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

Geographic Area: Barnwell 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	23,478	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	23,478	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	327	1.4%
Male	11,293	48.1%		Mexican	222	0.9%
Female	12,185	51.9%		Puerto Rican	39	0.2%
				Cuban	1	0.0%
Under 5 years	1,674	7.1%		Other Hispanic or Latino	65	0.3%
5 to 9 years	1,770	7.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	23,151	98.6%
10 to 14 years	2,001	8.5%		White alone	12,857	54.8%
15 to 19 years	1,799	7.7%
20 to 24 years	1,406	6.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	2,923	12.4%		Total population	23,478	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,629	15.5%		In households	23,201	98.8%
45 to 54 years	3,258	13.9%		Householder	9,021	38.4%
55 to 59 years	1,178	5.0%		Spouse	4,273	18.2%
60 to 64 years	878	3.7%		Child	7,611	32.4%
65 to 74 years	1,626	6.9%		Own child under 18 years	5,747	24.5%
75 to 84 years	1,035	4.4%		Other relatives	1,481	6.3%
85 years and over	301	1.3%		Under 18 years	736	3.1%
				Nonrelatives	815	3.5%
Median age (years)	35.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	408	1.7%
				In group quarters	277	1.2%
18 years and over	16,869	71.9%		Institutionalized population	232	1.0%
Male	7,822	33.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	45	0.2%
Female	9,047	38.5%
21 years and over	15,940	67.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	3,471	14.8%		Total households	9,021	100.0%
65 years and over	2,962	12.6%		Family households (families)	6,433	71.3%
Male	1,138	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	3,143	34.8%
Female	1,824	7.8%		Married couple family	4,273	47.4%
				With own children under 18 years	1,880	20.8%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,745	19.3%
One race	23,308	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	1,061	11.8%
White	12,956	55.2%		Nonfamily households	2,588	28.7%
Black or African American	9,990	42.6%		Householder living alone	2,308	25.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	81	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	917	10.2%
Asian	91	0.4%
Asian Indian	39	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	3,565	39.5%
Chinese	19	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,163	24.0%
Filipino	9	0.0%
Japanese	4	0.0%		Average household size	2.57	(X)
Korean	3	0.0%		Average family size	3.08	(X)
Vietnamese	8	0.0%
Other Asian1	9	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8	0.0%		Total housing units	10,191	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	4	0.0%		Occupied housing units	9,021	88.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	3	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,170	11.5%
Samoan	1	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	153	1.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	182	0.8%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.5%	(X)
Two or more races	170	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.5%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	13,092	55.8%		Occupied housing units	9,021	100.0%
Black or African American	10,089	43.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	6,810	75.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	157	0.7%		Renter-occupied housing units	2,211	24.5%
Asian	125	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	20	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.61	(X)
Some other race	207	0.9%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.45	(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.