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Downingtown, PA

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Latitude: 40.006406     Longitude: -75.706239
Population 7,858 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4219752, place: Downingtown borough, Pennsylvania)

Total Population: 7,589
Male: 3,592 (47.33%)
Female: 3,997 (52.67%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 472 (6.22%)
5 to 9 years: 539 (7.1%)
10 to 14 years: 594 (7.83%)
15 to 19 years: 478 (6.3%)
20 to 24 years: 503 (6.63%)
25 to 34 years: 1,194 (15.73%)
35 to 44 years: 1,283 (16.91%)
45 to 54 years: 944 (12.44%)
55 to 59 years: 279 (3.68%)
60 to 64 years: 231 (3.04%)
65 to 74 years: 470 (6.19%)
75 to 84 years: 431 (5.68%)
85 years and over: 171 (2.25%)

Median age: 35.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,666 (74.66%)
21 years and over: 5,413 (71.33%)
62 years and over: 1,201 (15.83%)
65 years and over: 1,072 (14.13%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,666 (74.66%)
--Male: 2,643 (34.83%)
--Female: 3,023 (39.83%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,072 (14.13%)
--Male: 371 (4.89%)
--Female: 701 (9.24%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 7,462 (98.33%)
--White: 6,217 (81.92%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 268 (3.53%)
--Black or African American: 819 (10.79%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 9 (0.12%)
--Asian: 174 (2.29%)
----Asian Indian: 102 (1.34%)
----Chinese: 23 (0.3%)
----Filipino: 7 (0.09%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.01%)
----Korean: 6 (0.08%)
----Vietnamese: 18 (0.24%)
----Other Asian: 17 (0.22%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.04%)
----Native Hawaiian: 1 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 2 (0.03%)
--Some other race: 109 (1.44%)
Two or more Races: 127 (1.67%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 268 (3.53%)
--Mexican: 49 (0.65%)
--Puerto Rican: 144 (1.9%)
--Cuban: 7 (0.09%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 68 (0.9%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 7,321 (96.47%)
--White Alone: 6,217 (81.92%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 7,329 (96.57%)
--Householder: 3,059 (40.31%)
--Spouse: 1,310 (17.26%)
--Child: 2,271 (29.92%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,773 (23.36%)
--Other relatives: 290 (3.82%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 118 (1.55%)
--Nonrelatives: 399 (5.26%)
----Unmarried partner: 186 (2.45%)
Living in group quarters: 260 (3.43%)
--Institutionalized Population: 149 (1.96%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 111 (1.46%)
Total households: 3,059
Family households (families): 1,854 (60.61%)
----With own children under 18 years: 959 (31.35%)
--Married-couple families: 1,310 (42.82%)
----With own children under 18 years: 641 (20.95%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 396 (12.95%)
----With own children under 18 years: 240 (7.85%)
Nonfamily households: 1,205 (39.39%)
--Householder living alone: 984 (32.17%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 343 (11.21%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,037 (33.9%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 717 (23.44%)
Average household size: 2.4 people
Average family size: 3.09 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 3,197
Occupied housing units: 3,059 (95.68%)
Vacant housing units: 138 (4.32%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 9 (0.28%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.1%
Occupied housing units: 3,059 (95.68%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,623 (50.77%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,436 (44.92%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.8 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.94 people

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