Regional Data Bulletin
2000 Census Profile by Minor Civil Division
(28-County Service Area): Age & Sex 		No. 68
February 2002

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is an interstate, intercounty and intercity agency that provides comprehensive and coordinated planning for the orderly growth of the Delaware Valley region. As the region's metropolitan planning organization (MPO), the Commission provides technical assistance and services to its member state and local governments, the private sector and the public. Delaware Valley Data is our periodic series of free data bulletins and complementary analytical reports and reference guides. This data bulletin contains information from Census 2000 Profiles of General Demographic Characteristics, issued by the United States Census Bureau in May 2001. All information in this bulletin is derived from the 100-percent data compiled from the "short form" questionnaire filled out by all respondents to the 2000 Census.

This bulletin includes municipal-level age and sex data for DVRPC's extended 28-county data service area. The Commission's extended service area includes the nine DVRPC member counties as well as 19 surrounding counties in Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania (see map on page 5). Additional demographic characteristics on race and Hispanic origin; household relationships and types; and housing tenure and occupancy can be found in Regional Data Bulletins 69, 70 and 71, respectively.

Table 1 summarizes the data included in this bulletin for the nine-county DVRPC region, while Table 2 provides regional and sub-regional totals. Table 3 provides data on age and sex as of April 1, 2000, for each minor civil division in the 28-county extended data service area.

VARIABLES INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

The following variables were selected for this summary:

  • Total population
  • Males
  • Females
  • Under 5 years
  • 5 to 19 years
  • 20 to 44 years
  • 45 to 64 years
  • 65 to 74 years
  • 75 to 84 years
  • 85 years and older
  • Median age
  • People over 18 years
  • Males over 18 years
  • Females over 18 years
  • People 65 years and older
  • Males 65 years and older
  • Females 65 years and older
DVRPC 28-County Data Service Area
Table 1: .xls | .txt
Table 2: .xls | .txt
Table 3: .xls | .txt
DEFINITIONS OF CENSUS VARIABLES

The Census Bureau defines the above population variables as follows:

Age: The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

Sex: Based on self-reporting of gender. Either male or female.

Median age: The median divides the age distribution into two equal parts, one-half of the cases falling below the median age and one-half above the median. The measure is rounded to the nearest tenth.

GENERAL NOTES:
  • New Morgan Borough was formed from portions of Robeson and Caernavon townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  • Birmingham Township, Delaware County, officially changed its name to Chadds Ford Township in January 1997.
  • A dashed line () indicates that the information is not available.
  • This data bulletin was created from the latest electronic files available from the Census Bureau and may include data which has been updated from previously published data bulletins.
AREA DEFINITIONS:
  • "9-county DVRPC region" consists of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
  • "28-county extended data service region" consists of the 9-county DVRPC region and the surrounding 19 counties, which includes portions of Delaware and Maryland.
  • "Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City CMSA" consists of the Philadelphia PMSA region, the Atlantic City -Cape May PMSA, the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton PMSA, and the Wilmington- Newark PMSA.
  • "Philadelphia PMSA" consists of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties (PA) and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties (New Jersey). "Atlantic City-Cape May PMSA" consists of Atlantic and Cape May counties (New Jersey). "Trenton PMSA" consists of Mercer County (New Jersey). "Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton PMSA" consists of Cumberland County (New Jersey). "Wilmington-Newark PMSA" consists of New Castle County (Delaware) and Cecil County (Maryland).
  • The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) changed their definition of CMSA and PMSA in 1992. Any historical comparison of this data with earlier data should be done with caution.

The remainder of this data bulletin will be available shortly.

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Data bulletin #68 is one of a series of bulletins designed to disseminate information to member state, county and local governments and other interested parties. For more information on Data Bulletins and Analytical Data Reports, please visit the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's website (www.dvrpc.org) or contact DVRPC at the telephone number below.

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission was established in 1965 by interstate compact between Pennsylvania and New Jersey to plan for the orderly growth and development of the region, and to provide a variety of planning and technical assistance services responding to regional issues. DVRPC maintains a significant database for twenty-eight counties encompassing New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Included in the database are data profiles at the regional, county and municipal level and for other census geography as requested. DVRPC produces a diverse range of services, including demographic and economic data and projections; mapping and aerial photography; computer assisted mapping; geographic information systems; impact studies; and policy and program development.

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