West Lafayette, IN

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1882862, place: West Lafayette city, Indiana)

Total Population: 28,778
Male: 16,455 (57.18%)
Female: 12,323 (42.82%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 718 (2.49%)
5 to 9 years: 783 (2.72%)
10 to 14 years: 923 (3.21%)
15 to 19 years: 3,667 (12.74%)
20 to 24 years: 12,633 (43.9%)
25 to 34 years: 2,928 (10.17%)
35 to 44 years: 1,924 (6.69%)
45 to 54 years: 1,860 (6.46%)
55 to 59 years: 620 (2.15%)
60 to 64 years: 495 (1.72%)
65 to 74 years: 892 (3.1%)
75 to 84 years: 849 (2.95%)
85 years and over: 486 (1.69%)

Median age: 22.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 25,779 (89.58%)
21 years and over: 19,168 (66.61%)
62 years and over: 2,532 (8.8%)
65 years and over: 2,227 (7.74%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 25,779 (89.58%)
--Male: 14,910 (51.81%)
--Female: 10,869 (37.77%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 2,227 (7.74%)
--Male: 803 (2.79%)
--Female: 1,424 (4.95%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 28,322 (98.42%)
--White: 23,454 (81.5%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 920 (3.2%)
--Black or African American: 684 (2.38%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 45 (0.16%)
--Asian: 3,263 (11.34%)
----Asian Indian: 990 (3.44%)
----Chinese: 1,041 (3.62%)
----Filipino: 102 (0.35%)
----Japanese: 261 (0.91%)
----Korean: 401 (1.39%)
----Vietnamese: 58 (0.2%)
----Other Asian: 410 (1.42%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 9 (0.03%)
----Native Hawaiian: 4 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 2 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 1 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 336 (1.17%)
Two or more Races: 456 (1.58%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 920 (3.2%)
--Mexican: 381 (1.32%)
--Puerto Rican: 150 (0.52%)
--Cuban: 17 (0.06%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 372 (1.29%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 27,858 (96.8%)
--White Alone: 23,454 (81.5%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 23,640 (82.15%)
--Householder: 10,462 (36.35%)
--Spouse: 2,887 (10.03%)
--Child: 3,409 (11.85%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,891 (10.05%)
--Other relatives: 489 (1.7%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 62 (0.22%)
--Nonrelatives: 6,393 (22.21%)
----Unmarried partner: 267 (0.93%)
Living in group quarters: 5,138 (17.85%)
--Institutionalized Population: 215 (0.75%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 4,923 (17.11%)
Total households: 10,462
Family households (families): 3,591 (34.32%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,557 (14.88%)
--Married-couple families: 2,887 (27.6%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,281 (12.24%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 457 (4.37%)
----With own children under 18 years: 222 (2.12%)
Nonfamily households: 6,871 (65.68%)
--Householder living alone: 3,417 (32.66%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 763 (7.29%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,618 (15.47%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,486 (14.2%)
Average household size: 2.26 people
Average family size: 2.89 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 10,819
Occupied housing units: 10,462 (96.7%)
Vacant housing units: 357 (3.3%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 21 (0.19%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2.5%
Occupied housing units: 10,462 (96.7%)
Owner occupied housing units: 3,368 (31.13%)
Renter occupied housing units: 7,094 (65.57%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.57 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.11 people

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