 The racial makeup of the area was 1.46% White, 96.90% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.There were 1,578 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 32.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.4% were non-families.