Amesbury, MA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2501220, place: Amesbury CDP, Massachusetts)

Total Population: 12,327
Male: 5,934 (48.14%)
Female: 6,393 (51.86%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 797 (6.47%)
5 to 9 years: 922 (7.48%)
10 to 14 years: 947 (7.68%)
15 to 19 years: 722 (5.86%)
20 to 24 years: 559 (4.53%)
25 to 34 years: 1,964 (15.93%)
35 to 44 years: 2,287 (18.55%)
45 to 54 years: 1,670 (13.55%)
55 to 59 years: 510 (4.14%)
60 to 64 years: 409 (3.32%)
65 to 74 years: 768 (6.23%)
75 to 84 years: 531 (4.31%)
85 years and over: 241 (1.96%)

Median age: 36.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,191 (74.56%)
21 years and over: 8,851 (71.8%)
62 years and over: 1,778 (14.42%)
65 years and over: 1,540 (12.49%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 9,191 (74.56%)
--Male: 4,318 (35.03%)
--Female: 4,873 (39.53%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,540 (12.49%)
--Male: 576 (4.67%)
--Female: 964 (7.82%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 12,158 (98.63%)
--White: 11,863 (96.24%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 129 (1.05%)
--Black or African American: 80 (0.65%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 26 (0.21%)
--Asian: 74 (0.6%)
----Asian Indian: 8 (0.06%)
----Chinese: 34 (0.28%)
----Filipino: 7 (0.06%)
----Japanese: 6 (0.05%)
----Korean: 5 (0.04%)
----Vietnamese: 7 (0.06%)
----Other Asian: 7 (0.06%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 2 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 35 (0.28%)
Two or more Races: 169 (1.37%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 129 (1.05%)
--Mexican: 28 (0.23%)
--Puerto Rican: 30 (0.24%)
--Cuban: 16 (0.13%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 55 (0.45%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 12,198 (98.95%)
--White Alone: 11,863 (96.24%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 12,043 (97.7%)
--Householder: 4,910 (39.83%)
--Spouse: 2,288 (18.56%)
--Child: 3,683 (29.88%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,900 (23.53%)
--Other relatives: 437 (3.55%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 153 (1.24%)
--Nonrelatives: 725 (5.88%)
----Unmarried partner: 351 (2.85%)
Living in group quarters: 284 (2.3%)
--Institutionalized Population: 226 (1.83%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 58 (0.47%)
Total households: 4,910
Family households (families): 3,091 (62.95%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,628 (33.16%)
--Married-couple families: 2,288 (46.6%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,133 (23.08%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 610 (12.42%)
----With own children under 18 years: 389 (7.92%)
Nonfamily households: 1,819 (37.05%)
--Householder living alone: 1,456 (29.65%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 479 (9.76%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,721 (35.05%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,034 (21.06%)
Average household size: 2.45 people
Average family size: 3.07 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 5,099
Occupied housing units: 4,910 (96.29%)
Vacant housing units: 189 (3.71%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 28 (0.55%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 3.8%
Occupied housing units: 4,910 (96.29%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,873 (56.34%)
Renter occupied housing units: 2,037 (39.95%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.72 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.08 people

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