Dedham, MA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2516530, place: Dedham CDP, Massachusetts)

Total Population: 23,464
Male: 11,329 (48.28%)
Female: 12,135 (51.72%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,435 (6.12%)
5 to 9 years: 1,470 (6.26%)
10 to 14 years: 1,480 (6.31%)
15 to 19 years: 1,228 (5.23%)
20 to 24 years: 964 (4.11%)
25 to 34 years: 3,239 (13.8%)
35 to 44 years: 4,067 (17.33%)
45 to 54 years: 3,324 (14.17%)
55 to 59 years: 1,274 (5.43%)
60 to 64 years: 1,078 (4.59%)
65 to 74 years: 1,980 (8.44%)
75 to 84 years: 1,441 (6.14%)
85 years and over: 484 (2.06%)

Median age: 39.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 18,256 (77.8%)
21 years and over: 17,683 (75.36%)
62 years and over: 4,536 (19.33%)
65 years and over: 3,905 (16.64%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 18,256 (77.8%)
--Male: 8,747 (37.28%)
--Female: 9,509 (40.53%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 3,905 (16.64%)
--Male: 1,585 (6.76%)
--Female: 2,320 (9.89%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 23,211 (98.92%)
--White: 21,873 (93.22%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 567 (2.42%)
--Black or African American: 362 (1.54%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 37 (0.16%)
--Asian: 439 (1.87%)
----Asian Indian: 72 (0.31%)
----Chinese: 160 (0.68%)
----Filipino: 88 (0.38%)
----Japanese: 12 (0.05%)
----Korean: 18 (0.08%)
----Vietnamese: 45 (0.19%)
----Other Asian: 44 (0.19%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 10 (0.04%)
----Native Hawaiian: 4 (0.02%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 6 (0.03%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 188 (0.8%)
Two or more Races: 253 (1.08%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 567 (2.42%)
--Mexican: 42 (0.18%)
--Puerto Rican: 174 (0.74%)
--Cuban: 38 (0.16%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 313 (1.33%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 22,897 (97.58%)
--White Alone: 21,873 (93.22%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 22,582 (96.24%)
--Householder: 8,654 (36.88%)
--Spouse: 4,874 (20.77%)
--Child: 7,091 (30.22%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 4,861 (20.72%)
--Other relatives: 1,167 (4.97%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 309 (1.32%)
--Nonrelatives: 796 (3.39%)
----Unmarried partner: 293 (1.25%)
Living in group quarters: 882 (3.76%)
--Institutionalized Population: 831 (3.54%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 51 (0.22%)
Total households: 8,654
Family households (families): 6,146 (71.02%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,606 (30.11%)
--Married-couple families: 4,874 (56.32%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,151 (24.86%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 957 (11.06%)
----With own children under 18 years: 383 (4.43%)
Nonfamily households: 2,508 (28.98%)
--Householder living alone: 2,065 (23.86%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 904 (10.45%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,795 (32.3%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,676 (30.92%)
Average household size: 2.61 people
Average family size: 3.14 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 8,908
Occupied housing units: 8,654 (97.15%)
Vacant housing units: 254 (2.85%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 15 (0.17%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.6%
Occupied housing units: 8,654 (97.15%)
Owner occupied housing units: 6,937 (77.87%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,717 (19.27%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.72 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.16 people

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