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Bessemer City
Demographics


Est. population in 2005: 5,351 (Population in the year 2000: 5,119)

Elevation: 904 feet
County: Gaston
Land area: 4.2 square miles
Zip code: 28016

Median resident age: 33.6 years
Median household income: $33,826 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,900 (year 2000)

New: Bessemer City, NC residents, houses, and apartments details

Races in Bessemer City:
• White Non-Hispanic (81.5%)
• Black (13.4%)
• Hispanic (3.5%)
• Two or more races (1.2%)
• Other race (1.0%)
• American Indian (0.6%)

Ancestries: United States (21.4%), German (8.7%), Irish (7.8%), English (5.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.0%), Dutch (1.7%).



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