Merrimac, VA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5151208, place: Merrimac CDP, Virginia)

Total Population: 1,751
Male: 789 (45.06%)
Female: 962 (54.94%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 90 (5.14%)
5 to 9 years: 93 (5.31%)
10 to 14 years: 77 (4.4%)
15 to 19 years: 64 (3.66%)
20 to 24 years: 170 (9.71%)
25 to 34 years: 276 (15.76%)
35 to 44 years: 214 (12.22%)
45 to 54 years: 148 (8.45%)
55 to 59 years: 64 (3.66%)
60 to 64 years: 57 (3.26%)
65 to 74 years: 132 (7.54%)
75 to 84 years: 212 (12.11%)
85 years and over: 154 (8.79%)

Median age: 39.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,450 (82.81%)
21 years and over: 1,399 (79.9%)
62 years and over: 533 (30.44%)
65 years and over: 498 (28.44%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,450 (82.81%)
--Male: 619 (35.35%)
--Female: 831 (47.46%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 498 (28.44%)
--Male: 138 (7.88%)
--Female: 360 (20.56%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,735 (99.09%)
--White: 1,647 (94.06%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 16 (0.91%)
--Black or African American: 33 (1.88%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 10 (0.57%)
--Asian: 34 (1.94%)
----Asian Indian: 3 (0.17%)
----Chinese: 4 (0.23%)
----Filipino: 2 (0.11%)
----Japanese: 5 (0.29%)
----Korean: 6 (0.34%)
----Vietnamese: 3 (0.17%)
----Other Asian: 11 (0.63%)
--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: 6 (0.34%)
Two or more Races: 16 (0.91%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 16 (0.91%)
--Mexican: 7 (0.4%)
--Puerto Rican: 6 (0.34%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 3 (0.17%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 1,735 (99.09%)
--White Alone: 1,647 (94.06%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,615 (92.23%)
--Householder: 889 (50.77%)
--Spouse: 260 (14.85%)
--Child: 314 (17.93%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 271 (15.48%)
--Other relatives: 50 (2.86%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 18 (1.03%)
--Nonrelatives: 102 (5.83%)
----Unmarried partner: 41 (2.34%)
Living in group quarters: 136 (7.77%)
--Institutionalized Population: 63 (3.6%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 73 (4.17%)
Total households: 889
Family households (families): 354 (39.82%)
----With own children under 18 years: 160 (18%)
--Married-couple families: 260 (29.25%)
----With own children under 18 years: 103 (11.59%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 67 (7.54%)
----With own children under 18 years: 42 (4.72%)
Nonfamily households: 535 (60.18%)
--Householder living alone: 477 (53.66%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 225 (25.31%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 178 (20.02%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 310 (34.87%)
Average household size: 1.82 people
Average family size: 2.76 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 934
Occupied housing units: 889 (95.18%)
Vacant housing units: 45 (4.82%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.21%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.8%
Occupied housing units: 889 (95.18%)
Owner occupied housing units: 332 (35.55%)
Renter occupied housing units: 557 (59.64%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.39 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.48 people

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