Reading Pennsylvania Census and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	81,207	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	81,207	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	30,302	37.3%
Male	39,205	48.3%		Mexican	5,503	6.8%
Female	42,002	51.7%		Puerto Rican	19,054	23.5%
				Cuban	217	0.3%
Under 5 years	7,037	8.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	5,528	6.8%
5 to 9 years	7,221	8.9%		Not Hispanic or Latino	50,905	62.7%
10 to 14 years	6,555	8.1%		White alone	39,038	48.1%
15 to 19 years	6,318	7.8%
20 to 24 years	6,669	8.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	12,244	15.1%		Total population	81,207	100.0%
35 to 44 years	11,261	13.9%		In households	79,082	97.4%
45 to 54 years	8,339	10.3%		Householder	30,113	37.1%
55 to 59 years	2,989	3.7%		Spouse	10,349	12.7%
60 to 64 years	2,506	3.1%		Child	26,257	32.3%
65 to 74 years	4,940	6.1%		Own child under 18 years	20,856	25.7%
75 to 84 years	3,759	4.6%		Other relatives	6,295	7.8%
85 years and over	1,369	1.7%		Under 18 years	2,695	3.3%
				Nonrelatives	6,068	7.5%
Median age (years)	30.6	(X)		Unmarried partner	3,044	3.7%
				In group quarters	2,125	2.6%
18 years and over	56,913	70.1%		Institutionalized population	261	0.3%
Male	26,727	32.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	1,864	2.3%
Female	30,186	37.2%
21 years and over	52,559	64.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	11,559	14.2%		Total households	30,113	100.0%
65 years and over	10,068	12.4%		Family households (families)	18,423	61.2%
Male	3,890	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	10,138	33.7%
Female	6,178	7.6%		Married couple family	10,349	34.4%
				With own children under 18 years	4,919	16.3%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	6,084	20.2%
One race	77,815	95.8%		With own children under 18 years	4,057	13.5%
White	48,059	59.2%		Nonfamily households	11,690	38.8%
Black or African American	9,947	12.2%		Householder living alone	9,538	31.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	356	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	3,720	12.4%
Asian	1,296	1.6%
Asian Indian	141	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	11,482	38.1%
Chinese	106	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	7,557	25.1%
Filipino	61	0.1%
Japanese	37	0.0%		Average household size	2.63	(X)
Korean	48	0.1%		Average family size	3.33	(X)
Vietnamese	743	0.9%
Other Asian1	160	0.2%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	32	0.0%		Total housing units	34,314	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	3	0.0%		Occupied housing units	30,113	87.8%
Guamanian or Chamorro	10	0.0%		Vacant housing units	4,201	12.2%
Samoan	9	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	64	0.2%
Other Pacific Islander2	10	0.0%
Some other race	18,125	22.3%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	4.9%	(X)
Two or more races	3,392	4.2%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.1%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	50,667	62.4%		Occupied housing units	30,113	100.0%
Black or African American	11,471	14.1%		Owner-occupied housing units	15,355	51.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	797	1.0%		Renter-occupied housing units	14,758	49.0%
Asian	1,541	1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	185	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.74	(X)
Some other race	20,151	24.8%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.51	(X)
Date: December 16, 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.