Wharton, TX

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4878136, place: Wharton city, Texas)

Total Population: 9,237
Male: 4,357 (47.17%)
Female: 4,880 (52.83%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 650 (7.04%)
5 to 9 years: 716 (7.75%)
10 to 14 years: 682 (7.38%)
15 to 19 years: 804 (8.7%)
20 to 24 years: 681 (7.37%)
25 to 34 years: 1,136 (12.3%)
35 to 44 years: 1,203 (13.02%)
45 to 54 years: 1,083 (11.72%)
55 to 59 years: 433 (4.69%)
60 to 64 years: 357 (3.86%)
65 to 74 years: 650 (7.04%)
75 to 84 years: 577 (6.25%)
85 years and over: 265 (2.87%)

Median age: 34.5 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 6,728 (72.84%)
21 years and over: 6,224 (67.38%)
62 years and over: 1,718 (18.6%)
65 years and over: 1,492 (16.15%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 6,728 (72.84%)
--Male: 3,053 (33.05%)
--Female: 3,675 (39.79%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 1,492 (16.15%)
--Male: 538 (5.82%)
--Female: 954 (10.33%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 9,073 (98.22%)
--White: 3,813 (41.28%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,871 (31.08%)
--Black or African American: 2,441 (26.43%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 38 (0.41%)
--Asian: 66 (0.71%)
----Asian Indian: 19 (0.21%)
----Chinese: 10 (0.11%)
----Filipino: 6 (0.06%)
----Japanese: 3 (0.03%)
----Korean: 3 (0.03%)
----Vietnamese: 7 (0.08%)
----Other Asian: 18 (0.19%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 15 (0.16%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 7 (0.08%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 8 (0.09%)
--Some other race: 1,310 (14.18%)
Two or more Races: 164 (1.78%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 2,871 (31.08%)
--Mexican: 2,085 (22.57%)
--Puerto Rican: 13 (0.14%)
--Cuban: 12 (0.13%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 761 (8.24%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 6,366 (68.92%)
--White Alone: 3,813 (41.28%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 8,873 (96.06%)
--Householder: 3,539 (38.31%)
--Spouse: 1,565 (16.94%)
--Child: 2,820 (30.53%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,143 (23.2%)
--Other relatives: 627 (6.79%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 316 (3.42%)
--Nonrelatives: 322 (3.49%)
----Unmarried partner: 165 (1.79%)
Living in group quarters: 364 (3.94%)
--Institutionalized Population: 241 (2.61%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 123 (1.33%)
Total households: 3,539
Family households (families): 2,270 (64.14%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,116 (31.53%)
--Married-couple families: 1,565 (44.22%)
----With own children under 18 years: 715 (20.2%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 557 (15.74%)
----With own children under 18 years: 320 (9.04%)
Nonfamily households: 1,269 (35.86%)
--Householder living alone: 1,125 (31.79%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 542 (15.32%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,289 (36.42%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 1,061 (29.98%)
Average household size: 2.51 people
Average family size: 3.21 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 4,000
Occupied housing units: 3,539 (88.48%)
Vacant housing units: 461 (11.53%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 36 (0.9%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10.8%
Occupied housing units: 3,539 (88.48%)
Owner occupied housing units: 1,911 (47.78%)
Renter occupied housing units: 1,628 (40.7%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.66 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.32 people

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