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Distribution by Sex

	MALE		FEMALE
AREA	#	%	#	%
	15,187	49.8%	15,309	50.2%
Craig County, VA	2,594	51.0%	2,497	49.0%
	23,302	49.3%	23,984	50.7%
Roanoke, VA	44,380	46.8%	50,531	53.2%
	40,581	47.3%	45,197	52.7%
	11,724	47.4%	13,023	52.6%
MSA TOTAL	137,768	47.8%	150,541	52.2%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000

Distribution by Race

	WHITE		BLACK		AMERICAN INDIAN		ASIAN		PACIFIC ISLANDER		OTHER		TWO OR MORE RACES		HISPANIC (Not a race, but ethnicity)
AREA	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
	28,944	94.9%	1,073	3.5%	66	.2%	144	.5%	1	0%	59	.2%	209	.7%	120	.4%
Craig County, VA	5,037	98.9%	10	.2%	11	.2%	8	.2%	0	0%	7	.1%	18	.3%	18	.4%
	42,063	89.0%	4,420	9.3%	89	.2%	169	.4%	11	0%	198	.4%	336	.7%	488	1.0%
Roanoke, VA	65,848	69.4%	25,380	26.7%	190	.2%	1,096	1.2%	23	0%	685	.7%	1,689	1.8%	1,198	1.3%
	80,312	93.6%	2,876	3.4%	105	.1%	1,377	1.6%	14	0%	334	.4%	760	.9%	1,140	1.3%
	22,738	91.9%	1,455	5.9%	32	.1%	241	1.0%	6	0%	61	.2%	214	.9%	240	1.0%
MSA TOTAL	244,942	85.0%	35,214	12.2%	493	.2%	3,035	1.0%	55	0%	1,344	.5%	3,226	1.1%	3,204	1.1%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000

Distribution by Age

			AGE 19 & UNDER		AGE 20-44		AGE 45-64		AGE 65-84		AGE 85 & OVER
AREA	YEAR	MEDIAN AGE	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
	2000	40.7	7,772	25.5%	9,021	32.5%	8,791	28.8%	3,079	12.1%	333	1.1%
	2007		8,468	25.6%	7,557	22.8%	11,712	35.3%	4,957	15.0%	450	1.4%
Craig County, VA	2000	39.6	1,301	25.6%	1,719	34.2%	1,360	26.7%	617	12.1%	74	1.5%
Craig County, VA	2007		1,317	25.0%	1,588	30.1%	1,624	30.8%	688	13.0%	57	1.1%
	2000	39.7	11,797	24.9%	15,870	33.6%	12,854	27.2%	6,122	12.9%	643	1.4%
	2007		12,890	24.7%	16,198	31.0%	15,390	29.5%	7,106	13.6%	618	1.2%
Roanoke, VA	2000	37.6	23,455	24.7%	34,694	36.6%	21,202	22.3%	13,362	14.1%	2,198	2.3%
Roanoke, VA	2007		23,252	24.9%	30,385	32.5%	24,342	26.0%	13,529	14.5%	1,998	2.1%
	2000	40.9	21,493	25.1%	27,323	31.9%	23,317	27.2%	11,941	13.9%	1,704	2.0%
	2007		22,178	24.4%	27,642	30.4%	27,390	30.1%	11,175	12.3%	2,518	2.8%
	2000	39.2	6,195	25.0%	8,474	34.2%	5,930	24.0%	3,660	14.8%	488	2.0%
	2007		5,639	22.5%	8,318	33.2%	6,654	26.6%	3,886	15.5%	543	2.2%
MSA TOTAL	2000		72,013	25.0%	97,101	33.7%	73,454	25.5%	38,781	13.5%	5,440	1.9%
MSA TOTAL	2007		73,744	24.6%	91,688	30.6%	87,112	29.0%	41,341	13.8%	6,184	2.1%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000

Distribution by Jurisdiction

JURISDICTION	POPULATION	% OF MSA POPULATION
	30,496	10.6%
Craig County, VA	5,091	1.8%
	47,286	16.4%
Roanoke, VA	94,911	32.9%
	85,778	29.8%
	24,747	8.6%
MSA TOTAL	288,309

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000

Distribution by Families

JURISDICTION	# OF FAMILIES	PERCENT OF MSA
	9,117	11.4%
Craig County, VA	1,508	1.9%
	13,919	17.4%
Roanoke, VA	24,255	30.3%
	24,690	30.8%
	6,544	8.2%
MSA TOTAL	80,033	100.0%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000

Distribution by Households

JURISDICTION	# OF HOUSEHOLDS	PERCENT OF MSA
	11,700	9.8%
Craig County, VA	2,060	1.7%
	18,963	15.9%
Roanoke, VA	42,003	35.2%
	34,686	29.1%
	9,954	8.3%
MSA TOTAL	119,366	100.0%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000

2000 Roanoke City Distribution by Age and Sex

	MALE		FEMALE		TOTAL
AGE	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
75+	2,748	6.2%	5,446	10.8%	8,194	8.6%
65-74	3,003	6.7%	4,363	8.6%	7,366	7.7%
60-64	1,573	3.5%	1,976	3.9%	3,549	3.7%
55-59	2,077	4.7%	2,478	4.9%	4,555	4.8%
45-54	6,325	14.3%	6,773	13.5%	13,098	13.8%
35-44	7,189	16.2%	7,359	14.6%	14,548	15.3%
30-34	3,544	8.0%	3,522	7.0%	7,066	7.4%
25-29	3,476	7.8%	3,858	7.7%	7,334	7.7%
20-24	2,661	6.0%	3,085	6.1%	5,746	6.1%
15-19	2,559	5.8%	2,513	5.0%	5,072	5.3%
10-14	2,934	6.6%	2,868	5.7%	5,802	6.1%
5-9	3,264	7.3%	3,117	6.2%	6,381	6.7%
Under 5	3,148	7.1%	3,052	6.1%	6,200	6.5%
TOTAL	44,501	46.9%	50,410	53.1%	94,911	100.0%

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2000