Mercer County
Population by Age, Sex, and Race (1995 Estimate)

Category	Age Group
	0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Total
White
Males	1,671	1,736	2,029	2,388	2,135	3,403	4,611	3,696	2,777	2,462	1,193	232	28,333
Females	1,509	1,613	1,938	2,407	2,191	3,733	4,760	3,986	3,242	3,428	2,131	825	31,763
Both Sexes	3,180	3,349	3,967	4,795	4,326	7,136	9,371	7,682	6,019	5,890	3,324	1,057	60,096
Percent of Age Group	91.1	90.1	90.8	92.0	92.0	93.6	93.2	94.7	94.9	93.6	92.4	91.6	92.9
Black
Males	153	184	170	193	157	177	292	170	106	137	93	27	1,859
Females	137	148	192	188	185	262	320	187	191	248	175	68	2,301
Both Sexes	290	332	362	381	342	439	612	357	297	385	268	95	4,160
Percent of Age Group	8.3	8.9	8.3	7.3	7.3	5.8	6.1	4.4	4.7	6.1	7.4	8.2	6.4
Other Races
Males	9	15	18	10	10	23	30	42	13	7	1	0	178
Females	13	21	22	24	25	23	43	29	13	14	5	2	234
Both Sexes	22	36	40	34	35	46	73	71	26	21	6	2	412
Percent of Age Group	0.6	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6
All Races
Males	1,833	1,935	2,217	2,591	2,302	3,603	4,933	3,908	2,896	2,606	1,287	259	30,370
Females	1,659	1,782	2,152	2,619	2,401	4,018	5,123	4,202	3,446	3,690	2,311	895	34,298
Both Sexes	3,492	3,717	4,369	5,210	4,703	7,621	10,056	8,110	6,342	6,296	3,598	1,154	64,668
Percent of Total	5.4	5.7	6.8	8.1	7.3	11.8	15.6	12.5	9.8	9.7	5.6	1.8	100.0
Category	Age Group
	0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Total

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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