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

Geographic Area: Allendale 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	11,211	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	11,211	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	181	1.6%
Male	5,837	52.1%		Mexican	135	1.2%
Female	5,374	47.9%		Puerto Rican	4	0.0%
				Cuban	3	0.0%
Under 5 years	775	6.9%		Other Hispanic or Latino	39	0.3%
5 to 9 years	847	7.6%		Not Hispanic or Latino	11,030	98.4%
10 to 14 years	830	7.4%		White alone	3,030	27.0%
15 to 19 years	869	7.8%
20 to 24 years	757	6.8%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,515	13.5%		Total population	11,211	100.0%
35 to 44 years	1,644	14.7%		In households	10,033	89.5%
45 to 54 years	1,603	14.3%		Householder	3,915	34.9%
55 to 59 years	527	4.7%		Spouse	1,401	12.5%
60 to 64 years	423	3.8%		Child	3,245	28.9%
65 to 74 years	714	6.4%		Own child under 18 years	2,288	20.4%
75 to 84 years	518	4.6%		Other relatives	1,140	10.2%
85 years and over	189	1.7%		Under 18 years	656	5.9%
				Nonrelatives	332	3.0%
Median age (years)	35.1	(X)		Unmarried partner	201	1.8%
				In group quarters	1,178	10.5%
18 years and over	8,232	73.4%		Institutionalized population	1,164	10.4%
Male	4,264	38.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	14	0.1%
Female	3,968	35.4%
21 years and over	7,736	69.0%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,654	14.8%		Total households	3,915	100.0%
65 years and over	1,421	12.7%		Family households (families)	2,617	66.8%
Male	549	4.9%		With own children under 18 years	1,186	30.3%
Female	872	7.8%		Married couple family	1,401	35.8%
				With own children under 18 years	527	13.5%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,012	25.8%
One race	11,154	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	573	14.6%
White	3,068	27.4%		Nonfamily households	1,298	33.2%
Black or African American	7,960	71.0%		Householder living alone	1,175	30.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	10	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	480	12.3%
Asian	14	0.1%
Asian Indian	10	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	1,507	38.5%
Chinese	2	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,068	27.3%
Filipino	1	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.56	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.21	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	1	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	7	0.1%		Total housing units	4,568	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	3,915	85.7%
Guamanian or Chamorro	7	0.1%		Vacant housing units	653	14.3%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	143	3.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	95	0.8%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7%	(X)
Two or more races	57	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.1%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	3,097	27.6%		Occupied housing units	3,915	100.0%
Black or African American	7,988	71.3%		Owner-occupied housing units	2,846	72.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	36	0.3%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,069	27.3%
Asian	31	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	14	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.59	(X)
Some other race	115	1.0%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.50	(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.