Geographic area: Tucson, AZ MSA

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Subject Number Percent

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,562 48.9

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431,184 51.1

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,829 6.6

5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,919 7.0

10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,933 7.0

15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,199 7.4

20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,785 7.6

25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,874 13.5

35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,061 14.9

45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,563 13.1

55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,351 4.8

60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,745 4.0

65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,916 7.5

75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,499 5.2

85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,072 1.5

Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 (X)

18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635,850 75.4

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305,885 36.3

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329,965 39.1

21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593,560 70.3

62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,369 16.5

65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,487 14.2

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,549 6.1

Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,938 8.1

One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816,677 96.8

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633,387 75.1

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,594 3.0

American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . 27,178 3.2

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,213 2.0

Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,105 0.2

Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,390 0.5

Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,478 0.3

Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,761 0.2

Korean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,795 0.2

Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,331 0.3

Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,353 0.3

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . 1,088 0.1

Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 -

Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 -

Samoan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 -

Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 -

Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,217 13.3

Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,069 3.2

White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656,275 77.8

Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,893 3.7

American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,910 4.0

Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,373 2.7

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . 2,097 0.2

Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,000 15.1

Subject Number Percent

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247,578 29.3

Mexican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,623 24.4

Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,155 0.4

Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030 0.1

Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,770 4.5

Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596,168 70.7

White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518,720 61.5

In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821,712 97.4

Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332,350 39.4

Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,471 18.8

Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232,927 27.6

Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,478 21.6

Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,344 5.5

Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,755 2.3

Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,620 6.1

Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,917 2.5

In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,034 2.6

Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,168 1.1

Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,866 1.5

Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,092 63.8

With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 97,195 29.2

Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,471 47.7

With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 65,488 19.7

Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 39,217 11.8

With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 23,688 7.1

Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,258 36.2

Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,798 28.5

Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,271 9.4

Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 107,954 32.5

Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 83,970 25.3

Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.47 (X)

Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.06 (X)

Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332,350 90.6

Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,387 9.4

For seasonal, recreational, or

occasional use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,622 2.9

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 (X)

Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 (X)

Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,603 64.3

Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,747 35.7

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

Average household size of renter-occupied units . 2.26 (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