County Demographic Data

Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Defiance County
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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	39,500	100.0%	HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
			Total population	39,500	100.0%
SEX AND AGE			Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	2,857	7.2%
Male	19,480	49.3%	Mexican	1,895	4.8%
Female	20,020	50.7%	Puerto Rican	243	0.6%
			Cuban	1	0.0%
Under 5 years	2,747	7.0%	Other Hispanic or Latino	718	1.8%
5 to 9 years	2,787	7.1%	Not Hispanic or Latino	36,643	92.8%
10 to 14 years	2,982	7.5%	White alone	35,471	89.8%
15 to 19 years	3,184	8.1%
20 to 24 years	2,436	6.2%	RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	4,814	12.2%	Total population	39,500	100.0%
35 to 44 years	5,992	15.2%	In households	38,895	98.5%
45 to 54 years	5,757	14.6%	Householder	15,138	38.3%
55 to 59 years	2,070	5.2%	Spouse	8,923	22.6%
60 to 64 years	1,633	4.1%	Child	12,248	31.0%
65 to 74 years	2,698	6.8%	Own child under 18 years	9,708	24.6%
75 to 84 years	1,794	4.5%	Other relatives	1,122	2.8%
85 years and over	606	1.5%	Under 18 years	558	1.4%
			Nonrelatives	1,464	3.7%
Median age (years)	36.5	(X)	Unmarried partner	775	2.0%
			In group quarters	605	1.5%
18 years and over	29,017	73.5%	Institutionalized population	313	0.8%
Male	14,129	35.8%	Noninstitutionalized population	292	0.7%
Female	14,888	37.7%
21 years and over	27,222	68.9%	HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	6,040	15.3%	Total households	15,138	100.0%
65 years and over	5,098	12.9%	Family households (families)	11,016	72.8%
Male	2,083	5.3%	With own children under 18 years	5,196	34.3%
Female	3,015	7.6%	Married couple family	8,923	58.9%
			With own children under 18 years	3,821	25.2%
RACE			Female householder, no husband present	1,456	9.6%
One race	38,937	98.6%	With own children under 18 years	973	6.4%
White	36,575	92.6%	Nonfamily households	4,122	27.2%
Black or African American	692	1.8%	Householder living alone	3,487	23.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	102	0.3%	Householder 65 years and over	1,435	9.5%
Asian	142	0.4%
Asian Indian	24	0.1%	Households with individuals under 18 years	5,592	36.9%
Chinese	38	0.1%	Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,483	23.0%
Filipino	12	0.0%
Japanese	6	0.0%	Average household size	2.57	(X)
Korean	36	0.1%	Average family size	3.02	(X)
Vietnamese	17	0.0%
Other Asian¹	9	0.0%	HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%	Total housing units	16,040	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%	Occupied housing units	15,138	94.4%
Guamanian or Chamorro	3	0.0%	Vacant housing units	902	5.6%
Samoan	5	0.0%	For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	61	0.4%
Other Pacific Islander²	0	0.0%
Some other race	1,417	3.6%	Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.7%	(X)
Two or more races	563	1.4%	Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.2%	(X)

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:³*			HOUSING TENURE
White	37,095	93.9%	Occupied housing units	15,138	100.0%
Black or African American	840	2.1%	Owner-occupied housing units	12,048	79.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	242	0.6%	Renter-occupied housing units	3,090	20.4%
Asian	175	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	15	0.0%	Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.63	(X)
Some other race	1,715	4.3%	Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.35	(X)

Date: September 21, 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.