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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: Elkhart County, Indiana

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	182,791	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	90,848	49.7
Female	91,943	50.3

Under 5 years	14,800	8.1
5 to 9 years	14,799	8.1
10 to 14 years	14,939	8.2
15 to 19 years	13,375	7.3
20 to 24 years	12,300	6.7
25 to 34 years	26,566	14.5
35 to 44 years	27,916	15.3
45 to 54 years	23,453	12.8
55 to 59 years	8,396	4.6
60 to 64 years	6,406	3.5
65 to 74 years	10,271	5.6
75 to 84 years	7,055	3.9
85 years and over	2,515	1.4

Median age (years)	33.0	(X)

18 years and over	129,992	71.1
Male	63,714	34.9
Female	66,278	36.3
21 years and over	122,367	66.9
62 years and over	23,550	12.9
65 years and over	19,841	10.9
Male	8,064	4.4
Female	11,777	6.4

RACE
One race	179,541	98.2
White	157,931	86.4
Black or African American	9,551	5.2
American Indian and Alaska Native	495	0.3
Asian	1,681	0.9
Asian Indian	321	0.2
Chinese	246	0.1
Filipino	110	0.1
Japanese	95	0.1
Korean	178	0.1
Vietnamese	148	0.1
Other Asian ¹	583	0.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	78	0.0
Native Hawaiian	17	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	21	0.0
Samoan	7	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	33	0.0
Some other race	9,805	5.4
Two or more races	3,250	1.8

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	160,852	88.0
Black or African American	10,667	5.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,330	0.7
Asian	2,184	1.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	134	0.1
Some other race	11,063	6.1

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	182,791	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	16,300	8.9
Mexican	13,267	7.3
Puerto Rican	740	0.4
Cuban	54	0.0
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,239	1.2
Not Hispanic or Latino	166,491	91.1
White alone	152,421	83.4

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	182,791	100.0
In households	180,009	98.5
Householder	66,154	36.2
Spouse	37,573	20.6
Child	57,929	31.7
Own child under 18 years	47,722	26.1
Other relatives	8,507	4.7
Under 18 years	3,453	1.9
Nonrelatives	9,846	5.4
Unmarried partner	4,008	2.2
In group quarters	2,782	1.5
Institutionalized population	1,692	0.9
Noninstitutionalized population	1,090	0.6

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	66,154	100.0
Family households (families)	47,659	72.0
With own children under 18 years	24,067	36.4
Married-couple family	37,573	56.8
With own children under 18 years	17,592	26.6
Female householder, no husband present	6,955	10.5
With own children under 18 years	4,636	7.0
Nonfamily households	18,495	28.0
Householder living alone	14,938	22.6
Householder 65 years and over	5,586	8.4

Households with individuals under 18 years	26,223	39.6
Households with individuals 65 years and over	13,783	20.8

Average household size	2.72	(X)
Average family size	3.18	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	69,791	100.0
Occupied housing units	66,154	94.8
Vacant housing units	3,637	5.2
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	370	0.5

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.7	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.7	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	66,154	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	47,769	72.2
Renter-occupied housing units	18,385	27.8

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.81	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.49	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more 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 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.