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

Geographic Area: Bamberg 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	16,658	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	16,658	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	118	0.7%
Male	7,831	47.0%		Mexican	78	0.5%
Female	8,827	53.0%		Puerto Rican	13	0.1%
				Cuban	10	0.1%
Under 5 years	1,039	6.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	17	0.1%
5 to 9 years	1,162	7.0%		Not Hispanic or Latino	16,540	99.3%
10 to 14 years	1,233	7.4%		White alone	6,040	36.3%
15 to 19 years	1,579	9.5%
20 to 24 years	1,369	8.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,912	11.5%		Total population	16,658	100.0%
35 to 44 years	2,186	13.1%		In households	15,593	93.6%
45 to 54 years	2,300	13.8%		Householder	6,123	36.8%
55 to 59 years	864	5.2%		Spouse	2,670	16.0%
60 to 64 years	700	4.2%		Child	4,950	29.7%
65 to 74 years	1,222	7.3%		Own child under 18 years	3,443	20.7%
75 to 84 years	852	5.1%		Other relatives	1,310	7.9%
85 years and over	240	1.4%		Under 18 years	662	4.0%
				Nonrelatives	540	3.2%
Median age (years)	35.2	(X)		Unmarried partner	290	1.7%
				In group quarters	1,065	6.4%
18 years and over	12,423	74.6%		Institutionalized population	131	0.8%
Male	5,672	34.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	934	5.6%
Female	6,751	40.5%
21 years and over	11,277	67.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	2,735	16.4%		Total households	6,123	100.0%
65 years and over	2,314	13.9%		Family households (families)	4,253	69.5%
Male	880	5.3%		With own children under 18 years	1,906	31.1%
Female	1,434	8.6%		Married couple family	2,670	43.6%
				With own children under 18 years	1,096	17.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,306	21.3%
One race	16,569	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	706	11.5%
White	6,075	36.5%		Nonfamily households	1,870	30.5%
Black or African American	10,411	62.5%		Householder living alone	1,701	27.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	27	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	710	11.6%
Asian	32	0.2%
Asian Indian	18	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	2,285	37.3%
Chinese	11	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,696	27.7%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.55	(X)
Korean	1	0.0%		Average family size	3.10	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	1	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Total housing units	7,130	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	6,123	85.9%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,007	14.1%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	220	3.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	23	0.1%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8%	(X)
Two or more races	89	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.0%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	6,130	36.8%		Occupied housing units	6,123	100.0%
Black or African American	10,464	62.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	4,571	74.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	71	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,552	25.3%
Asian	43	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	11	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.61	(X)
Some other race	40	0.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.36	(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.