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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	5,875	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	5,875	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	80	1.4%
Male	2,913	49.6%	Mexican	48	0.8%
Female	2,962	50.4%	Puerto Rican	4	0.1%
			Cuban	3	0.1%
Under 5 years	386	6.6%	Other Hispanic or Latino	25	0.4%
5 to 9 years	425	7.2%	Not Hispanic or Latino	5,795	98.6%
10 to 14 years	392	6.7%	White alone	5,672	96.5%
15 to 19 years	359	6.1%
20 to 24 years	340	5.8%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	873	14.9%	Total population	5,875	100.0%
35 to 44 years	943	16.1%	In households	5,869	99.9%
45 to 54 years	814	13.9%	Householder	2,357	40.1%
55 to 59 years	353	6.0%	Spouse	1,451	24.7%
60 to 64 years	279	4.7%	Child	1,701	29.0%
65 to 74 years	429	7.3%	Own child under 18 years	1,313	22.3%
75 to 84 years	218	3.7%	Other relatives	180	3.1%
85 years and over	64	1.1%	Under 18 years	66	1.1%
			Nonrelatives	180	3.1%
Median age (years)	36.6	(X)	Unmarried partner	108	1.8%
			In group quarters	6	0.1%
18 years and over	4,461	75.9%	Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	2,184	37.2%	Noninstitutionalized population	6	0.1%
Female	2,277	38.8%
21 years and over	4,250	72.3%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	875	14.9%	Total households	2,357	100.0%
65 years and over	711	12.1%	Family households (families)	1,784	75.7%
Male	307	5.2%	With own children under 18 years	802	34.0%
Female	404	6.9%	Married couple family	1,451	61.6%
			With own children under 18 years	611	25.9%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	218	9.2%
One race	5,839	99.4%	With own children under 18 years	123	5.2%
White	5,710	97.2%	Nonfamily households	573	24.3%
Black or African American	78	1.3%	Householder living alone	507	21.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	9	0.2%	Householder 65 years and over	196	8.3%
Asian	9	0.2%
Asian Indian	6	0.1%	Households with individuals under 18 years	861	36.5%
Chinese	0	0.0%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	534	22.7%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	1	0.0%	Average household size	2.49	(X)
Korean	2	0.0%	Average family size	2.87	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian¹	0	0.0%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%	Total housing units	2,527	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%	Occupied housing units	2,357	93.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.0%	Vacant housing units	170	6.7%
Samoan	0	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	11	0.4%
Other Pacific Islander²	0	0.0%
Some other race	32	0.5%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.1%	(X)
Two or more races	36	0.6%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.1%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	5,741	97.7%	Occupied housing units	2,357	100.0%
Black or African American	95	1.6%	Owner-occupied housing units	1,895	80.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	16	0.3%	Renter-occupied housing units	462	19.6%
Asian	11	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5	0.1%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.52	(X)
Some other race	44	0.7%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.36	(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.