2000 Census Summary: City of Milwaukee general population data
 

		2000			1990			Percent
Characteristic		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Change
Total population		596,974			628,088			-5.0%
Race, Hispanic
White		270,989	45.4%		381,714	60.8%		-29.0%
African American		220,432	36.9%		189,408	30.2%		16.4%
American Indian		4,313	0.7%		5,213	0.8%		-17.3%
Asian, Pacific		17561	2.9%		11,429	1.8%		53.7%
Other		978	0.2%		915	0.1%		6.9%
Two+ Race		11,055	1.9%			0.0%
Hispanic		71,646	12.0%		39,409	6.3%		81.8%
Age
under 5		47,545	8.0%		54,276	8.6%		-12.4%
5 to 17		123,439	20.7%		117,864	18.8%		4.7%
18 to 24		72,849	12.2%		76,602	12.2%		-4.9%
25 to 34		94,451	15.8%		119,072	19.0%		-20.7%
35 to 44		85,792	14.4%		84,407	13.4%		1.6%
45 to 54		68,351	11.4%		49,499	7.9%		38.1%
55 to 64		39,424	6.6%		48,223	7.7%		-18.2%
65 and older		65,123	10.9%		78,145	12.4%		-16.7%
Total households		232,188			240,540			-3.5%
All families		135,189	58.2%		149,539	62.2%		-9.6%
With own children under 18		70,898	52.4%		75,768	50.7%		-6.4%
Married couple families		74,794	55.3%		92,773	62.0%		-19.4%
With own children under 18		33,292	44.5%		40,764	43.9%		-18.3%
Families with other male head		11,477	8.5%		9,117	6.1%		25.9%
With own children under 18		5,355	46.7%		3,606	39.6%		48.5%
Families with female head		48,918	36.2%		47,649	31.9%		2.7%
With own children under 18		32,251	65.9%		31,398	65.9%		2.7%
Nonfamily households		96,999	41.8%		91,001	37.8%		6.6%
Male head		46,171	47.6%		40,544	44.6%		13.9%
Female head		50,828	52.4%		50,457	55.4%		0.7%
Size
1 person		77,772	33.5%		73,265	30.5%		6.2%
2 persons		66,233	28.5%		71,320	29.6%		-7.1%
3 persons		35,118	15.1%		38,965	16.2%		-9.9%
4 persons		26,114	11.2%		30,058	12.5%		-13.1%
5 persons		14,228	6.1%		14,946	6.2%		-4.8%
6 persons		6,600	2.8%		6,588	2.7%		0.2%
7+ persons		6,123	2.6%		5,398	2.2%		13.4%
Average household size		2.50			2.53			-1.2%
Average family size		3.25			3.21			1.2%
Household relationship of population
In households		580,571	97.3%		609,755	97.1%		-4.8%
Householder		232,188	40.0%		240,540	39.4%		-3.5%
Spouse		74,794	12.9%		92,773	15.2%		-19.4%
Child of head		185,538	32.0%		202,368	33.2%		-8.3%
Child of head under 18		143,830	77.5%		151,448	74.8%		-5.0%
Other relative of head		43,532	7.5%		35,855	5.9%		21.4%
Under 18		20,864	47.9%
Not related to head		44,519	7.7%		38,219	6.3%		16.5%
In group quarters		16,403	2.7%		18,333	2.9%		-10.5%
Institutional		6,464	39.4%		7,862	42.9%		-17.8%
Noninstitutional		9,939	60.6%		10,471	57.1%		-5.1%
Age of household
15 to 24		20,389	8.8%		19,133	8.0%		6.6%
25 to 34		50,472	21.7%		60,827	25.3%		-17.0%
35 to 44		50,104	21.6%		49,974	20.8%		0.3%
45 to 54		42,375	18.3%		29,732	12.4%		42.5%
55 to 64		25,379	10.9%		29,470	12.3%		-13.9%
65 to 74		21,824	9.4%		28,125	11.7%		-22.4%
75 to 84		16,459	7.1%		23,279	9.7%		-7.0%
85 over		5,186	2.2%
Source:  1990 and 2000 Census Files