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Pennington Gap has a population of 2310. 45.5% of Pennington Gap’s inhabitants are Male, and 54.5 are female. 39.6% of Pennington Gap is married and 44.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $80,866, and the average rent is $556. Household median income in Pennington Gap is $22,370, and the individual median income is $13,149. Pennington Gap’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.5%), Black(4.8%), Multiple(3.5%), Native(0.2%), Hispanic(0.1%).


At the 2000 census there were 1,781 people, 811 households, and 480 families living in the town. The population density was 1,174.0 people per square mile (452.4/km2). There were 950 housing units at an average density of 626.2 per square mile (241.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 95.28% White, 3.43% African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.28% Asian, and 0.62% from two or more races.


Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.67%.Of the 811 households 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were married couples living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 37.5% of households were one person and 16.8% were one person aged 65 or older.


The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.84. The age distribution was 20.5% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.6 males. The median household income was $18,056 and the median family income was $27,875.


Males had a median income of $27,885 versus $18,625 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,742. About 28.3% of families and 31.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.0% of those under age 18 and 24.7% of those age 65 or over.


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