Gulf Shores, AL

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0132272, place: Gulf Shores city, Alabama)

Total Population: 5,044
Male: 2,487 (49.31%)
Female: 2,557 (50.69%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 157 (3.11%)
5 to 9 years: 214 (4.24%)
10 to 14 years: 288 (5.71%)
15 to 19 years: 259 (5.13%)
20 to 24 years: 247 (4.9%)
25 to 34 years: 548 (10.86%)
35 to 44 years: 702 (13.92%)
45 to 54 years: 762 (15.11%)
55 to 59 years: 355 (7.04%)
60 to 64 years: 348 (6.9%)
65 to 74 years: 718 (14.23%)
75 to 84 years: 389 (7.71%)
85 years and over: 57 (1.13%)

Median age: 46.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,216 (83.58%)
21 years and over: 4,083 (80.95%)
62 years and over: 1,356 (26.88%)
65 years and over: 1,164 (23.08%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,216 (83.58%)
--Male: 2,059 (40.82%)
--Female: 2,157 (42.76%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,164 (23.08%)
--Male: 585 (11.6%)
--Female: 579 (11.48%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 4,990 (98.93%)
--White: 4,880 (96.75%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 62 (1.23%)
--Black or African American: 11 (0.22%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 22 (0.44%)
--Asian: 15 (0.3%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 4 (0.08%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.02%)
----Japanese: 4 (0.08%)
----Korean: 2 (0.04%)
----Vietnamese: 1 (0.02%)
----Other Asian: 3 (0.06%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0.04%)
----Native Hawaiian: 1 (0.02%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 20 (0.4%)
Two or more Races: 54 (1.07%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 62 (1.23%)
--Mexican: 32 (0.63%)
--Puerto Rican: 2 (0.04%)
--Cuban: 6 (0.12%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 22 (0.44%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 4,982 (98.77%)
--White Alone: 4,880 (96.75%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 5,042 (99.96%)
--Householder: 2,344 (46.47%)
--Spouse: 1,317 (26.11%)
--Child: 967 (19.17%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 772 (15.31%)
--Other relatives: 131 (2.6%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 44 (0.87%)
--Nonrelatives: 283 (5.61%)
----Unmarried partner: 103 (2.04%)
Living in group quarters: 2 (0.04%)
--Institutionalized Population: 2 (0.04%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 2,344
Family households (families): 1,545 (65.91%)
----With own children under 18 years: 485 (20.69%)
--Married-couple families: 1,317 (56.19%)
----With own children under 18 years: 346 (14.76%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 164 (7%)
----With own children under 18 years: 109 (4.65%)
Nonfamily households: 799 (34.09%)
--Householder living alone: 625 (26.66%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 235 (10.03%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 510 (21.76%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 793 (33.83%)
Average household size: 2.15 people
Average family size: 2.56 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 6,810
Occupied housing units: 2,344 (34.42%)
Vacant housing units: 4,466 (65.58%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2,759 (40.51%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 8.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 68.6%
Occupied housing units: 2,344 (34.42%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,702 (24.99%)
Renter occupied housing units: 642 (9.43%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.14 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.17 people

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