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DP-1. General Population and Housing Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1) - 100-Percent data
Geographic Area: Schenectady County, New York

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf190.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

Total population

149,285

 

 

SEX

 

Male

71,195

Female

78,090

 

 

AGE

 

Under 5 years

10,440

5 to 17 years

23,813

18 to 20 years

6,314

21 to 24 years

8,372

25 to 44 years

46,505

45 to 54 years

14,824

55 to 59 years

6,764

60 to 64 years

7,542

65 to 74 years

13,739

75 to 84 years

8,285

85 years and over

2,687

 

 

Under 18 years

34,253

 

 

65 years and over

24,711

 

 

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE

 

Total households

59,181

Family households (families)

39,702

Married-couple families

31,284

Other family, male householder

1,862

Other family, female householder

6,556

Nonfamily households

19,479

Householder living alone

16,611

Householder 65 years and over

7,649

 

 

Persons living in households

144,981

Persons per household

2.45

 

 

GROUP QUARTERS

 

Persons living in group quarters

4,304

Institutionalized persons

2,201

Other persons in group quarters

2,103

 

 

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

 

White

139,843

Black

6,348

American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut

261

Asian or Pacific Islander

1,822

Other race

1,011

 

 

Hispanic origin (of any race)

2,489

 

 

Total housing units

62,769

 

 

OCCUPANCY AND TENURE

 

Occupied housing units

59,181

Owner occupied

38,903

Renter occupied

20,278

Vacant housing units

3,588

For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use

281

 

 

Homeowner vacancy rate

1.4

Rental vacancy rate

6.6

 

 

Persons per owner-occupied unit

2.65

Persons per renter-occupied unit

2.07

 

 

Units with over 1 person per room

588

 

 

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

1-unit detached

36,779

1-unit attached

615

2 to 4 units

16,701

5 to 9 units

2,937

10 or more units

4,262

Mobile home, trailer, or other

1,475

 

 

VALUE

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

31,561

Less than $50,000

1,726

$50,000 to $99,999

16,694

$100,000 to $149,999

8,742

$150,000 to $199,999

2,882

$200,000 to $299,999

1,262

$300,000 or more

255

 

 

Median (dollars)

94,000

 

 

CONTRACT RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent

19,391

Less than $250

3,262

$250 to $499

13,989

$500 to $749

2,017

$750 to $999

90

$1,000 or more

33

 

 

Median (dollars)

365

 

 

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER

 

Occupied housing units

59,181

White

56,111

Black

2,225

American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut

115

Asian or Pacific Islander

479

Other race

251

 

 

Hispanic origin (of any race)

749

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 1 (100% Data)
             Matrices P1, P3, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15, P16, P23, H1, H2, H3, H5, H8, H10, H18A, H21, H23, H23B, H32, H32B, H41.