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Mount Joy, PA

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Latitude: 40.109895     Longitude: -76.510977
Population 6,944 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4251656, place: Mount Joy borough, Pennsylvania)

Total Population: 6,765
Male: 3,289 (48.62%)
Female: 3,476 (51.38%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 438 (6.47%)
5 to 9 years: 454 (6.71%)
10 to 14 years: 457 (6.76%)
15 to 19 years: 393 (5.81%)
20 to 24 years: 432 (6.39%)
25 to 34 years: 1,058 (15.64%)
35 to 44 years: 1,171 (17.31%)
45 to 54 years: 830 (12.27%)
55 to 59 years: 274 (4.05%)
60 to 64 years: 258 (3.81%)
65 to 74 years: 545 (8.06%)
75 to 84 years: 375 (5.54%)
85 years and over: 80 (1.18%)

Median age: 36.3 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,158 (76.25%)
21 years and over: 4,938 (72.99%)
62 years and over: 1,153 (17.04%)
65 years and over: 1,000 (14.78%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,158 (76.25%)
--Male: 2,466 (36.45%)
--Female: 2,692 (39.79%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,000 (14.78%)
--Male: 409 (6.05%)
--Female: 591 (8.74%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 6,694 (98.95%)
--White: 6,363 (94.06%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 209 (3.09%)
--Black or African American: 100 (1.48%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 8 (0.12%)
--Asian: 34 (0.5%)
----Asian Indian: 4 (0.06%)
----Chinese: 4 (0.06%)
----Filipino: 6 (0.09%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.01%)
----Korean: 4 (0.06%)
----Vietnamese: 14 (0.21%)
----Other Asian: 1 (0.01%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 77 (1.14%)
Two or more Races: 71 (1.05%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 209 (3.09%)
--Mexican: 62 (0.92%)
--Puerto Rican: 92 (1.36%)
--Cuban: 8 (0.12%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 47 (0.69%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 6,556 (96.91%)
--White Alone: 6,363 (94.06%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 6,750 (99.78%)
--Householder: 2,839 (41.97%)
--Spouse: 1,465 (21.66%)
--Child: 1,873 (27.69%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,498 (22.14%)
--Other relatives: 193 (2.85%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 58 (0.86%)
--Nonrelatives: 380 (5.62%)
----Unmarried partner: 204 (3.02%)
Living in group quarters: 15 (0.22%)
--Institutionalized Population: 15 (0.22%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 2,839
Family households (families): 1,865 (65.69%)
----With own children under 18 years: 851 (29.98%)
--Married-couple families: 1,465 (51.6%)
----With own children under 18 years: 596 (20.99%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 280 (9.86%)
----With own children under 18 years: 178 (6.27%)
Nonfamily households: 974 (34.31%)
--Householder living alone: 777 (27.37%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 297 (10.46%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 900 (31.7%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 710 (25.01%)
Average household size: 2.38 people
Average family size: 2.89 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 2,957
Occupied housing units: 2,839 (96.01%)
Vacant housing units: 118 (3.99%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 5 (0.17%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.9%
Occupied housing units: 2,839 (96.01%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,778 (60.13%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,061 (35.88%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.54 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.1 people

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