Population: |
The below information provided by the United States Census Bureau: |
People Facts |
Appomattox |
Virginia |
Population 2000 |
13,705 |
7,078,515 |
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
11.4% |
14.4% |
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.1% |
6.5% |
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
24.7% |
24.6% |
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.8% |
11.2% |
White persons, percent, 2000 (note a) |
75.9% |
72.3% |
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (note a) |
22.9% |
19.6% |
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (note a) |
0.1% |
0.3% |
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (note a) |
0.2% |
3.7% |
Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.3% |
51.0% |
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (note b) |
0.5% |
4.7% |
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent 2000 |
75.7% |
70.2% |
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 |
4,995 |
2,987,611 |
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 |
711 |
972,894 |
Housing units, 2000 |
5,828 |
2,904,192 |
Home ownership rate, 2000 |
81.1% |
68.1% |
Households, 2000 |
5,322 |
2,699,173 |
Persons per household, 2000 |
2.55 |
2.54 |
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 |
36.2% |
35.9% |
Population of the Town of Appomattox, 2000 |
1707 |
Population of the Town of Pamplin, 2000 |
208 |
Business Facts |
Appomattox |
Virginia |
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
269 |
173,550 |
Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
2,893 |
2,791,977 |
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
-0.6% |
20.3% |
Nonemployer establishments, 1998 |
625 |
355,519 |
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
112,674 |
83,814,009 |
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
75,471 |
62,569,924 |
Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$5,817 |
$9,293 |
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
Fewer than 100 |
14.9% |
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
21.2% |
27.5% |
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
65 |
48,402 |
Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000) |
48,718 |
62,708,574 |
Local government employment -full-time equivalent, 1997 |
429 |
253,219 |
Geography Facts |
Appomattox |
Virginia |
Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
334 |
39,594 |
Persons per square mile, 2000 |
41.0 |
178.8 |
Note a: Includes persons reporting only one race. |