Bowling Green, Virginia

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Bowling Green, VA


Founded	1837
State	Virginia
County	Caroline
Mayor	Kimberly Rae Parke
http://town.bowling-green.va.us/

Bowling Green is a town in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. The population was 936 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Caroline County^GR6.

[edit] Geography

Bowling Green is located at 38°3′12″N, 77°20′51″W (38.053428, -77.347404)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²). 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.24%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 936 people, 387 households, and 212 families residing in the town. The population density was 227.3/km² (587.1/mi²). There were 425 housing units at an average density of 103.2/km² (266.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 80.13% White, 18.38% African American, 0.53% Native American, 0.32% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.92% of the population.

There were 387 households out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.0% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the town the population was spread out with 17.1% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 32.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 69.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 66.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,250, and the median income for a family was $49,792. Males had a median income of $30,750 versus $25,341 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,223. About 8.5% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.7% of those under age 18 and 22.6% of those age 65 or over.