Wilkes-barre Township, PA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4285168, place: Wilkes-Barre Township CDP, Pennsylvania)

Total Population: 3,235
Male: 1,554 (48.04%)
Female: 1,681 (51.96%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 159 (4.91%)
5 to 9 years: 174 (5.38%)
10 to 14 years: 166 (5.13%)
15 to 19 years: 135 (4.17%)
20 to 24 years: 152 (4.7%)
25 to 34 years: 509 (15.73%)
35 to 44 years: 486 (15.02%)
45 to 54 years: 387 (11.96%)
55 to 59 years: 188 (5.81%)
60 to 64 years: 140 (4.33%)
65 to 74 years: 369 (11.41%)
75 to 84 years: 288 (8.9%)
85 years and over: 82 (2.53%)

Median age: 41.6 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,657 (82.13%)
21 years and over: 2,570 (79.44%)
62 years and over: 828 (25.6%)
65 years and over: 739 (22.84%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 2,657 (82.13%)
--Male: 1,241 (38.36%)
--Female: 1,416 (43.77%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 739 (22.84%)
--Male: 268 (8.28%)
--Female: 471 (14.56%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 3,209 (99.2%)
--White: 2,987 (92.33%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 25 (0.77%)
--Black or African American: 76 (2.35%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 7 (0.22%)
--Asian: 117 (3.62%)
----Asian Indian: 82 (2.53%)
----Chinese: 3 (0.09%)
----Filipino: 9 (0.28%)
----Japanese: 5 (0.15%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 7 (0.22%)
----Other Asian: 11 (0.34%)
--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: 3 (0.09%)
Two or more Races: 26 (0.8%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 25 (0.77%)
--Mexican: 3 (0.09%)
--Puerto Rican: 14 (0.43%)
--Cuban: 3 (0.09%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 5 (0.15%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 3,210 (99.23%)
--White Alone: 2,987 (92.33%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 3,139 (97.03%)
--Householder: 1,455 (44.98%)
--Spouse: 617 (19.07%)
--Child: 808 (24.98%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 520 (16.07%)
--Other relatives: 148 (4.57%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 42 (1.3%)
--Nonrelatives: 111 (3.43%)
----Unmarried partner: 67 (2.07%)
Living in group quarters: 96 (2.97%)
--Institutionalized Population: 81 (2.5%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 15 (0.46%)
Total households: 1,455
Family households (families): 847 (58.21%)
----With own children under 18 years: 325 (22.34%)
--Married-couple families: 617 (42.41%)
----With own children under 18 years: 232 (15.95%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 166 (11.41%)
----With own children under 18 years: 68 (4.67%)
Nonfamily households: 608 (41.79%)
--Householder living alone: 541 (37.18%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 249 (17.11%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 354 (24.33%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 515 (35.4%)
Average household size: 2.16 people
Average family size: 2.86 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,572
Occupied housing units: 1,455 (92.56%)
Vacant housing units: 117 (7.44%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 1 (0.06%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.8%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.7%
Occupied housing units: 1,455 (92.56%)
Owner occupied housing units: 885 (56.3%)
Renter occupied housing units: 570 (36.26%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.28 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.96 people

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