Potomac, MD

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2463300, place: Potomac CDP, Maryland)

Total Population: 44,822
Male: 21,439 (47.83%)
Female: 23,383 (52.17%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 2,411 (5.38%)
5 to 9 years: 3,325 (7.42%)
10 to 14 years: 3,859 (8.61%)
15 to 19 years: 2,963 (6.61%)
20 to 24 years: 1,286 (2.87%)
25 to 34 years: 2,906 (6.48%)
35 to 44 years: 6,620 (14.77%)
45 to 54 years: 8,535 (19.04%)
55 to 59 years: 3,822 (8.53%)
60 to 64 years: 2,893 (6.45%)
65 to 74 years: 3,941 (8.79%)
75 to 84 years: 1,753 (3.91%)
85 years and over: 508 (1.13%)

Median age: 43.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 33,053 (73.74%)
21 years and over: 32,002 (71.4%)
62 years and over: 7,826 (17.46%)
65 years and over: 6,202 (13.84%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 33,053 (73.74%)
--Male: 15,407 (34.37%)
--Female: 17,646 (39.37%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 6,202 (13.84%)
--Male: 2,992 (6.68%)
--Female: 3,210 (7.16%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 43,825 (97.78%)
--White: 33,724 (75.24%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,411 (5.38%)
--Black or African American: 1,763 (3.93%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 50 (0.11%)
--Asian: 5,991 (13.37%)
----Asian Indian: 1,268 (2.83%)
----Chinese: 2,516 (5.61%)
----Filipino: 296 (0.66%)
----Japanese: 279 (0.62%)
----Korean: 1,015 (2.26%)
----Vietnamese: 173 (0.39%)
----Other Asian: 444 (0.99%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 4 (0.01%)
----Native Hawaiian: 3 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0%)
--Some other race: 402 (0.9%)
Two or more Races: 997 (2.22%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,411 (5.38%)
--Mexican: 204 (0.46%)
--Puerto Rican: 117 (0.26%)
--Cuban: 148 (0.33%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1,942 (4.33%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 42,411 (94.62%)
--White Alone: 33,724 (75.24%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 44,517 (99.32%)
--Householder: 15,655 (34.93%)
--Spouse: 11,710 (26.13%)
--Child: 14,367 (32.05%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 11,401 (25.44%)
--Other relatives: 1,339 (2.99%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 305 (0.68%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,446 (3.23%)
----Unmarried partner: 275 (0.61%)
Living in group quarters: 305 (0.68%)
--Institutionalized Population: 145 (0.32%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 160 (0.36%)
Total households: 15,655
Family households (families): 13,028 (83.22%)
----With own children under 18 years: 6,011 (38.4%)
--Married-couple families: 11,710 (74.8%)
----With own children under 18 years: 5,333 (34.07%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,035 (6.61%)
----With own children under 18 years: 564 (3.6%)
Nonfamily households: 2,627 (16.78%)
--Householder living alone: 2,199 (14.05%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 925 (5.91%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 6,207 (39.65%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 4,169 (26.63%)
Average household size: 2.84 people
Average family size: 3.1 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 15,960
Occupied housing units: 15,655 (98.09%)
Vacant housing units: 305 (1.91%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 124 (0.78%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 1.5%
Occupied housing units: 15,655 (98.09%)
Owner occupied housing units: 13,908 (87.14%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,747 (10.95%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.85 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.8 people

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