Roanoke City |
Alleghany Co. |
Botetourt Co. |
Craig Co. |
Roanoke Co. |
Covington City |
Salem City |
|
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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