Geography
Galax urceolata is placed at 36°39'52" North, 80°55'12" West (36.664675, -Lxxx.920275).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the aggregate metropolitan area of Twenty-one.Trio km² (8.2 mi²). None of the metropolitan area is covered by using water supply.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 6,837 people, 2,950 house, & 1,843 families living in the city. A population density is 320.8/km² (830.9/mi²). There are 3,217 housing units at an typical density of 150.9/km² (391.0/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 86.11% White, 6.26% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 5.51% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. Eleven.07% of the people come Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 2,950 house away from which Xxvii.6% own tikes under a age of Eighteen swallow the two, 46.0% come married couples living together, 12.7% have a female homeowner sustaining there are no married man present, & 37.5% come non-families. 34.2% of 100% menage come processed higher of people & Xiv.9% develop somebody residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Deuce.Twenty-seven & a typical personal size is Ii.Xc.

In a city the people is spread retired by using Twenty-three.0% under a age of Xviii, Heptad.9% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxvi.4% from either 25 to 44, Xxiii.5% from either 45 to 64, & Nineteen.2% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Forty years. For each C females there are Xc.Sextuplet males. For each C females age Eighteen & terminated, there are 84.I males.

the median income for a home in the city is $28,236, & the median income for a personal is $36,832. Males have a median income of $24,013 versus $18,393 for females. A per capita income for the city is $17,447. Xviii.6% of the people & Xiii.6% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a sum people, Twenty-six.8% of people under a age of 18 & 21.4% of victims 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Culture
Placed in the Appalachian region of the United States, Galax urceolata has yearn been celebrated for even its traditional, or "old-time" music and musicians. Although a entire Appalachian vicinity is known for its music, a area as much as Mount Airy, North Carolina and Galax, Virginia is one of the couple areas of the United States in which this music has remained strongest, possibly among immature humans. A Old Fiddler's Convention, one of a virtually all large traditional music contests around the United States, has been held annually in Galaxy since 1935.