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2000: Profile of General Demographic Characteristic
for Minneapolis (released May 23, 2001)

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Subject

Number

Percent

Total population

382,618

100

     

SEX AND AGE

 

 

Male

192,232

50.2%

Female

190,386

49.8%

 

 

 

Under 5 years

25,187

6.6%

5 to 9 years

23,960

6.3%

10 to 14 years

22,291

5.8%

15 to 19 years

26,866

7.0%

20 to 24 years

40,953

10.7%

25 to 34 years

78,978

20.6%

35 to 44 years

60,904

15.9%

45 to 54 years

45,961

12.0%

55 to 59 years

13,199

3.4%

60 to 64 years

9,441

2.5%

65 to 74 years

15,332

4.0%

75 to 84 years

13,172

3.4%

85 years and older

6,374

1.7%

 

 

 

Median Age (years)

31.2

 

 

 

 

18 years and over

298,449

78.0%

    Male

149,274

39.0%

    Female

149,175

39.0%

21 years and over

275,980

72.1%

62 years and over

40,220

10.5%

65 years and over

34,878

9.1%

    Male

13,283

3.5%

    Female

21,595

5.6%

 

 

 

RACE

 

 

One race

365,924

95.6%

    White

249,186

65.1%

    Black or African American

68,818

18.0%

    American Indian and Alaska Native

8,378

2.2%

    Asian

23,455

6.1%

    Asian-indian

1,816

0.5%

    Chinese

2,447

0.6%

    Filipino

615

0.2%

    Japanese

662

0.2%

    Korean

1,637

0.4%

    Vietnamese

2,395

0.6%

    Other Asian

13,883

3.6%

    Hative Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

289

0.1%

    Native Hawaiian

49

0.0%

    Guamanian or Chamorro

41

0.0%

    Samoan

111

0.0%

    Other Pacific Islander

88

0.0%

    Some other race

15,798

4.1%

Two or more races

16,694

4.4%

 

 

 

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:

 

 

White

260,089

68.0%

Black or African American

78,291

20.5%

American Indian and Alaska Native

12,683

3.3%

Asian

26,601

7.0%

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

949

0.2%

Some other race

22,089

5.8%

 

 

 

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE

 

 

Total population

382,618

100.0%

Hispanic or Latino (of any race)

29,175

7.6%

    Mexican

19,835

68.0%

    Puerto Rican

1,202

4.1%

    Cuban

490

1.7%

    Other Hispanic or Latino

7,648

26.2%

Not Hispanic or Latino

353,443

92.4%

    White alone

239,080

62.5%

 

 

 

RELATIONSHIP

 

 

Total population

382,618

100.0%

In households

364,554

95.3%

    Householder

162,352

42.4%

    Spouse

47,049

12.3%

    Child

89,700

23.4%

      Own child under 18 years

72,768

19.0%

    Other relatives

22,374

5.8%

      Under 18 years

8,045

2.1%

    Nonrelatives

43,079

11.3%

      Unmarried partner

12,585

3.3%

In group quarters

18,064

4.7%

    Institutionalized population

5,701

1.5%

    Noninstitutionalized population

12,363

3.2%

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE

 

 

Total households

162,352

100.0%

Family households (families)

73,939

45.5%

      With own children under 18 years

36,698

22.6%

    Married-couple family

47,049

29.0%

      With own children under 18 years

20,843

12.8%

    Female householder, no husband present

19,991

12.3%

      With own children under 18 years

12,828

7.9%

Nonfamily households

88,413

54.5%

    Householder living alone

65,508

40.3%

    Householder 65 years and over

13,043

8.0%

 

 

 

Households with individuals under 18 years

40,579

25.0%

Households with individuals 65 years and over

24,734

15.2%

 

 

 

Average household size

2.25

 

Average family size

3.15

 

 

 

 

HOUSING OCCUPANCY

 

 

Total housing units

168,606

100.0%

Occupied housing units

162,352

96.3%

Vacant housing units

6,254

3.7%

    For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use

780

0.5%

 

 

 

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)

0.70%

 

Rental vacancy rate (percent

2.80%

 

 

 

 

HOUSING TENURE

 

 

Occupied housing units

162,352

100.0%

Owner-occupied housing units

83,408

51.4%

Renter-occupied housing units

78,944

48.6%

 

 

 

Average household size of owner-occupied units

2.43

 

Average household size renter-occupied units

2.05