Fort Dodge, IA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1928515, place: Fort Dodge city, Iowa)

Total Population: 25,136
Male: 11,943 (47.51%)
Female: 13,193 (52.49%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,716 (6.83%)
5 to 9 years: 1,728 (6.87%)
10 to 14 years: 1,644 (6.54%)
15 to 19 years: 1,949 (7.75%)
20 to 24 years: 1,770 (7.04%)
25 to 34 years: 2,839 (11.29%)
35 to 44 years: 3,490 (13.88%)
45 to 54 years: 3,212 (12.78%)
55 to 59 years: 1,161 (4.62%)
60 to 64 years: 967 (3.85%)
65 to 74 years: 2,050 (8.16%)
75 to 84 years: 1,788 (7.11%)
85 years and over: 822 (3.27%)

Median age: 38 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 19,024 (75.68%)
21 years and over: 17,635 (70.16%)
62 years and over: 5,241 (20.85%)
65 years and over: 4,660 (18.54%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 19,024 (75.68%)
--Male: 8,833 (35.14%)
--Female: 10,191 (40.54%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 4,660 (18.54%)
--Male: 1,752 (6.97%)
--Female: 2,908 (11.57%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 24,795 (98.64%)
--White: 22,904 (91.12%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 739 (2.94%)
--Black or African American: 952 (3.79%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 52 (0.21%)
--Asian: 214 (0.85%)
----Asian Indian: 25 (0.1%)
----Chinese: 69 (0.27%)
----Filipino: 19 (0.08%)
----Japanese: 16 (0.06%)
----Korean: 26 (0.1%)
----Vietnamese: 44 (0.18%)
----Other Asian: 15 (0.06%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 6 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 4 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 328 (1.3%)
Two or more Races: 341 (1.36%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 739 (2.94%)
--Mexican: 563 (2.24%)
--Puerto Rican: 50 (0.2%)
--Cuban: 1 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 125 (0.5%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 24,397 (97.06%)
--White Alone: 22,904 (91.12%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 23,971 (95.37%)
--Householder: 10,470 (41.65%)
--Spouse: 4,808 (19.13%)
--Child: 6,898 (27.44%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 5,677 (22.59%)
--Other relatives: 634 (2.52%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 296 (1.18%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,161 (4.62%)
----Unmarried partner: 537 (2.14%)
Living in group quarters: 1,165 (4.63%)
--Institutionalized Population: 815 (3.24%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 350 (1.39%)
Total households: 10,470
Family households (families): 6,376 (60.9%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,033 (28.97%)
--Married-couple families: 4,808 (45.92%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,000 (19.1%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,190 (11.37%)
----With own children under 18 years: 803 (7.67%)
Nonfamily households: 4,094 (39.1%)
--Householder living alone: 3,541 (33.82%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,480 (14.14%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 3,239 (30.94%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,976 (28.42%)
Average household size: 2.29 people
Average family size: 2.94 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 11,168
Occupied housing units: 10,470 (93.75%)
Vacant housing units: 698 (6.25%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 41 (0.37%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.5%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 8.2%
Occupied housing units: 10,470 (93.75%)
Owner occupied housing units: 6,951 (62.24%)
Renter occupied housing units: 3,519 (31.51%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.44 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.99 people

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