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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	8,848	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	8,848	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	208	2.4%
Male	4,289	48.5%	Mexican	153	1.7%
Female	4,559	51.5%	Puerto Rican	13	0.1%
			Cuban	9	0.1%
Under 5 years	384	4.3%	Other Hispanic or Latino	33	0.4%
5 to 9 years	405	4.6%	Not Hispanic or Latino	8,640	97.6%
10 to 14 years	455	5.1%	White alone	8,324	94.1%
15 to 19 years	602	6.8%
20 to 24 years	2,082	23.5%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,075	12.1%	Total population	8,848	100.0%
35 to 44 years	1,105	12.5%	In households	8,713	98.5%
45 to 54 years	1,041	11.8%	Householder	3,878	43.8%
55 to 59 years	389	4.4%	Spouse	1,470	16.6%
60 to 64 years	313	3.5%	Child	1,799	20.3%
65 to 74 years	500	5.7%	Own child under 18 years	1,467	16.6%
75 to 84 years	335	3.8%	Other relatives	212	2.4%
85 years and over	162	1.8%	Under 18 years	63	0.7%
			Nonrelatives	1,354	15.3%
Median age (years)	29.0	(X)	Unmarried partner	160	1.8%
			In group quarters	135	1.5%
18 years and over	7,298	82.5%	Institutionalized population	100	1.1%
Male	3,513	39.7%	Noninstitutionalized population	35	0.4%
Female	3,785	42.8%
21 years and over	6,518	73.7%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,172	13.2%	Total households	3,878	100.0%
65 years and over	997	11.3%	Family households (families)	1,899	49.0%
Male	385	4.4%	With own children under 18 years	856	22.1%
Female	612	6.9%	Married couple family	1,470	37.9%
			With own children under 18 years	603	15.5%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	336	8.7%
One race	8,788	99.3%	With own children under 18 years	213	5.5%
White	8,458	95.6%	Nonfamily households	1,979	51.0%
Black or African American	145	1.6%	Householder living alone	1,145	29.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	31	0.4%	Householder 65 years and over	301	7.8%
Asian	70	0.8%
Asian Indian	22	0.2%	Households with individuals under 18 years	903	23.3%
Chinese	21	0.2%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	678	17.5%
Filipino	1	0.0%
Japanese	11	0.1%	Average household size	2.25	(X)
Korean	6	0.1%	Average family size	2.83	(X)
Vietnamese	3	0.0%
Other Asian¹	6	0.1%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	6	0.1%	Total housing units	4,491	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	5	0.1%	Occupied housing units	3,878	86.4%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.0%	Vacant housing units	613	13.6%
Samoan	0	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	304	6.8%
Other Pacific Islander²	0	0.0%
Some other race	78	0.9%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.3%	(X)
Two or more races	60	0.7%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.1%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	8,514	96.2%	Occupied housing units	3,878	100.0%
Black or African American	164	1.9%	Owner-occupied housing units	1,956	50.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	57	0.6%	Renter-occupied housing units	1,922	49.6%
Asian	80	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	10	0.1%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.41	(X)
Some other race	86	1.0%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.08	(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.