Desoto, TX

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4820092, place: DeSoto city, Texas)

Total Population: 37,646
Male: 17,697 (47.01%)
Female: 19,949 (52.99%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 2,653 (7.05%)
5 to 9 years: 2,886 (7.67%)
10 to 14 years: 3,180 (8.45%)
15 to 19 years: 2,910 (7.73%)
20 to 24 years: 1,826 (4.85%)
25 to 34 years: 4,707 (12.5%)
35 to 44 years: 6,650 (17.66%)
45 to 54 years: 6,034 (16.03%)
55 to 59 years: 1,993 (5.29%)
60 to 64 years: 1,308 (3.47%)
65 to 74 years: 1,844 (4.9%)
75 to 84 years: 1,177 (3.13%)
85 years and over: 478 (1.27%)

Median age: 36.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 27,034 (71.81%)
21 years and over: 25,605 (68.02%)
62 years and over: 4,216 (11.2%)
65 years and over: 3,499 (9.29%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 27,034 (71.81%)
--Male: 12,291 (32.65%)
--Female: 14,743 (39.16%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 3,499 (9.29%)
--Male: 1,364 (3.62%)
--Female: 2,135 (5.67%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 37,103 (98.56%)
--White: 16,818 (44.67%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,750 (7.3%)
--Black or African American: 17,142 (45.53%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 118 (0.31%)
--Asian: 484 (1.29%)
----Asian Indian: 121 (0.32%)
----Chinese: 63 (0.17%)
----Filipino: 77 (0.2%)
----Japanese: 24 (0.06%)
----Korean: 103 (0.27%)
----Vietnamese: 53 (0.14%)
----Other Asian: 43 (0.11%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 13 (0.03%)
----Native Hawaiian: 4 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 8 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 964 (2.56%)
Two or more Races: 543 (1.44%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,750 (7.3%)
--Mexican: 2,052 (5.45%)
--Puerto Rican: 65 (0.17%)
--Cuban: 27 (0.07%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 606 (1.61%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 34,896 (92.7%)
--White Alone: 16,818 (44.67%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 37,212 (98.85%)
--Householder: 13,709 (36.42%)
--Spouse: 8,060 (21.41%)
--Child: 12,247 (32.53%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 9,509 (25.26%)
--Other relatives: 2,118 (5.63%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 944 (2.51%)
--Nonrelatives: 1,078 (2.86%)
----Unmarried partner: 456 (1.21%)
Living in group quarters: 434 (1.15%)
--Institutionalized Population: 423 (1.12%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 11 (0.03%)
Total households: 13,709
Family households (families): 10,464 (76.33%)
----With own children under 18 years: 5,416 (39.51%)
--Married-couple families: 8,060 (58.79%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,928 (28.65%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,936 (14.12%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,248 (9.1%)
Nonfamily households: 3,245 (23.67%)
--Householder living alone: 2,829 (20.64%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 830 (6.05%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 5,943 (43.35%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,321 (16.93%)
Average household size: 2.71 people
Average family size: 3.14 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 14,069
Occupied housing units: 13,709 (97.44%)
Vacant housing units: 360 (2.56%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 25 (0.18%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2.6%
Occupied housing units: 13,709 (97.44%)
Owner occupied housing units: 9,904 (70.4%)
Renter occupied housing units: 3,805 (27.05%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.88 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.3 people

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