Rocky Mount, NC

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3757500, place: Rocky Mount city, North Carolina)

Total Population: 55,893
Male: 25,710 (46%)
Female: 30,183 (54%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 3,916 (7.01%)
5 to 9 years: 4,648 (8.32%)
10 to 14 years: 4,478 (8.01%)
15 to 19 years: 3,969 (7.1%)
20 to 24 years: 3,449 (6.17%)
25 to 34 years: 7,308 (13.07%)
35 to 44 years: 8,599 (15.38%)
45 to 54 years: 7,706 (13.79%)
55 to 59 years: 2,484 (4.44%)
60 to 64 years: 2,062 (3.69%)
65 to 74 years: 3,767 (6.74%)
75 to 84 years: 2,711 (4.85%)
85 years and over: 796 (1.42%)

Median age: 35.2 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 40,429 (72.33%)
21 years and over: 38,176 (68.3%)
62 years and over: 8,495 (15.2%)
65 years and over: 7,274 (13.01%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 40,429 (72.33%)
--Male: 17,890 (32.01%)
--Female: 22,539 (40.33%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 7,274 (13.01%)
--Male: 2,674 (4.78%)
--Female: 4,600 (8.23%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 55,296 (98.93%)
--White: 22,548 (40.34%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,033 (1.85%)
--Black or African American: 31,314 (56.02%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 195 (0.35%)
--Asian: 394 (0.7%)
----Asian Indian: 115 (0.21%)
----Chinese: 79 (0.14%)
----Filipino: 38 (0.07%)
----Japanese: 20 (0.04%)
----Korean: 36 (0.06%)
----Vietnamese: 57 (0.1%)
----Other Asian: 49 (0.09%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 12 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 4 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 2 (0%)
----Samoan: 4 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0%)
--Some other race: 507 (0.91%)
Two or more Races: 597 (1.07%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,033 (1.85%)
--Mexican: 590 (1.06%)
--Puerto Rican: 77 (0.14%)
--Cuban: 32 (0.06%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 334 (0.6%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 54,860 (98.15%)
--White Alone: 22,548 (40.34%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 54,729 (97.92%)
--Householder: 21,435 (38.35%)
--Spouse: 9,288 (16.62%)
--Child: 17,260 (30.88%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 13,032 (23.32%)
--Other relatives: 4,400 (7.87%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 2,143 (3.83%)
--Nonrelatives: 2,346 (4.2%)
----Unmarried partner: 995 (1.78%)
Living in group quarters: 1,164 (2.08%)
--Institutionalized Population: 420 (0.75%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 744 (1.33%)
Total households: 21,435
Family households (families): 14,682 (68.5%)
----With own children under 18 years: 7,042 (32.85%)
--Married-couple families: 9,288 (43.33%)
----With own children under 18 years: 4,007 (18.69%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 4,483 (20.91%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,623 (12.24%)
Nonfamily households: 6,753 (31.5%)
--Householder living alone: 5,864 (27.36%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 2,201 (10.27%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 8,156 (38.05%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 5,236 (24.43%)
Average household size: 2.55 people
Average family size: 3.11 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 24,167
Occupied housing units: 21,435 (88.7%)
Vacant housing units: 2,732 (11.3%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 70 (0.29%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 6.3%
Occupied housing units: 21,435 (88.7%)
Owner occupied housing units: 11,799 (48.82%)
Renter occupied housing units: 9,636 (39.87%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.56 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.54 people

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