Morgantown, WV

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5455756, place: Morgantown city, West Virginia)

Total Population: 26,809
Male: 13,711 (51.14%)
Female: 13,098 (48.86%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 793 (2.96%)
5 to 9 years: 727 (2.71%)
10 to 14 years: 908 (3.39%)
15 to 19 years: 4,773 (17.8%)
20 to 24 years: 7,753 (28.92%)
25 to 34 years: 3,180 (11.86%)
35 to 44 years: 2,288 (8.53%)
45 to 54 years: 2,259 (8.43%)
55 to 59 years: 756 (2.82%)
60 to 64 years: 593 (2.21%)
65 to 74 years: 1,278 (4.77%)
75 to 84 years: 1,105 (4.12%)
85 years and over: 396 (1.48%)

Median age: 23.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 23,846 (88.95%)
21 years and over: 17,187 (64.11%)
62 years and over: 3,146 (11.73%)
65 years and over: 2,779 (10.37%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 23,846 (88.95%)
--Male: 12,213 (45.56%)
--Female: 11,633 (43.39%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 2,779 (10.37%)
--Male: 1,011 (3.77%)
--Female: 1,768 (6.59%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 26,412 (98.52%)
--White: 23,740 (88.55%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 412 (1.54%)
--Black or African American: 1,113 (4.15%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 45 (0.17%)
--Asian: 1,113 (4.15%)
----Asian Indian: 397 (1.48%)
----Chinese: 412 (1.54%)
----Filipino: 43 (0.16%)
----Japanese: 61 (0.23%)
----Korean: 72 (0.27%)
----Vietnamese: 11 (0.04%)
----Other Asian: 117 (0.44%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 13 (0.05%)
----Native Hawaiian: 2 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0%)
----Samoan: 1 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 9 (0.03%)
--Some other race: 138 (0.51%)
Two or more Races: 397 (1.48%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 412 (1.54%)
--Mexican: 113 (0.42%)
--Puerto Rican: 61 (0.23%)
--Cuban: 13 (0.05%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 225 (0.84%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 26,397 (98.46%)
--White Alone: 23,740 (88.55%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 22,480 (83.85%)
--Householder: 10,782 (40.22%)
--Spouse: 3,138 (11.71%)
--Child: 3,617 (13.49%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,754 (10.27%)
--Other relatives: 603 (2.25%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 108 (0.4%)
--Nonrelatives: 4,340 (16.19%)
----Unmarried partner: 475 (1.77%)
Living in group quarters: 4,329 (16.15%)
--Institutionalized Population: 181 (0.68%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 4,148 (15.47%)
Total households: 10,782
Family households (families): 4,188 (38.84%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,616 (14.99%)
--Married-couple families: 3,138 (29.1%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,172 (10.87%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 758 (7.03%)
----With own children under 18 years: 360 (3.34%)
Nonfamily households: 6,594 (61.16%)
--Householder living alone: 4,024 (37.32%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,021 (9.47%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,707 (15.83%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,038 (18.9%)
Average household size: 2.08 people
Average family size: 2.76 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 11,721
Occupied housing units: 10,782 (91.99%)
Vacant housing units: 939 (8.01%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 44 (0.38%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 6.6%
Occupied housing units: 10,782 (91.99%)
Owner occupied housing units: 4,498 (38.38%)
Renter occupied housing units: 6,284 (53.61%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.26 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.96 people

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