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2000 American Community Survey Profile
Yakima city
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TABLE 1. PROFILE OF GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
Total population
68,051
64,193
71,909
SEX AND AGE
Male
33,678
31,470
35,886
Female
34,373
32,353
36,393
Under 5 years
6,644
5,659
7,629
5 to 9 years
6,685
5,687
7,683
10 to 14 years
5,013
4,150
5,876
15 to 19 years
4,847
3,982
5,712
20 to 24 years
5,395
4,521
6,270
25 to 34 years
9,812
8,655
10,969
35 to 44 years
9,624
8,494
10,754
45 to 54 years
6,425
5,687
7,163
55 to 59 years
2,736
2,213
3,259
60 to 64 years
2,023
1,493
2,553
65 to 74 years
3,654
3,067
4,241
75 to 84 years
3,580
3,072
4,088
85 years and over
1,613
1,238
1,988
 
Median age (years)
30.1
28.5
31.8
 
18 years and over
46,557
44,315
48,799
21 years and over
43,862
41,663
46,061
62 years and over
10,181
9,158
11,204
65 years and over
8,847
7,916
9,778
Male
3,374
2,917
3,831
Female
5,473
4,896
6,051
 
RACE
One race
64,569
60,797
68,341
White
45,743
42,532
48,954
Black or African American
1,228
797
1,659
American Indian and Alaska Native
1,089
574
1,604
Asian
720
360
1,080
Asian Indian
N
N
N
Chinese (except Taiwanese)
N
N
N
Filipino
N
N
N
Japanese
N
N
N
Korean
N
N
N
Vietnamese
N
N
N
Other Asian
N
N
N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
0
0
480
Native Hawaiian
N
N
N
Guamanian or Chamorro
N
N
N
Samoan
N
N
N
Other Pacific Islander
N
N
N
Some other race
15,789
12,666
18,912
Two or more races
3,482
2,377
4,588
Two races including Some other race
1,436
756
2,116
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
2,046
1,120
2,972
 
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White
48,883
45,593
52,173
Black or African American
1,868
1,330
2,406
American Indian and Alaska Native
2,398
1,415
3,381
Asian
1,159
659
1,659
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
31
0
82
Some other race
17,225
13,963
20,487
 
HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population
68,051
64,193
71,909
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
23,287
19,995
26,579
Mexican
22,020
18,745
25,295
Puerto Rican
185
5
365
Cuban
88
0
233
Other Hispanic or Latino
994
487
1,501
Not Hispanic or Latino
44,764
41,834
47,694
White alone
40,780
37,894
43,666
Black or African American alone
1,157
725
1,589
American Indian or Alaska Native alone
579
292
866
Asian alone
661
305
1,017
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
0
0
480
Some other race alone
67
0
148
Two or more races:
1,520
893
2,147
Two races including Some other race
60
0
159
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races
1,460
836
2,084
 
RELATIONSHIP
Household population
68,051
64,193
71,909
Householder
25,949
24,726
27,172
Spouse
11,490
10,541
12,439
Child
22,147
19,974
24,320
Other relatives
3,878
2,928
4,828
Nonrelatives
4,587
3,678
5,496
Unmarried partner
1,989
1,448
2,530
 
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households
25,780
24,576
26,985
Family households (families)
15,928
14,889
16,968
With own children under 18 years
8,759
7,899
9,619
Married-couple families
11,305
10,320
12,290
With own children under 18 years
5,728
5,002
6,454
Female householder, no husband present
3,519
2,798
4,240
With own children under 18 years
2,427
1,803
3,051
Nonfamily households
9,852
8,859
10,845
Householder living alone
7,950
7,052
8,848
65 years and over
3,833
3,322
4,345
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years
9,580
8,681
10,479
Households with one or more people 65 years and over
6,869
6,199
7,539
 
Average household size
2.64
2.54
2.74
Average family size
3.36
3.23
3.49
 
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units
28,549
27,244
29,854
Occupied housing units
25,780
24,576
26,985
Vacant housing units
2,769
2,063
3,475
 
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)
2.7
0.2
5.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)
9.3
6.2
12.4
 
HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units
25,780
24,576
26,985
Owner-occupied
12,412
11,536
13,288
Renter-occupied
13,368
12,220
14,516
 
Average household size of owner-occupied unit
2.71
2.56
2.86
Average household size of renter-occupied unit
2.58
2.43
2.73
 

The 2000 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate. 7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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