Ivor, Virginia
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Ivor is an
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in
Southampton County, Virginia Southampton County is a county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. North Carolina is to the south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,996. Its county seat is Courtland. History In the early 17th century ...
, United States. It is twenty-three miles northwest of Suffolk. The population was 320 at the 2000 census.


Geography

According to the
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, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all of it land.


Demographics

At the 2000
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, there were 320 people, 135 households and 100 families living in the town. The
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was 293.6 per square mile (113.4/km2). There were 152 housing units at an average density of 139.5 per square mile (53.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 76.25%
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, 19.69%
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, 1.25% Native American, and 2.81% from two or more races. There were 135 households, of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.78. 20.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males. The
median household income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two equal groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways o ...
was $34,583 and the median family income was $44,688. Males had a median income of $40,938 and females $18,750. The
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was $18,033. About 4.4% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the
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, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.


Notable people

* Antonio Banks, American football player. * Thomas Downing, American abstract painter, was raised in Ivor.


References

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