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Demographic Information

The Roanoke City Health Department is located at 515 Eighth Street in Roanoke, VA. Roanoke City has a population of 93,873. Roanoke City has a land mass of 43 square miles and a population density of 2,213.2 persons per square mile. Sixty-nine-point-four percent of the population is white and 22.6 percent is under 18 years of age. Three-point-one percent of the population was born outside the United States .

Population

93,873

16,960

31,272

5,118

85,937

6,391

24,836

Persons under 5 yrs. (%)

6.5%

5.6%

5.7%

5.7%

5.3%

6.3%

4.9%

Persons under 18 yrs. (%)

22.6%

22.8%

23.4%

23.6%

22.7%

21.5%

20.9%

Persons over 65 yrs. (%)

16.4%

15.7%

13.2%

13.6%

15.9%

20.2%

16.8%

White persons (%)

69.4%

96.3%

94.9%

98.9%

93.6%

84.1%

91.9%

African Am. Persons (%)

26.7%

2.5%

3.5%

0.2%

3.4%

13.1%

5.9%

Hispanic persons (%)

1.5%

0.4%

0.6%

0.3%

1.0%

0.6%

0.8%

Foreign born persons (%)

3.1%

0.9%

0.9%

0.3%

3.1%

2.3%

2.1%

Land area (square miles)

43

445

543

331

251

6

15

Persons per square mile

2213.2

0.3

0.6

0.2

3.4

1111.3

1696.4

Data Source U.S. Census Bureau 2002 population estimates

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Last Updated: 07-31-2007

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