Peru, IL

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1759234, place: Peru city, Illinois)

Total Population: 9,835
Male: 4,653 (47.31%)
Female: 5,182 (52.69%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 517 (5.26%)
5 to 9 years: 577 (5.87%)
10 to 14 years: 657 (6.68%)
15 to 19 years: 669 (6.8%)
20 to 24 years: 477 (4.85%)
25 to 34 years: 1,146 (11.65%)
35 to 44 years: 1,541 (15.67%)
45 to 54 years: 1,263 (12.84%)
55 to 59 years: 474 (4.82%)
60 to 64 years: 414 (4.21%)
65 to 74 years: 987 (10.04%)
75 to 84 years: 782 (7.95%)
85 years and over: 331 (3.37%)

Median age: 40.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 7,675 (78.04%)
21 years and over: 7,293 (74.15%)
62 years and over: 2,364 (24.04%)
65 years and over: 2,100 (21.35%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 7,675 (78.04%)
--Male: 3,590 (36.5%)
--Female: 4,085 (41.54%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 2,100 (21.35%)
--Male: 831 (8.45%)
--Female: 1,269 (12.9%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 9,761 (99.25%)
--White: 9,230 (93.85%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 401 (4.08%)
--Black or African American: 31 (0.32%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 18 (0.18%)
--Asian: 109 (1.11%)
----Asian Indian: 34 (0.35%)
----Chinese: 19 (0.19%)
----Filipino: 14 (0.14%)
----Japanese: 20 (0.2%)
----Korean: 6 (0.06%)
----Vietnamese: 8 (0.08%)
----Other Asian: 8 (0.08%)
--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: 114 (1.16%)
Two or more Races: 74 (0.75%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 401 (4.08%)
--Mexican: 339 (3.45%)
--Puerto Rican: 10 (0.1%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.03%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 49 (0.5%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 9,434 (95.92%)
--White Alone: 9,230 (93.85%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 9,657 (98.19%)
--Householder: 4,143 (42.13%)
--Spouse: 2,225 (22.62%)
--Child: 2,730 (27.76%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,036 (20.7%)
--Other relatives: 217 (2.21%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 73 (0.74%)
--Nonrelatives: 342 (3.48%)
----Unmarried partner: 169 (1.72%)
Living in group quarters: 178 (1.81%)
--Institutionalized Population: 121 (1.23%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 57 (0.58%)
Total households: 4,143
Family households (families): 2,674 (64.54%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,131 (27.3%)
--Married-couple families: 2,225 (53.71%)
----With own children under 18 years: 895 (21.6%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 329 (7.94%)
----With own children under 18 years: 180 (4.34%)
Nonfamily households: 1,469 (35.46%)
--Householder living alone: 1,306 (31.52%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 643 (15.52%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,196 (28.87%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,412 (34.08%)
Average household size: 2.33 people
Average family size: 2.93 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 4,413
Occupied housing units: 4,143 (93.88%)
Vacant housing units: 270 (6.12%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 10 (0.23%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.5%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 11.5%
Occupied housing units: 4,143 (93.88%)
Owner occupied housing units: 3,117 (70.63%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,026 (23.25%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.45 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.97 people

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