Wake Forest, NC

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3770540, place: Wake Forest town, North Carolina)

Total Population: 12,588
Male: 6,024 (47.86%)
Female: 6,564 (52.14%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,229 (9.76%)
5 to 9 years: 1,110 (8.82%)
10 to 14 years: 932 (7.4%)
15 to 19 years: 655 (5.2%)
20 to 24 years: 737 (5.85%)
25 to 34 years: 2,521 (20.03%)
35 to 44 years: 2,424 (19.26%)
45 to 54 years: 1,358 (10.79%)
55 to 59 years: 372 (2.96%)
60 to 64 years: 256 (2.03%)
65 to 74 years: 470 (3.73%)
75 to 84 years: 350 (2.78%)
85 years and over: 174 (1.38%)

Median age: 31.5 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 8,852 (70.32%)
21 years and over: 8,571 (68.09%)
62 years and over: 1,139 (9.05%)
65 years and over: 994 (7.9%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 8,852 (70.32%)
--Male: 4,168 (33.11%)
--Female: 4,684 (37.21%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 994 (7.9%)
--Male: 342 (2.72%)
--Female: 652 (5.18%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 12,392 (98.44%)
--White: 9,897 (78.62%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 262 (2.08%)
--Black or African American: 1,987 (15.78%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 26 (0.21%)
--Asian: 256 (2.03%)
----Asian Indian: 59 (0.47%)
----Chinese: 53 (0.42%)
----Filipino: 27 (0.21%)
----Japanese: 3 (0.02%)
----Korean: 72 (0.57%)
----Vietnamese: 18 (0.14%)
----Other Asian: 24 (0.19%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.01%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 98 (0.78%)
Two or more Races: 196 (1.56%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 262 (2.08%)
--Mexican: 78 (0.62%)
--Puerto Rican: 41 (0.33%)
--Cuban: 17 (0.14%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 126 (1%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 12,326 (97.92%)
--White Alone: 9,897 (78.62%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 12,301 (97.72%)
--Householder: 4,617 (36.68%)
--Spouse: 2,782 (22.1%)
--Child: 4,014 (31.89%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 3,525 (28%)
--Other relatives: 387 (3.07%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 164 (1.3%)
--Nonrelatives: 501 (3.98%)
----Unmarried partner: 165 (1.31%)
Living in group quarters: 287 (2.28%)
--Institutionalized Population: 200 (1.59%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 87 (0.69%)
Total households: 4,617
Family households (families): 3,409 (73.84%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,927 (41.74%)
--Married-couple families: 2,782 (60.26%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,528 (33.1%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 496 (10.74%)
----With own children under 18 years: 334 (7.23%)
Nonfamily households: 1,208 (26.16%)
--Householder living alone: 951 (20.6%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 277 (6%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,033 (44.03%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 619 (13.41%)
Average household size: 2.66 people
Average family size: 3.11 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 5,091
Occupied housing units: 4,617 (90.69%)
Vacant housing units: 474 (9.31%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 30 (0.59%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 6.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 9%
Occupied housing units: 4,617 (90.69%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,915 (57.26%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,702 (33.43%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.73 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.54 people

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