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

Geographic Area: Beaufort County

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	120,937	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	120,937	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	8,208	6.8%
Male	61,193	50.6%		Mexican	4,500	3.7%
Female	59,744	49.4%		Puerto Rican	976	0.8%
				Cuban	166	0.1%
Under 5 years	8,110	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	2,566	2.1%
5 to 9 years	8,033	6.6%		Not Hispanic or Latino	112,729	93.2%
10 to 14 years	7,747	6.4%		White alone	81,477	67.4%
15 to 19 years	8,722	7.2%
20 to 24 years	10,002	8.3%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	16,434	13.6%		Total population	120,937	100.0%
35 to 44 years	16,433	13.6%		In households	114,328	94.5%
45 to 54 years	14,019	11.6%		Householder	45,532	37.6%
55 to 59 years	6,397	5.3%		Spouse	26,485	21.9%
60 to 64 years	6,286	5.2%		Child	30,472	25.2%
65 to 74 years	11,329	9.4%		Own child under 18 years	25,051	20.7%
75 to 84 years	5,913	4.9%		Other relatives	5,696	4.7%
85 years and over	1,512	1.3%		Under 18 years	2,511	2.1%
				Nonrelatives	6,143	5.1%
Median age (years)	35.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	2,070	1.7%
				In group quarters	6,609	5.5%
18 years and over	92,794	76.7%		Institutionalized population	618	0.5%
Male	46,859	38.7%		Noninstitutionalized population	5,991	5.0%
Female	45,935	38.0%
21 years and over	86,012	71.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	22,575	18.7%		Total households	45,532	100.0%
65 years and over	18,754	15.5%		Family households (families)	33,060	72.6%
Male	8,791	7.3%		With own children under 18 years	13,830	30.4%
Female	9,963	8.2%		Married couple family	26,485	58.2%
				With own children under 18 years	9,820	21.6%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	4,998	11.0%
One race	119,231	98.6%		With own children under 18 years	3,181	7.0%
White	85,451	70.7%		Nonfamily households	12,472	27.4%
Black or African American	29,005	24.0%		Householder living alone	9,796	21.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	321	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	3,774	8.3%
Asian	953	0.8%
Asian Indian	128	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	15,198	33.4%
Chinese	105	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	12,670	27.8%
Filipino	306	0.3%
Japanese	145	0.1%		Average household size	2.51	(X)
Korean	91	0.1%		Average family size	2.90	(X)
Vietnamese	65	0.1%
Other Asian1	113	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	63	0.1%		Total housing units	60,509	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	20	0.0%		Occupied housing units	45,532	75.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	13	0.0%		Vacant housing units	14,977	24.8%
Samoan	11	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	9,613	15.9%
Other Pacific Islander2	19	0.0%
Some other race	3,438	2.8%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6%	(X)
Two or more races	1,706	1.4%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	19.2%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	86,782	71.8%		Occupied housing units	45,532	100.0%
Black or African American	29,676	24.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	33,338	73.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	707	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	12,194	26.8%
Asian	1,351	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	200	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.44	(X)
Some other race	4,093	3.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.71	(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.