occupied housing units: 203 (94.86%)
Vacant housing units: 11 (5.14%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 0 (0%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 1.4%
Occupied housing units: 203 (94.86%)
Owner occupied housing units: 132 (61.68%)
Renter occupied housing units: 71 (33.18%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.56 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.28 people

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