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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: Oswego city, New York

NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table.

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	17,954	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	8,393	46.7
Female	9,561	53.3

Under 5 years	988	5.5
5 to 9 years	1,110	6.2
10 to 14 years	1,215	6.8
15 to 19 years	1,076	6.0
20 to 24 years	2,559	14.3
25 to 34 years	2,053	11.4
35 to 44 years	2,511	14.0
45 to 54 years	2,061	11.5
55 to 59 years	724	4.0
60 to 64 years	577	3.2
65 to 74 years	1,275	7.1
75 to 84 years	1,251	7.0
85 years and over	554	3.1

Median age (years)	34.9	(X)

18 years and over	13,964	77.8
Male	6,342	35.3
Female	7,622	42.5
21 years and over	13,062	72.8
62 years and over	3,415	19.0
65 years and over	3,080	17.2
Male	1,047	5.8
Female	2,033	11.3

RACE
One race	17,699	98.6
White	17,114	95.3
Black or African American	186	1.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	59	0.3
Asian	147	0.8
Asian Indian	50	0.3
Chinese	28	0.2
Filipino	35	0.2
Japanese	7	0.0
Korean	12	0.1
Vietnamese	11	0.1
Other Asian ¹	4	0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0
Samoan	0	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	0	0.0
Some other race	193	1.1
Two or more races	255	1.4

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	17,354	96.7
Black or African American	253	1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	137	0.8
Asian	198	1.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1
Some other race	270	1.5

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	17,954	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	503	2.8
Mexican	109	0.6
Puerto Rican	260	1.4
Cuban	7	0.0
Other Hispanic or Latino	127	0.7
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,451	97.2
White alone	16,888	94.1

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	17,954	100.0
In households	17,095	95.2
Householder	7,338	40.9
Spouse	2,807	15.6
Child	4,672	26.0
Own child under 18 years	3,739	20.8
Other relatives	477	2.7
Under 18 years	142	0.8
Nonrelatives	1,801	10.0
Unmarried partner	468	2.6
In group quarters	859	4.8
Institutionalized population	618	3.4
Noninstitutionalized population	241	1.3

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	7,338	100.0
Family households (families)	3,975	54.2
With own children under 18 years	1,997	27.2
Married-couple family	2,807	38.3
With own children under 18 years	1,277	17.4
Female householder, no husband present	907	12.4
With own children under 18 years	583	7.9
Nonfamily households	3,363	45.8
Householder living alone	2,512	34.2
Householder 65 years and over	1,036	14.1

Households with individuals under 18 years	2,121	28.9
Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,939	26.4

Average household size	2.33	(X)
Average family size	3.00	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	8,080	100.0
Occupied housing units	7,338	90.8
Vacant housing units	742	9.2
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	54	0.7

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.7	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	7,338	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	3,836	52.3
Renter-occupied housing units	3,502	47.7

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.47	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.18	(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.