page_title: Chatham, Virginia
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Chatham, Virginia / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: The baseball team 'the Countyseat Giants' in 1912 in Chatham, Virginia. The photograph shows the starting nine players for the team. In 1912, the team had a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, and the games attracted big crowds at the Chatham ballfield, which was located across the street from Mansfield, Chatham's oldest remaining residence.
context_page_description: Chatham is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Pittsylvania County. Chatham's population was 1,269 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Danville, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town was originally called Competition, but the name was changed to Chatham by the Virginia General Assembly on May 1, 1852.
  Chatham is home to Chatham High School, Hargrave Military Academy, and Chatham Hall, an all-female boarding high school.
context_section_description: As of the census of 2000,  1,338 people, 554 households, and 350 families resided in the town. The population density was 654.6 people per square mile (253.2/km²). The 612 housing units averaged 299.4 per square mile (115.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 71.52% White, 26.08% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.52% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.60% of the population.
  Of the 554 households, 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were not families. About 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.87.
  In the town, the population was distributed as 19.6% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.7 males.
  The median income for a household in the town was $38,938, and for a family was $50,391. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $23,472 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,785. About 6.3% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 17.0% of those age 65 or over.  For people 25 years and over in Chatham:
  High school or higher: 77.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%
  Graduate or professional degree: 13.2%
  Unemployed: 5.3%
  Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.8 minutes
  For people 15 years and over in Chatham:
  Never married: 23.4%
  Now married: 49.6%
  Separated: 3.8%
  Widowed: 9.8%
  Divorced: 13.4%
  Nineteen residents are foreign born (1.4%).
caption: The Countyseat Giants, Chatham's baseball team, 1912
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