Paducah, KY

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2158836, place: Paducah city, Kentucky)

Total Population: 26,307
Male: 11,964 (45.48%)
Female: 14,343 (54.52%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,711 (6.5%)
5 to 9 years: 1,767 (6.72%)
10 to 14 years: 1,519 (5.77%)
15 to 19 years: 1,556 (5.91%)
20 to 24 years: 1,606 (6.1%)
25 to 34 years: 3,247 (12.34%)
35 to 44 years: 3,654 (13.89%)
45 to 54 years: 3,484 (13.24%)
55 to 59 years: 1,372 (5.22%)
60 to 64 years: 1,058 (4.02%)
65 to 74 years: 2,326 (8.84%)
75 to 84 years: 2,058 (7.82%)
85 years and over: 949 (3.61%)

Median age: 39.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 20,384 (77.49%)
21 years and over: 19,425 (73.84%)
62 years and over: 5,972 (22.7%)
65 years and over: 5,333 (20.27%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 20,384 (77.49%)
--Male: 8,925 (33.93%)
--Female: 11,459 (43.56%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 5,333 (20.27%)
--Male: 1,748 (6.64%)
--Female: 3,585 (13.63%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 25,897 (98.44%)
--White: 18,976 (72.13%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 362 (1.38%)
--Black or African American: 6,353 (24.15%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 66 (0.25%)
--Asian: 169 (0.64%)
----Asian Indian: 60 (0.23%)
----Chinese: 51 (0.19%)
----Filipino: 9 (0.03%)
----Japanese: 8 (0.03%)
----Korean: 14 (0.05%)
----Vietnamese: 15 (0.06%)
----Other Asian: 12 (0.05%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 20 (0.08%)
----Native Hawaiian: 6 (0.02%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0%)
----Samoan: 11 (0.04%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 144 (0.55%)
Two or more Races: 410 (1.56%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 362 (1.38%)
--Mexican: 223 (0.85%)
--Puerto Rican: 47 (0.18%)
--Cuban: 18 (0.07%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 74 (0.28%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 25,945 (98.62%)
--White Alone: 18,976 (72.13%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 25,095 (95.39%)
--Householder: 11,825 (44.95%)
--Spouse: 4,354 (16.55%)
--Child: 6,730 (25.58%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 5,261 (20%)
--Other relatives: 1,123 (4.27%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 519 (1.97%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,063 (4.04%)
----Unmarried partner: 490 (1.86%)
Living in group quarters: 1,212 (4.61%)
--Institutionalized Population: 1,132 (4.3%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 80 (0.3%)
Total households: 11,825
Family households (families): 6,648 (56.22%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,960 (25.03%)
--Married-couple families: 4,354 (36.82%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,593 (13.47%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,918 (16.22%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,173 (9.92%)
Nonfamily households: 5,177 (43.78%)
--Householder living alone: 4,648 (39.31%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 2,040 (17.25%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 3,292 (27.84%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 3,682 (31.14%)
Average household size: 2.12 people
Average family size: 2.84 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 13,221
Occupied housing units: 11,825 (89.44%)
Vacant housing units: 1,396 (10.56%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 64 (0.48%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10.4%
Occupied housing units: 11,825 (89.44%)
Owner occupied housing units: 6,254 (47.3%)
Renter occupied housing units: 5,571 (42.14%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.22 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.01 people

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