Hockessin, DE

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1035850, place: Hockessin CDP, Delaware)

Total Population: 12,902
Male: 6,306 (48.88%)
Female: 6,596 (51.12%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 791 (6.13%)
5 to 9 years: 1,007 (7.8%)
10 to 14 years: 1,034 (8.01%)
15 to 19 years: 877 (6.8%)
20 to 24 years: 359 (2.78%)
25 to 34 years: 902 (6.99%)
35 to 44 years: 2,257 (17.49%)
45 to 54 years: 2,361 (18.3%)
55 to 59 years: 823 (6.38%)
60 to 64 years: 519 (4.02%)
65 to 74 years: 901 (6.98%)
75 to 84 years: 724 (5.61%)
85 years and over: 347 (2.69%)

Median age: 42 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,434 (73.12%)
21 years and over: 9,120 (70.69%)
62 years and over: 2,258 (17.5%)
65 years and over: 1,972 (15.28%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,434 (73.12%)
--Male: 4,518 (35.02%)
--Female: 4,916 (38.1%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,972 (15.28%)
--Male: 831 (6.44%)
--Female: 1,141 (8.84%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 12,794 (99.16%)
--White: 11,280 (87.43%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 257 (1.99%)
--Black or African American: 342 (2.65%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 9 (0.07%)
--Asian: 924 (7.16%)
----Asian Indian: 282 (2.19%)
----Chinese: 418 (3.24%)
----Filipino: 66 (0.51%)
----Japanese: 14 (0.11%)
----Korean: 110 (0.85%)
----Vietnamese: 5 (0.04%)
----Other Asian: 29 (0.22%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.01%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 58 (0.45%)
Two or more Races: 108 (0.84%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 257 (1.99%)
--Mexican: 74 (0.57%)
--Puerto Rican: 43 (0.33%)
--Cuban: 40 (0.31%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 100 (0.78%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 12,645 (98.01%)
--White Alone: 11,280 (87.43%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 12,654 (98.08%)
--Householder: 4,464 (34.6%)
--Spouse: 3,451 (26.75%)
--Child: 4,126 (31.98%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 3,350 (25.96%)
--Other relatives: 390 (3.02%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 93 (0.72%)
--Nonrelatives: 223 (1.73%)
----Unmarried partner: 92 (0.71%)
Living in group quarters: 248 (1.92%)
--Institutionalized Population: 245 (1.9%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 3 (0.02%)
Total households: 4,464
Family households (families): 3,733 (83.62%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,790 (40.1%)
--Married-couple families: 3,451 (77.31%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,661 (37.21%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 200 (4.48%)
----With own children under 18 years: 93 (2.08%)
Nonfamily households: 731 (16.38%)
--Householder living alone: 621 (13.91%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 399 (8.94%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,851 (41.47%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,206 (27.02%)
Average household size: 2.83 people
Average family size: 3.13 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 4,575
Occupied housing units: 4,464 (97.57%)
Vacant housing units: 111 (2.43%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 11 (0.24%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 6.4%
Occupied housing units: 4,464 (97.57%)
Owner occupied housing units: 4,057 (88.68%)
Renter occupied housing units: 407 (8.9%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.92 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.99 people

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