Benwood, WV

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5406340, place: Benwood city, West Virginia)

Total Population: 1,585
Male: 712 (44.92%)
Female: 873 (55.08%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 99 (6.25%)
5 to 9 years: 106 (6.69%)
10 to 14 years: 88 (5.55%)
15 to 19 years: 93 (5.87%)
20 to 24 years: 100 (6.31%)
25 to 34 years: 204 (12.87%)
35 to 44 years: 213 (13.44%)
45 to 54 years: 212 (13.38%)
55 to 59 years: 67 (4.23%)
60 to 64 years: 70 (4.42%)
65 to 74 years: 153 (9.65%)
75 to 84 years: 135 (8.52%)
85 years and over: 45 (2.84%)

Median age: 39.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,236 (77.98%)
21 years and over: 1,179 (74.38%)
62 years and over: 383 (24.16%)
65 years and over: 333 (21.01%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,236 (77.98%)
--Male: 545 (34.38%)
--Female: 691 (43.6%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 333 (21.01%)
--Male: 131 (8.26%)
--Female: 202 (12.74%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,578 (99.56%)
--White: 1,554 (98.04%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3 (0.19%)
--Black or African American: 18 (1.14%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 1 (0.06%)
--Asian: 1 (0.06%)
----Asian Indian: 1 (0.06%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.06%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.06%)
--Some other race: 0 (0%)
Two or more Races: 7 (0.44%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 3 (0.19%)
--Mexican: 0 (0%)
--Puerto Rican: 2 (0.13%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1 (0.06%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 1,582 (99.81%)
--White Alone: 1,554 (98.04%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,585 (100%)
--Householder: 706 (44.54%)
--Spouse: 280 (17.67%)
--Child: 471 (29.72%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 323 (20.38%)
--Other relatives: 68 (4.29%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 19 (1.2%)
--Nonrelatives: 60 (3.79%)
----Unmarried partner: 44 (2.78%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 706
Family households (families): 430 (60.91%)
----With own children under 18 years: 183 (25.92%)
--Married-couple families: 280 (39.66%)
----With own children under 18 years: 102 (14.45%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 122 (17.28%)
----With own children under 18 years: 72 (10.2%)
Nonfamily households: 276 (39.09%)
--Householder living alone: 244 (34.56%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 125 (17.71%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 196 (27.76%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 252 (35.69%)
Average household size: 2.25 people
Average family size: 2.9 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 811
Occupied housing units: 706 (87.05%)
Vacant housing units: 105 (12.95%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 0 (0%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.9%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 9.5%
Occupied housing units: 706 (87.05%)
Owner occupied housing units: 420 (51.79%)
Renter occupied housing units: 286 (35.27%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.35 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.09 people

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