Demographic Data Year 2000
A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used for accumulating statistical data, and it is also vital to democracy (voting).
Ancient censuses
Rome conducted censuses to determine taxes. The word
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- This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses.
2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and also:
- The International Year for a Culture of Peace.
- The World Mathematical Year.
Events
January
- January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.
..... Click the link for more information. , there are 16,117 people, 7,231 households, and 3,962 families residing in the city. The population density
- (If you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below)
Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually expressed in terms of items or organisms per unit area.
How to define population density?
Note
..... Click the link for more information. is 1,379.8/km² (3,573.3/mi²). There are 8,428 housing units at an average density of 721.5/km² (1,868.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.09% White
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. , 1.00% African American The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. , 0.53% Native American The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. , 0.94% Asian The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. , 0.09% Pacific Islander The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. , 1.46% from other races The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. , and 1.89% from two or more races. 5.25% of the population are Hispanic The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. or Latino The United States Census Bureau uses the federal government's definitions of race when performing a census. These definitions have and may change between each census.
The racial categories are officially described as follows:¹
- The categories represent a social-political construct designed for collecting data on the race and ethnicity of broad population groups in this country, and are not anthropologically or scientifically based.
..... Click the link for more information. of any race.
There are 7,231 households out of which 21.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% are married couples Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. Precise definitions vary historically and between and within cultures, but it has been an important concept as a socially sanctioned bond between people who (usually) are in a sexual relationship. Globally, societies that sanction polygyny as a form of marriage are far more common than those that do not. However, monogamy is overwhelmingly most widely practiced, followed by polygyny, with other forms extremely rare. Since the latter decades of the 20th century alternative definitions have come to the fore and many of society's assumptions about the nature and purpose of marriage and family have been challenged.
..... Click the link for more information. living together, 11.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 45.2% are non-families. 37.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 20.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.11 and the average family size is 2.76.
In the city the population is spread out with 19.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 28.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $25,881, and the median income for a family is $32,172. Males have a median income of $25,318 versus $20,501 for females. The per capita income
The per capita income for an area may be defined as the total personal income in an area, divided by the number of people in that area.
Per capita income as a measure of wealth
Per capita income is often used as a measure of the wealth of the population of a nation, particularly in comparison to other nations. It is usually expressed in terms of a commonly-used international currency such as the US Dollar, and is useful because it is widely known and produces a straightforward statistic for comparison.
..... Click the link for more information. for the city is $16,644. 16.6% of the population and 12.3% of families are below the poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. People who have an income below the poverty line have no discretionary disposable income, by definition.
The actual monetary value of the poverty line differs from place to place but is usually near some fixed value within a country. This occurs because the resources needed for living have different prices in different places. Even within a country, the poverty line can be markedly different between cities and farming towns, between areas of cold and warm climate, and so forth.
..... Click the link for more information. . Out of the total population, 27.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. |