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

Geographic Area: Chester city

 

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

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	6,476	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	6,476	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	54	0.8%
Male	3,033	46.8%		Mexican	22	0.3%
Female	3,443	53.2%		Puerto Rican	7	0.1%
				Cuban	1	0.0%
Under 5 years	495	7.6%		Other Hispanic or Latino	24	0.4%
5 to 9 years	541	8.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	6,422	99.2%
10 to 14 years	550	8.5%		White alone	2,338	36.1%
15 to 19 years	507	7.8%
20 to 24 years	402	6.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	861	13.3%		Total population	6,476	100.0%
35 to 44 years	883	13.6%		In households	6,399	98.8%
45 to 54 years	869	13.4%		Householder	2,465	38.1%
55 to 59 years	325	5.0%		Spouse	873	13.5%
60 to 64 years	262	4.0%		Child	2,153	33.2%
65 to 74 years	402	6.2%		Own child under 18 years	1,512	23.3%
75 to 84 years	301	4.6%		Other relatives	646	10.0%
85 years and over	78	1.2%		Under 18 years	334	5.2%
				Nonrelatives	262	4.0%
Median age (years)	33.6	(X)		Unmarried partner	126	1.9%
				In group quarters	77	1.2%
18 years and over	4,581	70.7%		Institutionalized population	77	1.2%
Male	2,038	31.5%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	2,543	39.3%
21 years and over	4,301	66.4%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	934	14.4%		Total households	2,465	100.0%
65 years and over	781	12.1%		Family households (families)	1,640	66.5%
Male	270	4.2%		With own children under 18 years	785	31.8%
Female	511	7.9%		Married couple family	873	35.4%
				With own children under 18 years	348	14.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	651	26.4%
One race	6,433	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	394	16.0%
White	2,355	36.4%		Nonfamily households	825	33.5%
Black or African American	4,032	62.3%		Householder living alone	728	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	10	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	280	11.4%
Asian	18	0.3%
Asian Indian	6	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	946	38.4%
Chinese	5	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	627	25.4%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	3	0.0%		Average household size	2.60	(X)
Korean	1	0.0%		Average family size	3.24	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	3	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%		Total housing units	2,774	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	2,465	88.9%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	309	11.1%
Samoan	2	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	16	0.6%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	16	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7%	(X)
Two or more races	43	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	2,383	36.8%		Occupied housing units	2,465	100.0%
Black or African American	4,059	62.7%		Owner-occupied housing units	1,489	60.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	26	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	976	39.6%
Asian	25	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.63	(X)
Some other race	23	0.4%		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.