FAIRMONT
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
POPULATION BY AGE - 5 year increments
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	2,313	2,894	2,563
Male	1,120	1,442	1,301
Female	1,193	1,452	1,262
Under 5 Years	128	211	176
Male	68	105	95
Female	60	106	81
5 to 9 Years	143	280	190
Male	76	139	102
Female	67	141	88
10 to 14 Years	178	250	220
Male	94	147	122
Female	84	103	98
15 to 19 Years	183	282	210
Male	102	157	95
Female	81	125	115
20 to 24 Years	175	245	193
Male	86	111	106
Female	89	134	87
25 to 29 Years	166	238	171
Male	85	120	93
Female	81	118	78
30 to 34 Years	141	206	146
Male	69	102	68
Female	72	104	78
35 to 44 Years	240	358	404
Male	116	174	212
Female	124	184	192
35 to 39 Years		177	205
Male		85	114
Female		92	91
40 to 44 Years		181	199
Male		89	98
Female		92	101
45 to 54 Years	252	268	306
Male	126	133	145
Female	126	135	161
45 to 49 Years		133	157
Male		63	74
Female		70	83
50 to 54 Years		135	149
Male		70	71
Female		65	78
55 to 59 Years	183	129	111
Male	81	69	54
Female	102	60	57
60 to 64 Years	195	123	127
Male	87	53	70
Female	108	70	57
65 to 74 Years	223	200	180
Male	94	95	89
Female	129	105	91
65 to 69 Years		121	105
Male		62	53
Female		59	52
70 to 74 Years		79	75
Male		33	36
Female		46	39
75 to 84 Years	85	78	105
Male	25	26	44
Female	60	52	61
75 to 79 Years		52	69
Male		18	35
Female		34	34
80 to 84 Years		26	36
Male		8	9
Female		18	27
85 Years and Over	21	26	24
Male	11	11	6
Female	10	15	18
Population by Race and Hispanic Origin
Year	2000
Total Population	2,563
Single-Race classification	2,482
White	927
Under 18 years of age	220
18 or older	707
Black or African-American	1,374
Under 18 years of age	387
18 or older	987
American Indian or Native Alaskan	6
Under 18 years of age	1
18 or older	5
Asian	12
Under 18 years of age	2
18 or older	10
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
Under 18 years of age
18 or older	1
Asian or Pacific Islander	13
Under 18 years of age	2
18 or older	11
Other	162
Under 18 years of age	53
18 or older	109
Two or more races classified	81
Under 18 years of age	44
18 or older	37
	279
Hispanic or Latino
Under 18 years of age	95
18 or older	184
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,284
Under 18 years of age	612
18 or older	1,672
Population by Household for Fairmont, Illinois
Year	1980	1990	2000
Total Population	2,313	2,894	2,563
Number of Households	918	889	861
With people under 18 present	305	418	349
With people 65 or older	269	231	235
Population in Households	2,313	2,894	2,555
In Family Households	1,986	2,650	2,257
In Nonfamily Households	327	244	298
Population in Group Quarters	0	0	8
Institutionalized	0	0	0
Other	0	0	8
Average Household Size	2.52	3.26	2.97
Number of Households	918	889	861
Single-person households	266	163	188
Male	104	82	99
Female	162	81	89
Householder 65 or older	119	64	62
Multiple-person households	652	726	673
With people 65 or older present	150	167	173
Family households	625	693	627
With people under 18 present	303	412	343
With people 65 or older present	146	162	164
Married-couple family	486	461	372
With people under 18 present	240	262	190
Male householder family, no wife present	26	50	79
With people under 18 present	9	29	43
Female householder family, no husband present	113	182	176
With people under 18 present	54	121	110
Non-family households	27	33	46
With people 65 or older present	4	5	9
Male householder	17	20	31
Female householder	10	13	15
Housing Occupancy and Occupant Characteristics
Year	1980	1990	2000
Housing units	979	957	901
Occupied	918	889	861
Owner occupied	700	669	646
Renter occupied	218	220	215
Vacant	61	68	40
		17	14
Age of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		93	60
35 to 44 years		132	139
45 to 54 years		125	127
55 to 64 years		118	126
65 to 74 years		116	98
75 years and over		68	82
75 to 84 years			63
85 years and over			19
		19	23
Renter-occupied housing units
15 to 24 years
25 to 34 years		80	45
35 to 44 years		46	65
45 to 54 years		22	45
55 to 64 years		30	21
65 to 74 years		18	10
75 years and over		5	6
75 to 84 years			5
85 years and over			1
	672	295	278
Race of householder
Owner-occupied housing units:
White
Black	1	350	324
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	4	1	0
Asian and Pacific Islander	2	0	2
Asian			2
Native Hawiian/Pacific Islander			0
Other or Multiple	23	23	42
	193	79	73
Renter-occupied housing units
White
Black	8	133	123
American Indian, Eskimo, Aluet	0	0	2
Asian and Pacific Islander	0	2	1
Asian			1
Native Hawiian/Pacific Islander			0
Other or Multiple	15	6	16