Wilkesboro, NC

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3774020, place: Wilkesboro town, North Carolina)

Total Population: 3,159
Male: 1,427 (45.17%)
Female: 1,732 (54.83%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 195 (6.17%)
5 to 9 years: 173 (5.48%)
10 to 14 years: 159 (5.03%)
15 to 19 years: 184 (5.82%)
20 to 24 years: 173 (5.48%)
25 to 34 years: 380 (12.03%)
35 to 44 years: 428 (13.55%)
45 to 54 years: 445 (14.09%)
55 to 59 years: 127 (4.02%)
60 to 64 years: 142 (4.5%)
65 to 74 years: 328 (10.38%)
75 to 84 years: 265 (8.39%)
85 years and over: 160 (5.06%)

Median age: 42.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,518 (79.71%)
21 years and over: 2,409 (76.26%)
62 years and over: 839 (26.56%)
65 years and over: 753 (23.84%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,518 (79.71%)
--Male: 1,108 (35.07%)
--Female: 1,410 (44.63%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 753 (23.84%)
--Male: 272 (8.61%)
--Female: 481 (15.23%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 3,139 (99.37%)
--White: 2,612 (82.68%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 130 (4.12%)
--Black or African American: 310 (9.81%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 6 (0.19%)
--Asian: 86 (2.72%)
----Asian Indian: 72 (2.28%)
----Chinese: 9 (0.28%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.03%)
----Korean: 2 (0.06%)
----Vietnamese: 1 (0.03%)
----Other Asian: 1 (0.03%)
--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: 40 (1.27%)
Two or more Races: 20 (0.63%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 130 (4.12%)
--Mexican: 86 (2.72%)
--Puerto Rican: 2 (0.06%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.09%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 39 (1.23%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 3,029 (95.88%)
--White Alone: 2,612 (82.68%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 2,821 (89.3%)
--Householder: 1,305 (41.31%)
--Spouse: 603 (19.09%)
--Child: 743 (23.52%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 598 (18.93%)
--Other relatives: 92 (2.91%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 33 (1.04%)
--Nonrelatives: 78 (2.47%)
----Unmarried partner: 28 (0.89%)
Living in group quarters: 338 (10.7%)
--Institutionalized Population: 338 (10.7%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 1,305
Family households (families): 805 (61.69%)
----With own children under 18 years: 362 (27.74%)
--Married-couple families: 603 (46.21%)
----With own children under 18 years: 226 (17.32%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 181 (13.87%)
----With own children under 18 years: 121 (9.27%)
Nonfamily households: 500 (38.31%)
--Householder living alone: 459 (35.17%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 157 (12.03%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 386 (29.58%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 365 (27.97%)
Average household size: 2.16 people
Average family size: 2.79 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,382
Occupied housing units: 1,305 (94.43%)
Vacant housing units: 77 (5.57%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 8 (0.58%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 5.3%
Occupied housing units: 1,305 (94.43%)
Owner occupied housing units: 749 (54.2%)
Renter occupied housing units: 556 (40.23%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.21 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.1 people

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