Elsmere, DE

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1024540, place: Elsmere town, Delaware)

Total Population: 5,800
Male: 2,841 (48.98%)
Female: 2,959 (51.02%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 422 (7.28%)
5 to 9 years: 425 (7.33%)
10 to 14 years: 368 (6.34%)
15 to 19 years: 384 (6.62%)
20 to 24 years: 405 (6.98%)
25 to 34 years: 823 (14.19%)
35 to 44 years: 980 (16.9%)
45 to 54 years: 663 (11.43%)
55 to 59 years: 259 (4.47%)
60 to 64 years: 218 (3.76%)
65 to 74 years: 461 (7.95%)
75 to 84 years: 326 (5.62%)
85 years and over: 66 (1.14%)

Median age: 35.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,347 (74.95%)
21 years and over: 4,121 (71.05%)
62 years and over: 982 (16.93%)
65 years and over: 853 (14.71%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 4,347 (74.95%)
--Male: 2,081 (35.88%)
--Female: 2,266 (39.07%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 853 (14.71%)
--Male: 357 (6.16%)
--Female: 496 (8.55%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 5,693 (98.16%)
--White: 4,430 (76.38%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 701 (12.09%)
--Black or African American: 548 (9.45%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 13 (0.22%)
--Asian: 56 (0.97%)
----Asian Indian: 11 (0.19%)
----Chinese: 17 (0.29%)
----Filipino: 3 (0.05%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.02%)
----Korean: 20 (0.34%)
----Vietnamese: 4 (0.07%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 296 (5.1%)
Two or more Races: 107 (1.84%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 701 (12.09%)
--Mexican: 309 (5.33%)
--Puerto Rican: 304 (5.24%)
--Cuban: 4 (0.07%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 84 (1.45%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 5,099 (87.91%)
--White Alone: 4,430 (76.38%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 5,791 (99.84%)
--Householder: 2,299 (39.64%)
--Spouse: 976 (16.83%)
--Child: 1,802 (31.07%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,290 (22.24%)
--Other relatives: 325 (5.6%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 130 (2.24%)
--Nonrelatives: 389 (6.71%)
----Unmarried partner: 174 (3%)
Living in group quarters: 9 (0.16%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 9 (0.16%)
Total households: 2,299
Family households (families): 1,488 (64.72%)
----With own children under 18 years: 718 (31.23%)
--Married-couple families: 976 (42.45%)
----With own children under 18 years: 420 (18.27%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 378 (16.44%)
----With own children under 18 years: 216 (9.4%)
Nonfamily households: 811 (35.28%)
--Householder living alone: 656 (28.53%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 265 (11.53%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 791 (34.41%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 634 (27.58%)
Average household size: 2.52 people
Average family size: 3.09 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 2,395
Occupied housing units: 2,299 (95.99%)
Vacant housing units: 96 (4.01%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.08%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 3.4%
Occupied housing units: 2,299 (95.99%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,558 (65.05%)
Renter occupied housing units: 741 (30.94%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.53 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.49 people

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