Fort Payne, AL

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0127616, place: Fort Payne city, Alabama)

Total Population: 12,938
Male: 6,211 (48.01%)
Female: 6,727 (51.99%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 846 (6.54%)
5 to 9 years: 832 (6.43%)
10 to 14 years: 821 (6.35%)
15 to 19 years: 915 (7.07%)
20 to 24 years: 932 (7.2%)
25 to 34 years: 1,894 (14.64%)
35 to 44 years: 1,897 (14.66%)
45 to 54 years: 1,681 (12.99%)
55 to 59 years: 579 (4.48%)
60 to 64 years: 529 (4.09%)
65 to 74 years: 1,018 (7.87%)
75 to 84 years: 710 (5.49%)
85 years and over: 284 (2.2%)

Median age: 36.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,915 (76.63%)
21 years and over: 9,348 (72.25%)
62 years and over: 2,323 (17.95%)
65 years and over: 2,012 (15.55%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,915 (76.63%)
--Male: 4,654 (35.97%)
--Female: 5,261 (40.66%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 2,012 (15.55%)
--Male: 681 (5.26%)
--Female: 1,331 (10.29%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 12,636 (97.67%)
--White: 10,455 (80.81%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,574 (12.17%)
--Black or African American: 586 (4.53%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 103 (0.8%)
--Asian: 71 (0.55%)
----Asian Indian: 8 (0.06%)
----Chinese: 8 (0.06%)
----Filipino: 32 (0.25%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.01%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 5 (0.04%)
----Other Asian: 17 (0.13%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 21 (0.16%)
----Native Hawaiian: 2 (0.02%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 17 (0.13%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 1,088 (8.41%)
Two or more Races: 302 (2.33%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,574 (12.17%)
--Mexican: 1,034 (7.99%)
--Puerto Rican: 22 (0.17%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.02%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 515 (3.98%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 11,364 (87.83%)
--White Alone: 10,455 (80.81%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 12,556 (97.05%)
--Householder: 5,046 (39%)
--Spouse: 2,721 (21.03%)
--Child: 3,436 (26.56%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,672 (20.65%)
--Other relatives: 767 (5.93%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 277 (2.14%)
--Nonrelatives: 586 (4.53%)
----Unmarried partner: 185 (1.43%)
Living in group quarters: 382 (2.95%)
--Institutionalized Population: 299 (2.31%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 83 (0.64%)
Total households: 5,046
Family households (families): 3,508 (69.52%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,574 (31.19%)
--Married-couple families: 2,721 (53.92%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,142 (22.63%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 584 (11.57%)
----With own children under 18 years: 324 (6.42%)
Nonfamily households: 1,538 (30.48%)
--Householder living alone: 1,356 (26.87%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 613 (12.15%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,749 (34.66%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,314 (26.04%)
Average household size: 2.49 people
Average family size: 2.97 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 5,585
Occupied housing units: 5,046 (90.35%)
Vacant housing units: 539 (9.65%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 52 (0.93%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10.2%
Occupied housing units: 5,046 (90.35%)
Owner occupied housing units: 3,483 (62.36%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,563 (27.99%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.46 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.55 people

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