Forest City, NC

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3724080, place: Forest City town, North Carolina)

Total Population: 7,549
Male: 3,432 (45.46%)
Female: 4,117 (54.54%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 533 (7.06%)
5 to 9 years: 561 (7.43%)
10 to 14 years: 502 (6.65%)
15 to 19 years: 474 (6.28%)
20 to 24 years: 445 (5.89%)
25 to 34 years: 989 (13.1%)
35 to 44 years: 988 (13.09%)
45 to 54 years: 844 (11.18%)
55 to 59 years: 386 (5.11%)
60 to 64 years: 367 (4.86%)
65 to 74 years: 720 (9.54%)
75 to 84 years: 536 (7.1%)
85 years and over: 204 (2.7%)

Median age: 37.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,666 (75.06%)
21 years and over: 5,390 (71.4%)
62 years and over: 1,665 (22.06%)
65 years and over: 1,460 (19.34%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,666 (75.06%)
--Male: 2,459 (32.57%)
--Female: 3,207 (42.48%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,460 (19.34%)
--Male: 525 (6.95%)
--Female: 935 (12.39%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 7,449 (98.68%)
--White: 4,935 (65.37%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 281 (3.72%)
--Black or African American: 2,176 (28.83%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 15 (0.2%)
--Asian: 58 (0.77%)
----Asian Indian: 9 (0.12%)
----Chinese: 5 (0.07%)
----Filipino: 7 (0.09%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 35 (0.46%)
----Other Asian: 2 (0.03%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 10 (0.13%)
----Native Hawaiian: 4 (0.05%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 6 (0.08%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 104 (1.38%)
Two or more Races: 100 (1.32%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 281 (3.72%)
--Mexican: 214 (2.83%)
--Puerto Rican: 9 (0.12%)
--Cuban: 2 (0.03%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 56 (0.74%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 7,268 (96.28%)
--White Alone: 4,935 (65.37%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 7,409 (98.15%)
--Householder: 3,245 (42.99%)
--Spouse: 1,282 (16.98%)
--Child: 2,086 (27.63%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,586 (21.01%)
--Other relatives: 483 (6.4%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 240 (3.18%)
--Nonrelatives: 313 (4.15%)
----Unmarried partner: 143 (1.89%)
Living in group quarters: 140 (1.85%)
--Institutionalized Population: 92 (1.22%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 48 (0.64%)
Total households: 3,245
Family households (families): 2,028 (62.5%)
----With own children under 18 years: 883 (27.21%)
--Married-couple families: 1,282 (39.51%)
----With own children under 18 years: 458 (14.11%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 625 (19.26%)
----With own children under 18 years: 381 (11.74%)
Nonfamily households: 1,217 (37.5%)
--Householder living alone: 1,099 (33.87%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 540 (16.64%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,027 (31.65%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,062 (32.73%)
Average household size: 2.28 people
Average family size: 2.9 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 3,638
Occupied housing units: 3,245 (89.2%)
Vacant housing units: 393 (10.8%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 23 (0.63%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 4.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 12.7%
Occupied housing units: 3,245 (89.2%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,682 (46.23%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,563 (42.96%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.3 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.27 people

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