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Onondaga County

General Demographic Characteristics (select 1990 and 2000)
  1990 2000 Total Change Percent Change
Onondaga County 468,973 458,336 -10,637 -2.3
  —male 224,552 219,195 -5,357 -2.4
  —female 244,421 239,141 -5,280 -2.2
Under 5 years 34,745 29,917 -4,828 -13.9
5 to 9 years 33,347 33,986 639 1.9
10 to 14 years 29,419 34,481 5,062 17.2
15 to 19 years 33,976 33,632 -344 -1.0
20 to 24 years 39,784 29,695 -10,089 -25.4
25 to 34 years 81,873 58,488 -23,385 -28.6
35 to 44 years 69,119 73,667 4,548 6.6
45 to 54 years 45,479 62,535 17,056 37.5
55 to 59 years 20,069 21,665 1,596 0.6
60 to 64 years 20, 683 16,976 -3,707 -17.9
65 to 74 years 35,200 32,167 -3,033 -8.6
75 to 84 years 18,807 23,361 4,554 24.2
85 years and over 6,472 7,766 1,294 20.0
Median Age (years) 32.8 36.3 3.5 10.7
Total Households 177,898 181,153 3,255 1.8
Family Households (families) 118,575 115,320 -3,255 -2.8
Married couple family  91,978 85,022 -6,956 -7.6
Female householder, no husband 21,081 23,386 2,305 10.9
Nonfamily households 59,323 65,833 6,510 10.9
  —householder living alone 47,047 53,225 6,178 13.1
  —householder 65 years and over 18,082 19,597 1,515 8.4
Average household size 2.55 2.46 -0.09 -3.5
Total housing units 190,878 196,633 5,755 3.0
Occupied housing units 177,898 181,153 3,255 1.8
Vacant housing units 12,980 15,480 2,500 19.3
Homeowner vacancy rate 1.6 2.0 0.4 25.0
Renter occupied vacancy rate 8.5 9.4 0.9 10.6
Owner occupied housing units 112,990 116,810 3,820 3.4
Renter occupied housing units 64,908 64,343 -565 -0.87
Average household size of owner occupied units 2.78 2.65 -0.13 -4.67
Average size of 
renter occupied units		 2.15 2.10 -0.05 -2.32

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000.

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