Silver City, NM

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3573260, place: Silver City town, New Mexico)

Total Population: 10,545
Male: 5,023 (47.63%)
Female: 5,522 (52.37%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 713 (6.76%)
5 to 9 years: 691 (6.55%)
10 to 14 years: 756 (7.17%)
15 to 19 years: 866 (8.21%)
20 to 24 years: 820 (7.78%)
25 to 34 years: 1,178 (11.17%)
35 to 44 years: 1,374 (13.03%)
45 to 54 years: 1,407 (13.34%)
55 to 59 years: 562 (5.33%)
60 to 64 years: 463 (4.39%)
65 to 74 years: 855 (8.11%)
75 to 84 years: 616 (5.84%)
85 years and over: 244 (2.31%)

Median age: 36.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 7,904 (74.95%)
21 years and over: 7,321 (69.43%)
62 years and over: 1,985 (18.82%)
65 years and over: 1,715 (16.26%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 7,904 (74.95%)
--Male: 3,648 (34.59%)
--Female: 4,256 (40.36%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,715 (16.26%)
--Male: 680 (6.45%)
--Female: 1,035 (9.82%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 10,190 (96.63%)
--White: 4,693 (44.5%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 5,529 (52.43%)
--Black or African American: 91 (0.86%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 120 (1.14%)
--Asian: 47 (0.45%)
----Asian Indian: 3 (0.03%)
----Chinese: 10 (0.09%)
----Filipino: 11 (0.1%)
----Japanese: 13 (0.12%)
----Korean: 5 (0.05%)
----Vietnamese: 3 (0.03%)
----Other Asian: 2 (0.02%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 5 (0.05%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 1 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.03%)
--Some other race: 2,364 (22.42%)
Two or more Races: 355 (3.37%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 5,529 (52.43%)
--Mexican: 3,071 (29.12%)
--Puerto Rican: 13 (0.12%)
--Cuban: 14 (0.13%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 2,431 (23.05%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 5,016 (47.57%)
--White Alone: 4,693 (44.5%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 10,140 (96.16%)
--Householder: 4,227 (40.09%)
--Spouse: 1,887 (17.89%)
--Child: 3,053 (28.95%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,348 (22.27%)
--Other relatives: 511 (4.85%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 238 (2.26%)
--Nonrelatives: 462 (4.38%)
----Unmarried partner: 246 (2.33%)
Living in group quarters: 405 (3.84%)
--Institutionalized Population: 157 (1.49%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 248 (2.35%)
Total households: 4,227
Family households (families): 2,729 (64.56%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,266 (29.95%)
--Married-couple families: 1,887 (44.64%)
----With own children under 18 years: 726 (17.18%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 653 (15.45%)
----With own children under 18 years: 430 (10.17%)
Nonfamily households: 1,498 (35.44%)
--Householder living alone: 1,280 (30.28%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 503 (11.9%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,419 (33.57%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,212 (28.67%)
Average household size: 2.4 people
Average family size: 3 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 4,757
Occupied housing units: 4,227 (88.86%)
Vacant housing units: 530 (11.14%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 49 (1.03%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 11.9%
Occupied housing units: 4,227 (88.86%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,674 (56.21%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,553 (32.65%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.51 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.21 people

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