Amherst, VA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5101672, place: Amherst town, Virginia)

Total Population: 2,251
Male: 1,032 (45.85%)
Female: 1,219 (54.15%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 129 (5.73%)
5 to 9 years: 135 (6%)
10 to 14 years: 151 (6.71%)
15 to 19 years: 115 (5.11%)
20 to 24 years: 94 (4.18%)
25 to 34 years: 238 (10.57%)
35 to 44 years: 311 (13.82%)
45 to 54 years: 281 (12.48%)
55 to 59 years: 132 (5.86%)
60 to 64 years: 117 (5.2%)
65 to 74 years: 216 (9.6%)
75 to 84 years: 190 (8.44%)
85 years and over: 142 (6.31%)

Median age: 43.4 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,764 (78.37%)
21 years and over: 1,691 (75.12%)
62 years and over: 616 (27.37%)
65 years and over: 548 (24.34%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,764 (78.37%)
--Male: 769 (34.16%)
--Female: 995 (44.2%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 548 (24.34%)
--Male: 185 (8.22%)
--Female: 363 (16.13%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 2,234 (99.24%)
--White: 1,537 (68.28%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 23 (1.02%)
--Black or African American: 667 (29.63%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 7 (0.31%)
--Asian: 7 (0.31%)
----Asian Indian: 1 (0.04%)
----Chinese: 1 (0.04%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.04%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 4 (0.18%)
----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: 1 (0.04%)
Two or more Races: 17 (0.76%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 23 (1.02%)
--Mexican: 6 (0.27%)
--Puerto Rican: 6 (0.27%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.13%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 8 (0.36%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 2,228 (98.98%)
--White Alone: 1,537 (68.28%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 2,052 (91.16%)
--Householder: 940 (41.76%)
--Spouse: 408 (18.13%)
--Child: 571 (25.37%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 457 (20.3%)
--Other relatives: 68 (3.02%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 23 (1.02%)
--Nonrelatives: 65 (2.89%)
----Unmarried partner: 34 (1.51%)
Living in group quarters: 199 (8.84%)
--Institutionalized Population: 105 (4.66%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 94 (4.18%)
Total households: 940
Family households (families): 569 (60.53%)
----With own children under 18 years: 265 (28.19%)
--Married-couple families: 408 (43.4%)
----With own children under 18 years: 165 (17.55%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 137 (14.57%)
----With own children under 18 years: 87 (9.26%)
Nonfamily households: 371 (39.47%)
--Householder living alone: 348 (37.02%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 185 (19.68%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 283 (30.11%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 333 (35.43%)
Average household size: 2.18 people
Average family size: 2.84 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,000
Occupied housing units: 940 (94%)
Vacant housing units: 60 (6%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 4 (0.4%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.9%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2.9%
Occupied housing units: 940 (94%)
Owner occupied housing units: 611 (61.1%)
Renter occupied housing units: 329 (32.9%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.33 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.91 people

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