Mercer County
Population by Age, Sex, and Race (2000 Census)

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	1,661	1,647	1,716	1,946	1,995	3,637	3,919	4,265	3,010	2,375	1,338	304	27,813
Females	1,590	1,636	1,535	1,864	1,962	3,691	4,119	4,562	3,229	2,985	2,423	886	30,482
Both Sexes	3,251	3,283	3,251	3,810	3,957	7,328	8,038	8,827	6,239	5,360	3,761	1,190	58,295
Percent of Age Group	89.4	90.1	90.2	90.6	91.1	93.4	92.9	93.2	94.5	94.2	94.1	92.5	92.6
Black
Males	128	134	157	179	150	160	217	242	119	104	72	22	1,684
Females	140	154	123	137	154	234	275	248	153	178	127	61	1,984
Both Sexes	268	288	280	316	304	394	492	490	272	282	199	83	3,668
Percent of Age Group	7.4	7.9	7.8	7.5	7.0	5.0	5.7	5.2	4.1	5.0	5.0	6.5	5.8
Other Races
Males	66	40	32	48	50	72	63	63	48	21	14	7	524
Females	53	33	43	32	34	56	58	88	44	25	21	6	493
Both Sexes	119	73	75	80	84	128	121	151	92	46	35	13	1,017
Percent of Age Group	3.3	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.6
All Races
Males	1,855	1,821	1,905	2,173	2,195	3,869	4,199	4,570	3,177	2,500	1,424	333	30,021
Females	1,783	1,823	1,701	2,033	2,150	3,981	4,452	4,898	3,426	3,188	2,571	953	32,959
Both Sexes	3,638	3,644	3,606	4,206	4,345	7,850	8,651	9,468	6,603	5,688	3,995	1,286	62,980
Percent of Total	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.7	6.9	12.5	13.7	15.0	10.5	9.0	6.3	2.0	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 31, 2004.

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