Bowling Green, KY

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2108902, place: Bowling Green city, Kentucky)

Total Population: 49,296
Male: 23,841 (48.36%)
Female: 25,455 (51.64%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 2,965 (6.01%)
5 to 9 years: 2,751 (5.58%)
10 to 14 years: 2,559 (5.19%)
15 to 19 years: 5,201 (10.55%)
20 to 24 years: 8,063 (16.36%)
25 to 34 years: 7,156 (14.52%)
35 to 44 years: 6,092 (12.36%)
45 to 54 years: 5,116 (10.38%)
55 to 59 years: 1,915 (3.88%)
60 to 64 years: 1,583 (3.21%)
65 to 74 years: 2,916 (5.92%)
75 to 84 years: 2,158 (4.38%)
85 years and over: 821 (1.67%)

Median age: 28.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 39,342 (79.81%)
21 years and over: 33,753 (68.47%)
62 years and over: 6,820 (13.83%)
65 years and over: 5,895 (11.96%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 39,342 (79.81%)
--Male: 18,683 (37.9%)
--Female: 20,659 (41.91%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 5,895 (11.96%)
--Male: 2,133 (4.33%)
--Female: 3,762 (7.63%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 48,305 (97.99%)
--White: 39,010 (79.13%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,011 (4.08%)
--Black or African American: 6,267 (12.71%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 111 (0.23%)
--Asian: 959 (1.95%)
----Asian Indian: 125 (0.25%)
----Chinese: 123 (0.25%)
----Filipino: 25 (0.05%)
----Japanese: 115 (0.23%)
----Korean: 47 (0.1%)
----Vietnamese: 260 (0.53%)
----Other Asian: 264 (0.54%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 61 (0.12%)
----Native Hawaiian: 3 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 16 (0.03%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 42 (0.09%)
--Some other race: 1,065 (2.16%)
Two or more Races: 991 (2.01%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,011 (4.08%)
--Mexican: 1,099 (2.23%)
--Puerto Rican: 95 (0.19%)
--Cuban: 31 (0.06%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 786 (1.59%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 47,285 (95.92%)
--White Alone: 39,010 (79.13%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 43,807 (88.87%)
--Householder: 19,277 (39.1%)
--Spouse: 7,424 (15.06%)
--Child: 10,982 (22.28%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 8,795 (17.84%)
--Other relatives: 2,008 (4.07%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 748 (1.52%)
--Nonrelatives: 4,116 (8.35%)
----Unmarried partner: 1,081 (2.19%)
Living in group quarters: 5,489 (11.13%)
--Institutionalized Population: 1,101 (2.23%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 4,388 (8.9%)
Total households: 19,277
Family households (families): 10,697 (55.49%)
----With own children under 18 years: 5,042 (26.16%)
--Married-couple families: 7,424 (38.51%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,096 (16.06%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 2,528 (13.11%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,595 (8.27%)
Nonfamily households: 8,580 (44.51%)
--Householder living alone: 6,458 (33.5%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 2,035 (10.56%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 5,565 (28.87%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 4,097 (21.25%)
Average household size: 2.27 people
Average family size: 2.91 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 21,290
Occupied housing units: 19,277 (90.54%)
Vacant housing units: 2,013 (9.46%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 92 (0.43%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10.1%
Occupied housing units: 19,277 (90.54%)
Owner occupied housing units: 9,060 (42.56%)
Renter occupied housing units: 10,217 (47.99%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.34 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.21 people

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