Buchanan County, Virginia QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Buchanan County Virginia
?  Population, 2000 26,9787,078,515
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -13.9%14.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.8%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 21.4%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.5%11.2%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 96.7%72.3%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.6%19.6%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%3.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%2.0%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.3%2.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 49.3%51.0%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.5%4.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 96.4%70.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 8,2732,987,611
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,254972,894
?  Housing units, 2000 11,8872,904,192
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 82.9%68.1%
?  Households, 2000 10,4642,699,173
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.462.54
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 33.9%35.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $25,812$40,209
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 24.7%11.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 31.1%17.0%

Business QuickFacts Buchanan County Virginia
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 657172,182
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 7,0552,700,589
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 -28.1%16.3%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,015349,652
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA83,814,009
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 135,23562,569,924
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,607$9,293
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA46,666
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 393138,494
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 5853,151
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 157,84057,842,231
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 915253,219

Geography QuickFacts Buchanan County Virginia
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 50439,594
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 53.5178.8
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown