Plainfield, NJ

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3459190, place: Plainfield city, New Jersey)

Total Population: 47,829
Male: 23,393 (48.91%)
Female: 24,436 (51.09%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 3,770 (7.88%)
5 to 9 years: 3,837 (8.02%)
10 to 14 years: 3,516 (7.35%)
15 to 19 years: 3,341 (6.99%)
20 to 24 years: 3,559 (7.44%)
25 to 34 years: 7,611 (15.91%)
35 to 44 years: 8,005 (16.74%)
45 to 54 years: 5,825 (12.18%)
55 to 59 years: 2,238 (4.68%)
60 to 64 years: 1,725 (3.61%)
65 to 74 years: 2,395 (5.01%)
75 to 84 years: 1,441 (3.01%)
85 years and over: 566 (1.18%)

Median age: 32.8 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 34,662 (72.47%)
21 years and over: 32,669 (68.3%)
62 years and over: 5,355 (11.2%)
65 years and over: 4,402 (9.2%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 34,662 (72.47%)
--Male: 16,630 (34.77%)
--Female: 18,032 (37.7%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 4,402 (9.2%)
--Male: 1,704 (3.56%)
--Female: 2,698 (5.64%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 45,652 (95.45%)
--White: 5,508 (11.52%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 12,033 (25.16%)
--Black or African American: 29,550 (61.78%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 195 (0.41%)
--Asian: 447 (0.93%)
----Asian Indian: 161 (0.34%)
----Chinese: 49 (0.1%)
----Filipino: 68 (0.14%)
----Japanese: 5 (0.01%)
----Korean: 11 (0.02%)
----Vietnamese: 109 (0.23%)
----Other Asian: 44 (0.09%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 46 (0.1%)
----Native Hawaiian: 2 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 34 (0.07%)
----Samoan: 4 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 6 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 5,156 (10.78%)
Two or more Races: 2,177 (4.55%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 12,033 (25.16%)
--Mexican: 807 (1.69%)
--Puerto Rican: 1,782 (3.73%)
--Cuban: 145 (0.3%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 9,299 (19.44%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 35,796 (74.84%)
--White Alone: 5,508 (11.52%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 46,922 (98.1%)
--Householder: 15,137 (31.65%)
--Spouse: 5,952 (12.44%)
--Child: 14,718 (30.77%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 9,928 (20.76%)
--Other relatives: 6,489 (13.57%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 2,693 (5.63%)
--Nonrelatives: 4,626 (9.67%)
----Unmarried partner: 1,255 (2.62%)
Living in group quarters: 907 (1.9%)
--Institutionalized Population: 550 (1.15%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 357 (0.75%)
Total households: 15,137
Family households (families): 10,898 (72%)
----With own children under 18 years: 5,374 (35.5%)
--Married-couple families: 5,952 (39.32%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,848 (18.81%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 3,711 (24.52%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,964 (12.97%)
Nonfamily households: 4,239 (28%)
--Householder living alone: 3,194 (21.1%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,115 (7.37%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 6,748 (44.58%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 3,195 (21.11%)
Average household size: 3.1 people
Average family size: 3.49 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 16,180
Occupied housing units: 15,137 (93.55%)
Vacant housing units: 1,043 (6.45%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 19 (0.12%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 5%
Occupied housing units: 15,137 (93.55%)
Owner occupied housing units: 7,579 (46.84%)
Renter occupied housing units: 7,558 (46.71%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 3.16 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 3.04 people

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