Tamaqua, PA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4276032, place: Tamaqua borough, Pennsylvania)

Total Population: 7,174
Male: 3,438 (47.92%)
Female: 3,736 (52.08%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 362 (5.05%)
5 to 9 years: 401 (5.59%)
10 to 14 years: 497 (6.93%)
15 to 19 years: 445 (6.2%)
20 to 24 years: 353 (4.92%)
25 to 34 years: 986 (13.74%)
35 to 44 years: 1,050 (14.64%)
45 to 54 years: 880 (12.27%)
55 to 59 years: 341 (4.75%)
60 to 64 years: 335 (4.67%)
65 to 74 years: 738 (10.29%)
75 to 84 years: 596 (8.31%)
85 years and over: 190 (2.65%)

Median age: 40.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,611 (78.21%)
21 years and over: 5,395 (75.2%)
62 years and over: 1,725 (24.05%)
65 years and over: 1,524 (21.24%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 5,611 (78.21%)
--Male: 2,614 (36.44%)
--Female: 2,997 (41.78%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,524 (21.24%)
--Male: 573 (7.99%)
--Female: 951 (13.26%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 7,133 (99.43%)
--White: 7,018 (97.83%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 93 (1.3%)
--Black or African American: 13 (0.18%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 6 (0.08%)
--Asian: 16 (0.22%)
----Asian Indian: 6 (0.08%)
----Chinese: 4 (0.06%)
----Filipino: 2 (0.03%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.01%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 2 (0.03%)
----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: 18 (0.25%)
Two or more Races: 41 (0.57%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 93 (1.3%)
--Mexican: 37 (0.52%)
--Puerto Rican: 36 (0.5%)
--Cuban: 1 (0.01%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 19 (0.26%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 7,081 (98.7%)
--White Alone: 7,018 (97.83%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 7,162 (99.83%)
--Householder: 3,179 (44.31%)
--Spouse: 1,396 (19.46%)
--Child: 1,973 (27.5%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,405 (19.58%)
--Other relatives: 297 (4.14%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 103 (1.44%)
--Nonrelatives: 317 (4.42%)
----Unmarried partner: 181 (2.52%)
Living in group quarters: 12 (0.17%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 12 (0.17%)
Total households: 3,179
Family households (families): 1,901 (59.8%)
----With own children under 18 years: 788 (24.79%)
--Married-couple families: 1,396 (43.91%)
----With own children under 18 years: 529 (16.64%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 379 (11.92%)
----With own children under 18 years: 191 (6.01%)
Nonfamily households: 1,278 (40.2%)
--Householder living alone: 1,142 (35.92%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 632 (19.88%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 877 (27.59%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,178 (37.06%)
Average household size: 2.25 people
Average family size: 2.93 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 3,602
Occupied housing units: 3,179 (88.26%)
Vacant housing units: 423 (11.74%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 18 (0.5%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10%
Occupied housing units: 3,179 (88.26%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,171 (60.27%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,008 (27.98%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.44 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.85 people

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