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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	8,690	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	8,690	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	143	1.6%
Male	4,301	49.5%	Mexican	65	0.7%
Female	4,389	50.5%	Puerto Rican	16	0.2%
			Cuban	11	0.1%
Under 5 years	71	0.8%	Other Hispanic or Latino	51	0.6%
5 to 9 years	63	0.7%	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,547	98.4%
10 to 14 years	87	1.0%	White alone	8,000	92.1%
15 to 19 years	3,130	36.0%
20 to 24 years	3,830	44.1%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	485	5.6%	Total population	8,690	100.0%
35 to 44 years	245	2.8%	In households	3,950	45.5%
45 to 54 years	274	3.2%	Householder	2,060	23.7%
55 to 59 years	94	1.1%	Spouse	371	4.3%
60 to 64 years	87	1.0%	Child	339	3.9%
65 to 74 years	142	1.6%	Own child under 18 years	268	3.1%
75 to 84 years	149	1.7%	Other relatives	69	0.8%
85 years and over	33	0.4%	Under 18 years	8	0.1%
			Nonrelatives	1,111	12.8%
Median age (years)	20.6	(X)	Unmarried partner	77	0.9%
			In group quarters	4,740	54.5%
18 years and over	8,392	96.6%	Institutionalized population	22	0.3%
Male	4,152	47.8%	Noninstitutionalized population	4,718	54.3%
Female	4,240	48.8%
21 years and over	3,762	43.3%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	377	4.3%	Total households	2,060	100.0%
65 years and over	324	3.7%	Family households (families)	491	23.8%
Male	123	1.4%	With own children under 18 years	162	7.9%
Female	201	2.3%	Married couple family	371	18.0%
			With own children under 18 years	121	5.9%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	95	4.6%
One race	8,643	99.5%	With own children under 18 years	33	1.6%
White	8,100	93.2%	Nonfamily households	1,569	76.2%
Black or African American	373	4.3%	Householder living alone	842	40.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	20	0.2%	Householder 65 years and over	104	5.0%
Asian	107	1.2%
Asian Indian	27	0.3%	Households with individuals under 18 years	180	8.7%
Chinese	25	0.3%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	241	11.7%
Filipino	3	0.0%
Japanese	9	0.1%	Average household size	1.92	(X)
Korean	15	0.2%	Average family size	2.59	(X)
Vietnamese	4	0.0%
Other Asian¹	24	0.3%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	Total housing units	2,212	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%	Occupied housing units	2,060	93.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.0%	Vacant housing units	152	6.9%
Samoan	2	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	35	1.6%
Other Pacific Islander²	1	0.0%
Some other race	38	0.4%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.8%	(X)
Two or more races	47	0.5%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.6%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	8,143	93.7%	Occupied housing units	2,060	100.0%
Black or African American	387	4.5%	Owner-occupied housing units	526	25.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	37	0.4%	Renter-occupied housing units	1,534	74.5%
Asian	120	1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.09	(X)
Some other race	46	0.5%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.86	(X)

- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
¹Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
²Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.