Gaston, NC

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3725560, place: Gaston town, North Carolina)

Total Population: 973
Male: 439 (45.12%)
Female: 534 (54.88%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 72 (7.4%)
5 to 9 years: 63 (6.47%)
10 to 14 years: 64 (6.58%)
15 to 19 years: 69 (7.09%)
20 to 24 years: 58 (5.96%)
25 to 34 years: 132 (13.57%)
35 to 44 years: 148 (15.21%)
45 to 54 years: 117 (12.02%)
55 to 59 years: 60 (6.17%)
60 to 64 years: 48 (4.93%)
65 to 74 years: 84 (8.63%)
75 to 84 years: 45 (4.62%)
85 years and over: 13 (1.34%)

Median age: 37.4 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 733 (75.33%)
21 years and over: 694 (71.33%)
62 years and over: 171 (17.57%)
65 years and over: 142 (14.59%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 733 (75.33%)
--Male: 327 (33.61%)
--Female: 406 (41.73%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 142 (14.59%)
--Male: 61 (6.27%)
--Female: 81 (8.32%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 961 (98.77%)
--White: 641 (65.88%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 10 (1.03%)
--Black or African American: 309 (31.76%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 3 (0.31%)
--Asian: 0 (0%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----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: 3 (0.31%)
Two or more Races: 12 (1.23%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 10 (1.03%)
--Mexican: 7 (0.72%)
--Puerto Rican: 1 (0.1%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 2 (0.21%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 963 (98.97%)
--White Alone: 641 (65.88%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 973 (100%)
--Householder: 429 (44.09%)
--Spouse: 187 (19.22%)
--Child: 270 (27.75%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 210 (21.58%)
--Other relatives: 57 (5.86%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 27 (2.77%)
--Nonrelatives: 30 (3.08%)
----Unmarried partner: 17 (1.75%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 429
Family households (families): 297 (69.23%)
----With own children under 18 years: 119 (27.74%)
--Married-couple families: 187 (43.59%)
----With own children under 18 years: 50 (11.66%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 97 (22.61%)
----With own children under 18 years: 63 (14.69%)
Nonfamily households: 132 (30.77%)
--Householder living alone: 119 (27.74%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 51 (11.89%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 135 (31.47%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 112 (26.11%)
Average household size: 2.27 people
Average family size: 2.73 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 479
Occupied housing units: 429 (89.56%)
Vacant housing units: 50 (10.44%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 10 (2.09%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 0.7%
Occupied housing units: 429 (89.56%)
Owner occupied housing units: 284 (59.29%)
Renter occupied housing units: 145 (30.27%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.17 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.47 people

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