Philadelphia, PA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4260000, place: Philadelphia city, Pennsylvania)

Total Population: 1,517,550
Male: 705,107 (46.46%)
Female: 812,443 (53.54%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 98,161 (6.47%)
5 to 9 years: 112,111 (7.39%)
10 to 14 years: 112,726 (7.43%)
15 to 19 years: 110,701 (7.29%)
20 to 24 years: 117,609 (7.75%)
25 to 34 years: 224,864 (14.82%)
35 to 44 years: 219,910 (14.49%)
45 to 54 years: 182,530 (12.03%)
55 to 59 years: 67,280 (4.43%)
60 to 64 years: 57,936 (3.82%)
65 to 74 years: 107,048 (7.05%)
75 to 84 years: 79,335 (5.23%)
85 years and over: 27,339 (1.8%)

Median age: 34.2 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,134,081 (74.73%)
21 years and over: 1,058,316 (69.74%)
62 years and over: 247,867 (16.33%)
65 years and over: 213,722 (14.08%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,134,081 (74.73%)
--Male: 510,257 (33.62%)
--Female: 623,824 (41.11%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 213,722 (14.08%)
--Male: 79,821 (5.26%)
--Female: 133,901 (8.82%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,483,976 (97.79%)
--White: 644,395 (42.46%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 128,928 (8.5%)
--Black or African American: 655,824 (43.22%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 4,073 (0.27%)
--Asian: 67,654 (4.46%)
----Asian Indian: 12,819 (0.84%)
----Chinese: 17,783 (1.17%)
----Filipino: 4,012 (0.26%)
----Japanese: 1,216 (0.08%)
----Korean: 6,556 (0.43%)
----Vietnamese: 11,608 (0.76%)
----Other Asian: 13,660 (0.9%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 729 (0.05%)
----Native Hawaiian: 183 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 121 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 157 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 268 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 72,429 (4.77%)
Two or more Races: 33,574 (2.21%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 128,928 (8.5%)
--Mexican: 6,220 (0.41%)
--Puerto Rican: 91,527 (6.03%)
--Cuban: 2,730 (0.18%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 28,451 (1.87%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 1,388,622 (91.5%)
--White Alone: 644,395 (42.46%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,462,819 (96.39%)
--Householder: 590,071 (38.88%)
--Spouse: 189,291 (12.47%)
--Child: 453,578 (29.89%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 309,461 (20.39%)
--Other relatives: 139,386 (9.18%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 64,201 (4.23%)
--Nonrelatives: 90,493 (5.96%)
----Unmarried partner: 35,229 (2.32%)
Living in group quarters: 54,731 (3.61%)
--Institutionalized Population: 20,411 (1.34%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 34,320 (2.26%)
Total households: 590,071
Family households (families): 352,331 (59.71%)
----With own children under 18 years: 162,905 (27.61%)
--Married-couple families: 189,291 (32.08%)
----With own children under 18 years: 79,879 (13.54%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 131,332 (22.26%)
----With own children under 18 years: 69,731 (11.82%)
Nonfamily households: 237,740 (40.29%)
--Householder living alone: 199,515 (33.81%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 70,017 (11.87%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 195,468 (33.13%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 159,463 (27.02%)
Average household size: 2.48 people
Average family size: 3.22 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 661,958
Occupied housing units: 590,071 (89.14%)
Vacant housing units: 71,887 (10.86%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 1,790 (0.27%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.9%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 7%
Occupied housing units: 590,071 (89.14%)
Owner occupied housing units: 349,633 (52.82%)
Renter occupied housing units: 240,438 (36.32%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.65 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.23 people

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