Population and Income Change
POPULATION | PER CAPITA INCOME ($) |
AREA | Actual 1990 | Actual 2000 | Change 1990-2000 | Actual 1989 | Actual 1999 | Percent Change |
| Alleghany County, VA | 12,815 | 12,926 | 111 | .9% | 11,606 | 19,635 | 69.2% |
| 24,992 | 30,496 | 5,504 | 22.0% | 13,810 | 22,218 | 60.9% |
| 45,553 | 60,371 | 14,818 | 32.5% | 14,305 | 21,582 | 50.9% |
| Craig County, VA | 4,372 | 5,091 | 719 | 16.4% | 11,186 | 17,322 | 54.9% |
| 39,549 | 47,286 | 7,737 | 19.6% | 11,936 | 19,609 | 64.3% |
| Montgomery County, VA | 73,913 | 83,629 | 9,716 | 13.1% | 10,979 | 17,077 | 55.5% |
| 79,278 | 85,778 | 6,500 | 8.2% | 16,627 | 24,637 | 48.2% |
| 6,176 | 6,299 | 123 | 2.0% | 11,070 | 15,423 | 39.3% |
| Clifton Forge, VA | 4,679 | 4,289 | (390) | (8.3%) | 11,562 | 15,182 | 31.3% |
| Covington, VA | 7,352 | 6,303 | (1,049) | (14.3%) | 10,814 | 16,758 | 55.0% |
| Roanoke, VA | 96,509 | 94,911 | (1,598) | (1.7%) | 12,513 | 18,468 | 47.6% |
| 23,835 | 24,747 | 912 | 3.8% | 14,467 | 20,091 | 38.9% |
TOTAL | 420,621 | 462,126 | 41,509 | 9.9% | * | * | * |
Population Change by Age:
1970 - 2000
 | POPULATION | PERCENT CHANGE |
AGE | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1970-80 | 1980-90 | 1990-2000 |
Under 5 | 6,968 | 6,365 | 6,835 | 6,190 | (8.7%) | 7.4% | (9.4%) |
5-9 | 7,451 | 6,643 | 5,868 | 6,249 | (10.8%) | (11.7%) | 6.5% |
10-14 | 8,083 | 6,844 | 5,282 | 6,020 | (15.3%) | (22.8%) | 13.8% |
15-19 | 7,913 | 7,670 | 5,707 | 5,110 | (3.1%) | (25.6%) | (10.5%) |
20-24 | 7,538 | 8,910 | 7,002 | 5,749 | 18.2% | (21.4%) | (17.9%) |
25-34 | 10,062 | 16,846 | 17,162 | 13,906 | 67.4% | 1.9% | (19.0%) |
34-44 | 10,018 | 9,477 | 14,208 | 14,968 | (5.4%) | 49.9% | 5.3% |
45-54 | 11,447 | 10,337 | 8,820 | 13,035 | (9.7%) | (14.7%) | 47.8% |
55-59 | 5,205 | 6,089 | 4,119 | 4,619 | 17.0% | (32.4%) | 12.1% |
60-64 | 4,915 | 5,361 | 4,948 | 3,501 | 9.1% | (7.7%) | (29.2%) |
65-74 | 7,991 | 8,984 | 9,112 | 7,455 | 12.4% | 1.4% | (18.2%) |
75+ | 4,524 | 6,694 | 7,334 | 8,109 | 48.0% | 9.6% | 10.6% |
TOTAL | 92,115 | 100,220 | 96,509 | 94,911 | 8.8% | (3.8%) | (1.7%) |