Blades, DE

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1006730, place: Blades town, Delaware)

Total Population: 956
Male: 449 (46.97%)
Female: 507 (53.03%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 66 (6.9%)
5 to 9 years: 84 (8.79%)
10 to 14 years: 87 (9.1%)
15 to 19 years: 78 (8.16%)
20 to 24 years: 52 (5.44%)
25 to 34 years: 152 (15.9%)
35 to 44 years: 170 (17.78%)
45 to 54 years: 123 (12.87%)
55 to 59 years: 40 (4.18%)
60 to 64 years: 37 (3.87%)
65 to 74 years: 47 (4.92%)
75 to 84 years: 15 (1.57%)
85 years and over: 5 (0.52%)

Median age: 32.7 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 677 (70.82%)
21 years and over: 626 (65.48%)
62 years and over: 92 (9.62%)
65 years and over: 67 (7.01%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 677 (70.82%)
--Male: 305 (31.9%)
--Female: 372 (38.91%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 67 (7.01%)
--Male: 21 (2.2%)
--Female: 46 (4.81%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 929 (97.18%)
--White: 644 (67.36%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 63 (6.59%)
--Black or African American: 208 (21.76%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 5 (0.52%)
--Asian: 10 (1.05%)
----Asian Indian: 7 (0.73%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 1 (0.1%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.1%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 1 (0.1%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.1%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0.1%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 38 (3.97%)
Two or more Races: 27 (2.82%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 63 (6.59%)
--Mexican: 56 (5.86%)
--Puerto Rican: 3 (0.31%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 4 (0.42%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 893 (93.41%)
--White Alone: 644 (67.36%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 952 (99.58%)
--Householder: 353 (36.92%)
--Spouse: 147 (15.38%)
--Child: 303 (31.69%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 229 (23.95%)
--Other relatives: 76 (7.95%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 43 (4.5%)
--Nonrelatives: 73 (7.64%)
----Unmarried partner: 33 (3.45%)
Living in group quarters: 4 (0.42%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 4 (0.42%)
Total households: 353
Family households (families): 236 (66.86%)
----With own children under 18 years: 128 (36.26%)
--Married-couple families: 147 (41.64%)
----With own children under 18 years: 76 (21.53%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 69 (19.55%)
----With own children under 18 years: 37 (10.48%)
Nonfamily households: 117 (33.14%)
--Householder living alone: 84 (23.8%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 23 (6.52%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 147 (41.64%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 56 (15.86%)
Average household size: 2.7 people
Average family size: 3.23 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 393
Occupied housing units: 353 (89.82%)
Vacant housing units: 40 (10.18%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 1 (0.25%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 6.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 7.6%
Occupied housing units: 353 (89.82%)
Owner occupied housing units: 207 (52.67%)
Renter occupied housing units: 146 (37.15%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.68 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.72 people

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