Mount Vernon, IL

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1751180, place: Mount Vernon city, Illinois)

Total Population: 16,269
Male: 7,463 (45.87%)
Female: 8,806 (54.13%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,087 (6.68%)
5 to 9 years: 1,152 (7.08%)
10 to 14 years: 1,109 (6.82%)
15 to 19 years: 1,156 (7.11%)
20 to 24 years: 1,007 (6.19%)
25 to 34 years: 1,950 (11.99%)
35 to 44 years: 2,101 (12.91%)
45 to 54 years: 2,088 (12.83%)
55 to 59 years: 797 (4.9%)
60 to 64 years: 677 (4.16%)
65 to 74 years: 1,348 (8.29%)
75 to 84 years: 1,255 (7.71%)
85 years and over: 542 (3.33%)

Median age: 38.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 12,243 (75.25%)
21 years and over: 11,537 (70.91%)
62 years and over: 3,547 (21.8%)
65 years and over: 3,145 (19.33%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 12,243 (75.25%)
--Male: 5,458 (33.55%)
--Female: 6,785 (41.71%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 3,145 (19.33%)
--Male: 1,078 (6.63%)
--Female: 2,067 (12.71%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 15,949 (98.03%)
--White: 13,589 (83.53%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 242 (1.49%)
--Black or African American: 2,011 (12.36%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 27 (0.17%)
--Asian: 125 (0.77%)
----Asian Indian: 29 (0.18%)
----Chinese: 24 (0.15%)
----Filipino: 17 (0.1%)
----Japanese: 5 (0.03%)
----Korean: 12 (0.07%)
----Vietnamese: 16 (0.1%)
----Other Asian: 22 (0.14%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 2 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 77 (0.47%)
Two or more Races: 320 (1.97%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 242 (1.49%)
--Mexican: 94 (0.58%)
--Puerto Rican: 95 (0.58%)
--Cuban: 1 (0.01%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 52 (0.32%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 16,027 (98.51%)
--White Alone: 13,589 (83.53%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 15,693 (96.46%)
--Householder: 6,988 (42.95%)
--Spouse: 2,944 (18.1%)
--Child: 4,416 (27.14%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 3,522 (21.65%)
--Other relatives: 616 (3.79%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 335 (2.06%)
--Nonrelatives: 729 (4.48%)
----Unmarried partner: 365 (2.24%)
Living in group quarters: 576 (3.54%)
--Institutionalized Population: 484 (2.97%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 92 (0.57%)
Total households: 6,988
Family households (families): 4,155 (59.46%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,915 (27.4%)
--Married-couple families: 2,944 (42.13%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,130 (16.17%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 969 (13.87%)
----With own children under 18 years: 631 (9.03%)
Nonfamily households: 2,833 (40.54%)
--Householder living alone: 2,511 (35.93%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,164 (16.66%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,112 (30.22%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,137 (30.58%)
Average household size: 2.25 people
Average family size: 2.92 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 7,814
Occupied housing units: 6,988 (89.43%)
Vacant housing units: 826 (10.57%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 20 (0.26%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 7.6%
Occupied housing units: 6,988 (89.43%)
Owner occupied housing units: 4,209 (53.86%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,779 (35.56%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.35 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.09 people

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