Population
Locality - Gender - Age and Locality - Race
PEOPLE IN NUMBERS
With more 315,000 people and growing, the Roanoke Region is diverse and varied in the people who call it home.
GENERAL POPULATION
The Roanoke Region is growing and generating great buying power and economic growth.
Source: Census Bureau and Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, 2012
Locality/Year 1980 1990 2000 2010 2011 Alleghany County 19,379 17,855 17,215 16,250 16,180 Botetourt County
23,270
24,992
30,496
33,148 33,148 Franklin County
35,740
39,549
47,286
56,159
56,159 City of Roanoke 100,220 96,397 94,911 97,032 97,032 Roanoke County
72,945
79,332
85,778
92,376
92,376 City of Salem 23,958 23,756 24,747 24,802 24,802 Roanoke Region 275,512 281,881 300,433 319,767 320,741
Population by Age and Locality
| Locality |
<19 |
20-39 |
40-59 |
60-79 |
>80 |
| Alleghany County | 23.9% |
20.1% |
28.9% | 21.9% | 5.2% |
| Botetourt County | 23.5% | 20.1% | 33.5% | 19.4% | 3.5% |
| Franklin County | 23.7% | 22.2% | 30.2% | 20.5% | 3.3% |
| City of Roanoke | 23.2% | 28.1% | 26.1% | 16.3% | 6.3% |
| Roanoke County | 25.8% | 21.3% | 30.4% | 18.0% | 4.5% |
| City of Salem | 24.4% | 25.5% | 27.0% | 17.9% | 4.9% |
| Roanoke Region | 24.2% | 23.7% | 29.0% | 18.2% | 4.8% |
Percentage of Population by Race
| Locality | White | Black | Am. Ind. | Asian |
Hispanic |
Other |
| Alleghany | 92.6% | 4.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| Botetourt | 94.2% | 3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Franklin | 87.4% | 8.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Roanoke City* | 61.9% | 28.1% | 0.2% | 1.7% |
5.5% |
2.6% |
| Roanoke County | 88.6% | 5.0% | 0.1% | 2.7% |
2.1% |
1.5% |
| City of Salem | 87.3% | 7% | 0.2% | .6% | 2.4% | 1.5% |
|
Roanoke Region |
81% |
12.5% |
0.2% |
1.6% |
3.1% |
1.6% |
Source: U.S. Census, 2010.
