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

Geographic Area: Berkeley County

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	142,651	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	142,651	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	3,935	2.8%
Male	72,462	50.8%		Mexican	1,837	1.3%
Female	70,189	49.2%		Puerto Rican	789	0.6%
				Cuban	125	0.1%
Under 5 years	10,242	7.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1,184	0.8%
5 to 9 years	11,063	7.8%		Not Hispanic or Latino	138,716	97.2%
10 to 14 years	11,821	8.3%		White alone	95,314	66.8%
15 to 19 years	12,725	8.9%
20 to 24 years	10,780	7.6%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	20,935	14.7%		Total population	142,651	100.0%
35 to 44 years	23,599	16.5%		In households	137,209	96.2%
45 to 54 years	18,461	12.9%		Householder	49,922	35.0%
55 to 59 years	6,745	4.7%		Spouse	28,305	19.8%
60 to 64 years	5,019	3.5%		Child	44,985	31.5%
65 to 74 years	6,973	4.9%		Own child under 18 years	35,114	24.6%
75 to 84 years	3,409	2.4%		Other relatives	7,792	5.5%
85 years and over	879	0.6%		Under 18 years	3,950	2.8%
				Nonrelatives	6,205	4.3%
Median age (years)	32.0	(X)		Unmarried partner	2,517	1.8%
				In group quarters	5,442	3.8%
18 years and over	102,726	72.0%		Institutionalized population	2,412	1.7%
Male	51,916	36.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	3,030	2.1%
Female	50,810	35.6%
21 years and over	94,173	66.0%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	14,091	9.9%		Total households	49,922	100.0%
65 years and over	11,261	7.9%		Family households (families)	37,696	75.5%
Male	4,888	3.4%		With own children under 18 years	19,558	39.2%
Female	6,373	4.5%		Married couple family	28,305	56.7%
				With own children under 18 years	13,831	27.7%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	7,110	14.2%
One race	140,233	98.3%		With own children under 18 years	4,409	8.8%
White	96,997	68.0%		Nonfamily households	12,226	24.5%
Black or African American	37,985	26.6%		Householder living alone	9,697	19.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	748	0.5%		Householder 65 years and over	2,787	5.6%
Asian	2,671	1.9%
Asian Indian	135	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	21,878	43.8%
Chinese	183	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	8,414	16.9%
Filipino	1,838	1.3%
Japanese	133	0.1%		Average household size	2.75	(X)
Korean	125	0.1%		Average family size	3.15	(X)
Vietnamese	126	0.1%
Other Asian1	131	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	114	0.1%		Total housing units	54,717	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	42	0.0%		Occupied housing units	49,922	91.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	20	0.0%		Vacant housing units	4,795	8.8%
Samoan	20	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,292	2.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	32	0.0%
Some other race	1,718	1.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.1%	(X)
Two or more races	2,418	1.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	98,979	69.4%		Occupied housing units	49,922	100.0%
Black or African American	38,761	27.2%		Owner-occupied housing units	37,052	74.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,489	1.0%		Renter-occupied housing units	12,870	25.8%
Asian	3,453	2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	269	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.77	(X)
Some other race	2,285	1.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.69	(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.