Wilmington Delaware Census and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	72,664	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	72,664	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	7,148	9.8%
Male	34,674	47.7%		Mexican	1,746	2.4%
Female	37,990	52.3%		Puerto Rican	4,328	6.0%
				Cuban	87	0.1%
Under 5 years	4,953	6.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	987	1.4%
5 to 9 years	5,424	7.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	65,516	90.2%
10 to 14 years	5,308	7.3%		White alone	23,352	32.1%
15 to 19 years	5,105	7.0%
20 to 24 years	5,121	7.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	11,906	16.4%		Total population	72,664	100.0%
35 to 44 years	11,349	15.6%		In households	68,436	94.2%
45 to 54 years	8,861	12.2%		Householder	28,617	39.4%
55 to 59 years	3,080	4.2%		Spouse	7,621	10.5%
60 to 64 years	2,434	3.3%		Child	20,334	28.0%
65 to 74 years	4,401	6.1%		Own child under 18 years	14,531	20.0%
75 to 84 years	3,411	4.7%		Other relatives	6,804	9.4%
85 years and over	1,311	1.8%		Under 18 years	3,561	4.9%
				Nonrelatives	5,060	7.0%
Median age (years)	33.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	2,025	2.8%
				In group quarters	4,228	5.8%
18 years and over	53,871	74.1%		Institutionalized population	2,785	3.8%
Male	25,046	34.5%		Noninstitutionalized population	1,443	2.0%
Female	28,825	39.7%
21 years and over	50,840	70.0%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	10,527	14.5%		Total households	28,617	100.0%
65 years and over	9,123	12.6%		Family households (families)	15,881	55.5%
Male	3,201	4.4%		With own children under 18 years	7,758	27.1%
Female	5,922	8.1%		Married couple family	7,621	26.6%
				With own children under 18 years	3,110	10.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	6,814	23.8%
One race	71,240	98.0%		With own children under 18 years	4,007	14.0%
White	25,811	35.5%		Nonfamily households	12,736	44.5%
Black or African American	41,001	56.4%		Householder living alone	10,615	37.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	185	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	3,723	13.0%
Asian	473	0.7%
Asian Indian	169	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	9,507	33.2%
Chinese	98	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	6,954	24.3%
Filipino	73	0.1%
Japanese	19	0.0%		Average household size	2.39	(X)
Korean	69	0.1%		Average family size	3.19	(X)
Vietnamese	20	0.0%
Other Asian1	25	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	20	0.0%		Total housing units	32,138	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	28,617	89.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	3	0.0%		Vacant housing units	3,521	11.0%
Samoan	1	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	66	0.2%
Other Pacific Islander2	15	0.0%
Some other race	3,750	5.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.6%	(X)
Two or more races	1,424	2.0%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	26,622	36.6%		Occupied housing units	28,617	100.0%
Black or African American	41,976	57.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	14,332	50.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	576	0.8%		Renter-occupied housing units	14,285	49.9%
Asian	591	0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	74	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.45	(X)
Some other race	4,377	6.0%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.33	(X)
Date: December 19, 2004
- 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.