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

Geographic Area: Aiken 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	142,552	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	142,552	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	3,025	2.1%
Male	68,667	48.2%		Mexican	1,575	1.1%
Female	73,885	51.8%		Puerto Rican	403	0.3%
				Cuban	87	0.1%
Under 5 years	9,484	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	960	0.7%
5 to 9 years	10,660	7.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	139,527	97.9%
10 to 14 years	10,750	7.5%		White alone	100,329	70.4%
15 to 19 years	10,311	7.2%
20 to 24 years	8,621	6.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	18,243	12.8%		Total population	142,552	100.0%
35 to 44 years	22,937	16.1%		In households	140,479	98.5%
45 to 54 years	19,914	14.0%		Householder	55,587	39.0%
55 to 59 years	7,520	5.3%		Spouse	29,625	20.8%
60 to 64 years	5,825	4.1%		Child	42,828	30.0%
65 to 74 years	10,344	7.3%		Own child under 18 years	33,065	23.2%
75 to 84 years	6,161	4.3%		Other relatives	7,402	5.2%
85 years and over	1,782	1.3%		Under 18 years	3,544	2.5%
				Nonrelatives	5,037	3.5%
Median age (years)	36.4	(X)		Unmarried partner	2,305	1.6%
				In group quarters	2,073	1.5%
18 years and over	105,204	73.8%		Institutionalized population	1,297	0.9%
Male	49,608	34.8%		Noninstitutionalized population	776	0.5%
Female	55,596	39.0%
21 years and over	99,461	69.8%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	21,691	15.2%		Total households	55,587	100.0%
65 years and over	18,287	12.8%		Family households (families)	39,434	70.9%
Male	7,567	5.3%		With own children under 18 years	18,424	33.1%
Female	10,720	7.5%		Married couple family	29,625	53.3%
				With own children under 18 years	12,742	22.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	7,658	13.8%
One race	140,875	98.8%		With own children under 18 years	4,583	8.2%
White	101,745	71.4%		Nonfamily households	16,153	29.1%
Black or African American	36,442	25.6%		Householder living alone	13,983	25.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	566	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	5,139	9.2%
Asian	905	0.6%
Asian Indian	211	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	20,557	37.0%
Chinese	173	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	12,994	23.4%
Filipino	132	0.1%
Japanese	100	0.1%		Average household size	2.53	(X)
Korean	89	0.1%		Average family size	3.03	(X)
Vietnamese	128	0.1%
Other Asian1	72	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	36	0.0%		Total housing units	61,987	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	10	0.0%		Occupied housing units	55,587	89.7%
Guamanian or Chamorro	10	0.0%		Vacant housing units	6,400	10.3%
Samoan	6	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	494	0.8%
Other Pacific Islander2	10	0.0%
Some other race	1,181	0.8%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.5%	(X)
Two or more races	1,677	1.2%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.1%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	103,104	72.3%		Occupied housing units	55,587	100.0%
Black or African American	37,084	26.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	42,036	75.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,274	0.9%		Renter-occupied housing units	13,551	24.4%
Asian	1,211	0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	109	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.59	(X)
Some other race	1,601	1.1%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.34	(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.