Smithfield, VA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5173200, place: Smithfield town, Virginia)

Total Population: 6,324
Male: 2,983 (47.17%)
Female: 3,341 (52.83%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 453 (7.16%)
5 to 9 years: 475 (7.51%)
10 to 14 years: 492 (7.78%)
15 to 19 years: 416 (6.58%)
20 to 24 years: 311 (4.92%)
25 to 34 years: 730 (11.54%)
35 to 44 years: 1,124 (17.77%)
45 to 54 years: 920 (14.55%)
55 to 59 years: 294 (4.65%)
60 to 64 years: 247 (3.91%)
65 to 74 years: 452 (7.15%)
75 to 84 years: 290 (4.59%)
85 years and over: 120 (1.9%)

Median age: 37.7 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,618 (73.02%)
21 years and over: 4,413 (69.78%)
62 years and over: 1,007 (15.92%)
65 years and over: 862 (13.63%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,618 (73.02%)
--Male: 2,086 (32.99%)
--Female: 2,532 (40.04%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 862 (13.63%)
--Male: 329 (5.2%)
--Female: 533 (8.43%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 6,266 (99.08%)
--White: 4,223 (66.78%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 59 (0.93%)
--Black or African American: 1,952 (30.87%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 22 (0.35%)
--Asian: 26 (0.41%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 8 (0.13%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.02%)
----Japanese: 7 (0.11%)
----Korean: 2 (0.03%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 8 (0.13%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 1 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 14 (0.22%)
Two or more Races: 58 (0.92%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 59 (0.93%)
--Mexican: 15 (0.24%)
--Puerto Rican: 26 (0.41%)
--Cuban: 1 (0.02%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 17 (0.27%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 6,265 (99.07%)
--White Alone: 4,223 (66.78%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 6,212 (98.23%)
--Householder: 2,438 (38.55%)
--Spouse: 1,298 (20.52%)
--Child: 1,983 (31.36%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,555 (24.59%)
--Other relatives: 289 (4.57%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 131 (2.07%)
--Nonrelatives: 204 (3.23%)
----Unmarried partner: 88 (1.39%)
Living in group quarters: 112 (1.77%)
--Institutionalized Population: 112 (1.77%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 2,438
Family households (families): 1,831 (75.1%)
----With own children under 18 years: 904 (37.08%)
--Married-couple families: 1,298 (53.24%)
----With own children under 18 years: 583 (23.91%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 433 (17.76%)
----With own children under 18 years: 270 (11.07%)
Nonfamily households: 607 (24.9%)
--Householder living alone: 525 (21.53%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 237 (9.72%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 997 (40.89%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 582 (23.87%)
Average household size: 2.55 people
Average family size: 2.95 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 2,552
Occupied housing units: 2,438 (95.53%)
Vacant housing units: 114 (4.47%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 14 (0.55%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2.1%
Occupied housing units: 2,438 (95.53%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,677 (65.71%)
Renter occupied housing units: 761 (29.82%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.6 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.43 people

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