Census 2000 Demographics

Geographic Area: Hamilton County, Tennessee

[For information on confidentiality protection, non-sampling error, and definitions, see text]

Total population	307,896	100.0
SEX AND AGE	Count	%	RACE	Count	%
Female.	160,614	52.2	One Race	304,381	98.9
Male	147,282	47.8	White	235,000	76.3
Under 5 years	18,444	6.0	Black or African American	62,005	20.1
5 to 9 years	20,100	6.5	American Indian and Alaska Native	900	0.3
10to14years	20,878	6.8	Asian	3,924	1.3
15to19years	20,667	6.7	Asian Indian	1,315	0.4
20to24years	20,974	6.8	Chinese	567	0.2
25to34years	41,730	13.6	Filipino	384	0.1
35to44years	47,595	15.5	Japanese	172	0.1
45to54years	45,447	14.8	Korean	520	0.2
55to59years	16,258	5.3	Vietnamese	406	0.1
60to64years	13,194	4.3	Other Asian *	560	0.2
65to74years	22,652	7.4	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	196	0.1
75to84years	14,717	4.8	Native Hawaiian	18 -Guamanian
85 years and over	5,240	1.7	or Chamorro	116 -Samoan
Median age (years)	37.4 (X)		Other	34
18 years and over	236,454	76.8	Pacific Islander * *	28 -Some
Male	110,738	36.0	other race	2,356	0.8
Female	125,716	40.8	Two or more races	3,515	1.1
21 years and over	223,133	72.5
62 years and over	50,238	16.3
65 years and over	42,609	13.8
Male	16,550	5.4
Female	26,059	8.5

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races: * * *
Subject	Count	%
White	237,968	77.3
Black or African American	63,285	20.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,220	0.7
Asian	4,555	1.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	364	0.1
Some other race	3,275	1.1

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE Subject	Count	%
Total population	307,896	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	5,481	1.8
Mexican	2,490	0.8
Puerto Rican	646	0.2
Cuban	269	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,076	0.7
Not Hispanic or Latino	302,415	98.2
White alone	232,475	75.5

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	307,896	100.0
In households	300,106	97.5
Householder	124,444	40.4
Spouse	62,429	20.3
Child	84,330	27.4
Own child under 18 years	62,774	20.4
Other relatives	16,471	5.3
Under 18 years	6,958	2.3
No relatives	12,432	4.0
Unmarried partner	4,847	1.6
In group quarters	7,790	2.5
Institutionalized population	3,385	1.1
Non-institutionalized population	4,405	1.4

HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE	Count	%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY	Count	%
Total households	124,444	100.0	Total housing units	134,692	100.0
Family households (families)	83,692	67.3	Occupied housing units	124,444	92.4
Withownchildrenunder18years	35,945	28.9	Vacant housing units	10,248	7.6
Married-couple family	62,429	50.2	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	707	0.5
With own children under18years	24,739	19.9	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.1 (X)
Female householder, no husband present	16,797	13.5	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.6 (X)
With own children under 18 years	9,213	7.4	HOUSING TENURE
Non-family households	40,752	32.7	Occupied housing units	124,444	100.0
Householder living alone	34,714	27.9	Owner-occupied housing units.	82,014	65.9
Householder 65 years and over	12,400	10.0	Renter-occupied housing units	42,430	34.1
Households with individuals under 18 years	40,305	32.4	Average household size of owner occupied units	2.54 (X)
Households with individuals 65 years and over	30,426	24.4	Average household size of renter-occupied units	2.17 (X)
Average household size	2.41 (X)
Average family size	2.95 (X)

- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

* Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.

* *Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.

* * * In 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.

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