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Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Chester County

 

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text.

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	34,068	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	34,068	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	255	0.7%
Male	16,369	48.0%		Mexican	126	0.4%
Female	17,699	52.0%		Puerto Rican	32	0.1%
				Cuban	8	0.0%
Under 5 years	2,294	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	89	0.3%
5 to 9 years	2,585	7.6%		Not Hispanic or Latino	33,813	99.3%
10 to 14 years	2,745	8.1%		White alone	20,304	59.6%
15 to 19 years	2,473	7.3%
20 to 24 years	1,941	5.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	4,473	13.1%		Total population	34,068	100.0%
35 to 44 years	5,148	15.1%		In households	33,752	99.1%
45 to 54 years	4,769	14.0%		Householder	12,880	37.8%
55 to 59 years	1,889	5.5%		Spouse	6,285	18.4%
60 to 64 years	1,434	4.2%		Child	10,735	31.5%
65 to 74 years	2,363	6.9%		Own child under 18 years	7,640	22.4%
75 to 84 years	1,508	4.4%		Other relatives	2,666	7.8%
85 years and over	446	1.3%		Under 18 years	1,329	3.9%
				Nonrelatives	1,186	3.5%
Median age (years)	36.0	(X)		Unmarried partner	660	1.9%
				In group quarters	316	0.9%
18 years and over	24,901	73.1%		Institutionalized population	291	0.9%
Male	11,627	34.1%		Noninstitutionalized population	25	0.1%
Female	13,274	39.0%
21 years and over	23,578	69.2%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	5,145	15.1%		Total households	12,880	100.0%
65 years and over	4,317	12.7%		Family households (families)	9,343	72.5%
Male	1,692	5.0%		With own children under 18 years	4,241	32.9%
Female	2,625	7.7%		Married couple family	6,285	48.8%
				With own children under 18 years	2,581	20.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,402	18.6%
One race	33,879	99.4%		With own children under 18 years	1,355	10.5%
White	20,416	59.9%		Nonfamily households	3,537	27.5%
Black or African American	13,168	38.7%		Householder living alone	3,120	24.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	112	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	1,271	9.9%
Asian	96	0.3%
Asian Indian	39	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	4,991	38.8%
Chinese	18	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,200	24.8%
Filipino	2	0.0%
Japanese	4	0.0%		Average household size	2.62	(X)
Korean	6	0.0%		Average family size	3.11	(X)
Vietnamese	16	0.0%
Other Asian1	11	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%		Total housing units	14,374	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	12,880	89.6%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,494	10.4%
Samoan	2	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	206	1.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	85	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.5%	(X)
Two or more races	189	0.6%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.2%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	20,563	60.4%		Occupied housing units	12,880	100.0%
Black or African American	13,268	38.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	10,093	78.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	199	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	2,787	21.6%
Asian	128	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.64	(X)
Some other race	106	0.3%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.54	(X)
Date: November 28, 2001
- 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.