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Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Abbeville County

 

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text.

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	26,167	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	26,167	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	217	0.8%
Male	12,544	47.9%		Mexican	110	0.4%
Female	13,623	52.1%		Puerto Rican	52	0.2%
				Cuban	12	0.0%
Under 5 years	1,765	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	43	0.2%
5 to 9 years	1,812	6.9%		Not Hispanic or Latino	25,950	99.2%
10 to 14 years	1,910	7.3%		White alone	17,797	68.0%
15 to 19 years	1,927	7.4%
20 to 24 years	1,705	6.5%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,230	12.3%		Total population	26,167	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,759	14.4%		In households	25,457	97.3%
45 to 54 years	3,699	14.1%		Householder	10,131	38.7%
55 to 59 years	1,355	5.2%		Spouse	5,289	20.2%
60 to 64 years	1,163	4.4%		Child	7,617	29.1%
65 to 74 years	2,058	7.9%		Own child under 18 years	5,663	21.6%
75 to 84 years	1,296	5.0%		Other relatives	1,674	6.4%
85 years and over	488	1.9%		Under 18 years	833	3.2%
				Nonrelatives	746	2.9%
Median age (years)	36.9	(X)		Unmarried partner	383	1.5%
				In group quarters	710	2.7%
18 years and over	19,546	74.7%		Institutionalized population	229	0.9%
Male	9,147	35.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	481	1.8%
Female	10,399	39.7%
21 years and over	18,351	70.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	4,514	17.3%		Total households	10,131	100.0%
65 years and over	3,842	14.7%		Family households (families)	7,288	71.9%
Male	1,544	5.9%		With own children under 18 years	3,216	31.7%
Female	2,298	8.8%		Married couple family	5,289	52.2%
				With own children under 18 years	2,150	21.2%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,548	15.3%
One race	25,981	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	851	8.4%
White	17,881	68.3%		Nonfamily households	2,843	28.1%
Black or African American	7,926	30.3%		Householder living alone	2,560	25.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	27	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	1,149	11.3%
Asian	59	0.2%
Asian Indian	14	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	3,697	36.5%
Chinese	5	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,745	27.1%
Filipino	24	0.1%
Japanese	5	0.0%		Average household size	2.51	(X)
Korean	8	0.0%		Average family size	3.00	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	2	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	7	0.0%		Total housing units	11,656	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	10,131	86.9%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,525	13.1%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	566	4.9%
Other Pacific Islander2	4	0.0%
Some other race	81	0.3%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2%	(X)
Two or more races	186	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.1%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	18,036	68.9%		Occupied housing units	10,131	100.0%
Black or African American	8,018	30.6%		Owner-occupied housing units	8,156	80.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	97	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,975	19.5%
Asian	73	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.56	(X)
Some other race	136	0.5%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.30	(X)
Date: November 28, 2001
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.