Bessemer City, NC

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General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3705220, place: Bessemer City city, North Carolina)

Total Population: 5,119
Male: 2,450 (47.86%)
Female: 2,669 (52.14%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 382 (7.46%)
5 to 9 years: 411 (8.03%)
10 to 14 years: 342 (6.68%)
15 to 19 years: 305 (5.96%)
20 to 24 years: 357 (6.97%)
25 to 34 years: 869 (16.98%)
35 to 44 years: 722 (14.1%)
45 to 54 years: 635 (12.4%)
55 to 59 years: 252 (4.92%)
60 to 64 years: 236 (4.61%)
65 to 74 years: 359 (7.01%)
75 to 84 years: 210 (4.1%)
85 years and over: 39 (0.76%)

Median age: 33.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,806 (74.35%)
21 years and over: 3,615 (70.62%)
62 years and over: 756 (14.77%)
65 years and over: 608 (11.88%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,806 (74.35%)
--Male: 1,793 (35.03%)
--Female: 2,013 (39.32%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 608 (11.88%)
--Male: 236 (4.61%)
--Female: 372 (7.27%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 5,060 (98.85%)
--White: 4,173 (81.52%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 179 (3.5%)
--Black or African American: 687 (13.42%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 16 (0.31%)
--Asian: 30 (0.59%)
----Asian Indian: 11 (0.21%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 5 (0.1%)
----Japanese: 2 (0.04%)
----Korean: 1 (0.02%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 11 (0.21%)
--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: 53 (1.04%)
Two or more Races: 59 (1.15%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 179 (3.5%)
--Mexican: 121 (2.36%)
--Puerto Rican: 12 (0.23%)
--Cuban: 2 (0.04%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 44 (0.86%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 4,940 (96.5%)
--White Alone: 4,173 (81.52%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 5,119 (100%)
--Householder: 2,009 (39.25%)
--Spouse: 1,023 (19.98%)
--Child: 1,492 (29.15%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,135 (22.17%)
--Other relatives: 335 (6.54%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 138 (2.7%)
--Nonrelatives: 260 (5.08%)
----Unmarried partner: 120 (2.34%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 2,009
Family households (families): 1,436 (71.48%)
----With own children under 18 years: 665 (33.1%)
--Married-couple families: 1,023 (50.92%)
----With own children under 18 years: 456 (22.7%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 312 (15.53%)
----With own children under 18 years: 163 (8.11%)
Nonfamily households: 573 (28.52%)
--Householder living alone: 469 (23.34%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 189 (9.41%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 761 (37.88%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 476 (23.69%)
Average household size: 2.55 people
Average family size: 2.98 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 2,149
Occupied housing units: 2,009 (93.49%)
Vacant housing units: 140 (6.51%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 3 (0.14%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 7.9%
Occupied housing units: 2,009 (93.49%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,329 (61.84%)
Renter occupied housing units: 680 (31.64%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.46 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.71 people

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