Geographic area: Tempe city, Arizona

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Subject Number Percent

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,942 51.7

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,683 48.3

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,074 5.7

5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,466 5.3

10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,625 5.4

15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,595 9.2

20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,530 15.5

25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,710 19.4

35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,918 13.8

45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,694 11.8

55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,283 4.0

60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,324 2.7

65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,204 3.9

75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,832 2.4

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,370 0.9

Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 (X)

18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,144 80.2

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,751 41.5

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,393 38.7

21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,412 70.9

62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,813 8.7

65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,406 7.2

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,668 2.9

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,738 4.2

One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,389 96.7

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,952 77.5

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,801 3.7

American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . 3,186 2.0

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,531 4.7

Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,734 1.1

Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,135 1.3

Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 0.3

Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 0.3

Korean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 0.4

Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836 0.5

Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084 0.7

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . 455 0.3

Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 0.1

Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 -

Samoan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 -

Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 0.1

Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,464 8.5

Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,236 3.3

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,293 80.2

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,908 4.4

American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,213 2.7

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,833 5.6

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . 821 0.5

Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,145 10.2

Subject Number Percent

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,473 17.9

Mexican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,178 14.0

Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 0.4

Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 0.1

Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,459 3.4

Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,152 82.1

White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,517 69.7

In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,383 96.7

Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,602 40.1

Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,404 15.4

Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,144 22.8

Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,129 17.7

Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,318 5.2

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,473 1.6

Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,915 13.2

Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,363 2.8

In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,242 3.3

Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 0.3

Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,836 3.0

Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,654 52.9

With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 15,549 24.4

Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,404 38.4

With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 10,714 16.8

Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 6,155 9.7

With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 3,541 5.6

Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,948 47.1

Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,109 28.5

Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,923 4.6

Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 17,116 26.9

Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 8,177 12.9

Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.41 (X)

Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.05 (X)

Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,602 94.8

Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,466 5.2

For seasonal, recreational, or

occasional use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 0.8

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 (X)

Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 (X)

Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,444 51.0

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,158 49.0

Average household size of owner-occupied units. 2.59 (X)

Average household size of renter-occupied units . 2.22 (X)

- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (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 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.

U.S. Census Bureau