A town hosts a Bristol White Sox baseball club of the Appalachian League.

Geography
Bristol is placed at 36°36'Xl" North, 82°10'34" West (36.611116, -82.176193).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the aggregate front yard of 34.I km² (13.2 mi²). 33.Quartet kilometer² (Xii.Ix mi²) of these are l& and Nought.Seven kilometre² (Cypher.Trine mi²) of these are fluids. A number region is Deuce.05% a body of water.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 17,367 people, 7,678 menage, & 4,798 families living in the city. A population density is 519.8/km² (1,346.4/mi²). There are 8,469 housing units at an typical density of 253.5/km² (656.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 92.54% White, 5.57% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Cipher.97% of the people come Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 7,678 house away from which Twenty-four.8% use at times kids under a age of Xviii swallow the two, 46.1% come married couples living together, 13.6% have a female homeowner using there is no married man present, & 37.5% come non-families. 34.3% of everthing house come manufactured higher of souls & Seventeen.4% use at times person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Deuce.Xviii & a typical personal size is Ii.78.

In a city the people is spread retired using Twenty.3% under a age of Xviii, Octonary.6% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxvi.2% from either 25 to 44, Two dozen.4% from either 45 to 64, & Xx.5% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 41 years. For each Hundred females there are 82.Zero males. For each Hundred females age Eighteen & concluded, there are 75.Nine males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $27,389, & the median income for a personal is $34,266. Males have a median income of $28,420 versus $20,967 for females. A per capita income for the city is $17,311. Xvi.2% of the people & Thirteen.2% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a amount people, Xxv.8% of people under a age of 18 & 12.4% of victims 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

Presently, besides City manager Weberling, a City Councillor come:
Vice City manager Paul W. Hurley
Councilman Harold C. Leonard
Councilman Farnham Jarrard
Councilwoman Vicie The. Dotson

Bristol, Virginia ranks touching a bottom of Virginia vicinity inside education, health care, & income.