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Thursday, 08 July 2010 07:36

West Deer Township Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	11,563	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	11,563	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	49	0.4%
Male	5,642	48.8%	Mexican	15	0.1%
Female	5,921	51.2%	Puerto Rican	19	0.2%
			Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	730	6.3%	Other Hispanic or Latino	15	0.1%
5 to 9 years	815	7.0%	Not Hispanic or Latino	11,514	99.6%
10 to 14 years	861	7.4%	White alone	11,403	98.6%
15 to 19 years	724	6.3%
20 to 24 years	419	3.6%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,427	12.3%	Total population	11,563	100.0%
35 to 44 years	2,195	19.0%	In households	11,473	99.2%
45 to 54 years	1,738	15.0%	Householder	4,378	37.9%
55 to 59 years	521	4.5%	Spouse	2,816	24.4%
60 to 64 years	496	4.3%	Child	3,697	32.0%
65 to 74 years	884	7.6%	Own child under 18 years	2,761	23.9%
75 to 84 years	581	5.0%	Other relatives	320	2.8%
85 years and over	172	1.5%	Under 18 years	104	0.9%
			Nonrelatives	262	2.3%
Median age (years)	38.8	(X)	Unmarried partner	171	1.5%
			In group quarters	90	0.8%
18 years and over	8,671	75.0%	Institutionalized population	65	0.6%
Male	4,180	36.1%	Noninstitutionalized population	25	0.2%
Female	4,491	38.8%
21 years and over	8,325	72.0%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,927	16.7%	Total households	4,378	100.0%
65 years and over	1,637	14.2%	Family households (families)	3,348	76.5%
Male	675	5.8%	With own children under 18 years	1,534	35.0%
Female	962	8.3%	Married couple family	2,816	64.3%
			With own children under 18 years	1,294	29.6%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	380	8.7%
One race	11,523	99.7%	With own children under 18 years	165	3.8%
White	11,440	98.9%	Nonfamily households	1,030	23.5%
Black or African American	34	0.3%	Householder living alone	893	20.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	13	0.1%	Householder 65 years and over	416	9.5%
Asian	25	0.2%
Asian Indian	4	0.0%	Households with individuals under 18 years	1,617	36.9%
Chinese	10	0.1%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,151	26.3%
Filipino	5	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%	Average household size	2.62	(X)
Korean	6	0.1%	Average family size	3.04	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian¹	0	0.0%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	Total housing units	4,584	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%	Occupied housing units	4,378	95.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%	Vacant housing units	206	4.5%
Samoan	0	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2	0.0%
Other Pacific Islander²	0	0.0%
Some other race	11	0.1%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.3%	(X)
Two or more races	40	0.3%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.0%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	11,473	99.2%	Occupied housing units	4,378	100.0%
Black or African American	55	0.5%	Owner-occupied housing units	3,845	87.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	30	0.3%	Renter-occupied housing units	533	12.2%
Asian	26	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.68	(X)
Some other race	25	0.2%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.22	(X)

Date: March 25, 2002
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
¹Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
²Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

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