Bridgeport, CT

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0908000, place: Bridgeport city, Connecticut)

Total Population: 139,529
Male: 66,554 (47.7%)
Female: 72,975 (52.3%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 11,397 (8.17%)
5 to 9 years: 11,489 (8.23%)
10 to 14 years: 10,696 (7.67%)
15 to 19 years: 10,455 (7.49%)
20 to 24 years: 11,207 (8.03%)
25 to 34 years: 22,147 (15.87%)
35 to 44 years: 20,463 (14.67%)
45 to 54 years: 15,466 (11.08%)
55 to 59 years: 5,576 (4%)
60 to 64 years: 4,621 (3.31%)
65 to 74 years: 7,743 (5.55%)
75 to 84 years: 6,071 (4.35%)
85 years and over: 2,198 (1.58%)

Median age: 31.4 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 99,857 (71.57%)
21 years and over: 93,184 (66.78%)
62 years and over: 18,693 (13.4%)
65 years and over: 16,012 (11.48%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 99,857 (71.57%)
--Male: 46,268 (33.16%)
--Female: 53,589 (38.41%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 16,012 (11.48%)
--Male: 6,034 (4.32%)
--Female: 9,978 (7.15%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 131,754 (94.43%)
--White: 43,158 (30.93%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 44,478 (31.88%)
--Black or African American: 42,925 (30.76%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 664 (0.48%)
--Asian: 4,536 (3.25%)
----Asian Indian: 801 (0.57%)
----Chinese: 507 (0.36%)
----Filipino: 143 (0.1%)
----Japanese: 220 (0.16%)
----Korean: 219 (0.16%)
----Vietnamese: 1,189 (0.85%)
----Other Asian: 1,457 (1.04%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 148 (0.11%)
----Native Hawaiian: 40 (0.03%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 13 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 39 (0.03%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 56 (0.04%)
--Some other race: 20,659 (14.81%)
Two or more Races: 7,775 (5.57%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 44,478 (31.88%)
--Mexican: 2,687 (1.93%)
--Puerto Rican: 32,177 (23.06%)
--Cuban: 994 (0.71%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 8,620 (6.18%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 95,051 (68.12%)
--White Alone: 43,158 (30.93%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 135,933 (97.42%)
--Householder: 50,307 (36.05%)
--Spouse: 17,618 (12.63%)
--Child: 45,820 (32.84%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 33,425 (23.96%)
--Other relatives: 13,083 (9.38%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 5,253 (3.76%)
--Nonrelatives: 9,105 (6.53%)
----Unmarried partner: 3,754 (2.69%)
Living in group quarters: 3,596 (2.58%)
--Institutionalized Population: 1,919 (1.38%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 1,677 (1.2%)
Total households: 50,307
Family households (families): 32,730 (65.06%)
----With own children under 18 years: 17,244 (34.28%)
--Married-couple families: 17,618 (35.02%)
----With own children under 18 years: 8,462 (16.82%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 12,095 (24.04%)
----With own children under 18 years: 7,474 (14.86%)
Nonfamily households: 17,577 (34.94%)
--Householder living alone: 14,577 (28.98%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 5,660 (11.25%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 19,876 (39.51%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 12,178 (24.21%)
Average household size: 2.7 people
Average family size: 3.34 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 54,367
Occupied housing units: 50,307 (92.53%)
Vacant housing units: 4,060 (7.47%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 120 (0.22%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.9%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 5.6%
Occupied housing units: 50,307 (92.53%)
Owner occupied housing units: 21,755 (40.02%)
Renter occupied housing units: 28,552 (52.52%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.74 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.67 people

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