Wellsburg, WV

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5485324, place: Wellsburg city, West Virginia)

Total Population: 2,891
Male: 1,306 (45.17%)
Female: 1,585 (54.83%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 129 (4.46%)
5 to 9 years: 132 (4.57%)
10 to 14 years: 153 (5.29%)
15 to 19 years: 159 (5.5%)
20 to 24 years: 152 (5.26%)
25 to 34 years: 311 (10.76%)
35 to 44 years: 364 (12.59%)
45 to 54 years: 478 (16.53%)
55 to 59 years: 164 (5.67%)
60 to 64 years: 156 (5.4%)
65 to 74 years: 357 (12.35%)
75 to 84 years: 271 (9.37%)
85 years and over: 65 (2.25%)

Median age: 45.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,373 (82.08%)
21 years and over: 2,294 (79.35%)
62 years and over: 797 (27.57%)
65 years and over: 693 (23.97%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,373 (82.08%)
--Male: 1,066 (36.87%)
--Female: 1,307 (45.21%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 693 (23.97%)
--Male: 257 (8.89%)
--Female: 436 (15.08%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 2,860 (98.93%)
--White: 2,789 (96.47%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 7 (0.24%)
--Black or African American: 58 (2.01%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 3 (0.1%)
--Asian: 3 (0.1%)
----Asian Indian: 1 (0.03%)
----Chinese: 1 (0.03%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.03%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----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 (0.03%)
Two or more Races: 31 (1.07%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 7 (0.24%)
--Mexican: 3 (0.1%)
--Puerto Rican: 1 (0.03%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 3 (0.1%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 2,884 (99.76%)
--White Alone: 2,789 (96.47%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 2,882 (99.69%)
--Householder: 1,361 (47.08%)
--Spouse: 641 (22.17%)
--Child: 689 (23.83%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 458 (15.84%)
--Other relatives: 118 (4.08%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 44 (1.52%)
--Nonrelatives: 73 (2.53%)
----Unmarried partner: 36 (1.25%)
Living in group quarters: 9 (0.31%)
--Institutionalized Population: 9 (0.31%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 1,361
Family households (families): 815 (59.88%)
----With own children under 18 years: 281 (20.65%)
--Married-couple families: 641 (47.1%)
----With own children under 18 years: 198 (14.55%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 133 (9.77%)
----With own children under 18 years: 66 (4.85%)
Nonfamily households: 546 (40.12%)
--Householder living alone: 504 (37.03%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 268 (19.69%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 317 (23.29%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 524 (38.5%)
Average household size: 2.12 people
Average family size: 2.78 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,493
Occupied housing units: 1,361 (91.16%)
Vacant housing units: 132 (8.84%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.13%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 8.7%
Occupied housing units: 1,361 (91.16%)
Owner occupied housing units: 887 (59.41%)
Renter occupied housing units: 474 (31.75%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.24 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.88 people

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