Chesapeake, VA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5116000, place: Chesapeake city, Virginia)

Total Population: 199,184
Male: 96,728 (48.56%)
Female: 102,456 (51.44%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 14,272 (7.17%)
5 to 9 years: 16,138 (8.1%)
10 to 14 years: 17,121 (8.6%)
15 to 19 years: 14,931 (7.5%)
20 to 24 years: 11,186 (5.62%)
25 to 34 years: 26,807 (13.46%)
35 to 44 years: 37,602 (18.88%)
45 to 54 years: 27,506 (13.81%)
55 to 59 years: 8,955 (4.5%)
60 to 64 years: 6,822 (3.42%)
65 to 74 years: 10,227 (5.13%)
75 to 84 years: 6,086 (3.06%)
85 years and over: 1,531 (0.77%)

Median age: 34.7 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 141,901 (71.24%)
21 years and over: 134,453 (67.5%)
62 years and over: 21,801 (10.95%)
65 years and over: 17,844 (8.96%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 141,901 (71.24%)
--Male: 67,626 (33.95%)
--Female: 74,275 (37.29%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 17,844 (8.96%)
--Male: 7,201 (3.62%)
--Female: 10,643 (5.34%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 195,960 (98.38%)
--White: 131,200 (65.87%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 4,076 (2.05%)
--Black or African American: 56,823 (28.53%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 770 (0.39%)
--Asian: 3,673 (1.84%)
----Asian Indian: 374 (0.19%)
----Chinese: 380 (0.19%)
----Filipino: 2,029 (1.02%)
----Japanese: 167 (0.08%)
----Korean: 258 (0.13%)
----Vietnamese: 240 (0.12%)
----Other Asian: 225 (0.11%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 101 (0.05%)
----Native Hawaiian: 29 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 34 (0.02%)
----Samoan: 16 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 22 (0.01%)
--Some other race: 1,400 (0.7%)
Two or more Races: 3,224 (1.62%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 4,076 (2.05%)
--Mexican: 1,202 (0.6%)
--Puerto Rican: 1,276 (0.64%)
--Cuban: 203 (0.1%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1,395 (0.7%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 195,108 (97.95%)
--White Alone: 131,200 (65.87%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 195,070 (97.93%)
--Householder: 69,900 (35.09%)
--Spouse: 41,702 (20.94%)
--Child: 65,054 (32.66%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 51,054 (25.63%)
--Other relatives: 10,769 (5.41%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 5,017 (2.52%)
--Nonrelatives: 7,645 (3.84%)
----Unmarried partner: 2,867 (1.44%)
Living in group quarters: 4,114 (2.07%)
--Institutionalized Population: 3,205 (1.61%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 909 (0.46%)
Total households: 69,900
Family households (families): 54,158 (77.48%)
----With own children under 18 years: 28,657 (41%)
--Married-couple families: 41,702 (59.66%)
----With own children under 18 years: 21,175 (30.29%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 9,797 (14.02%)
----With own children under 18 years: 6,054 (8.66%)
Nonfamily households: 15,742 (22.52%)
--Householder living alone: 12,568 (17.98%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 4,124 (5.9%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 31,693 (45.34%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 12,620 (18.05%)
Average household size: 2.79 people
Average family size: 3.17 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 72,672
Occupied housing units: 69,900 (96.19%)
Vacant housing units: 2,772 (3.81%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 190 (0.26%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.4%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 3.6%
Occupied housing units: 69,900 (96.19%)
Owner occupied housing units: 52,335 (72.02%)
Renter occupied housing units: 17,565 (24.17%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.87 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.56 people

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