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

Geographic Area: Cherokee 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	52,537	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	52,537	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,092	2.1%
Male	25,423	48.4%		Mexican	780	1.5%
Female	27,114	51.6%		Puerto Rican	89	0.2%
				Cuban	5	0.0%
Under 5 years	3,758	7.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	218	0.4%
5 to 9 years	3,865	7.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	51,445	97.9%
10 to 14 years	3,808	7.2%		White alone	40,013	76.2%
15 to 19 years	3,604	6.9%
20 to 24 years	3,281	6.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	7,691	14.6%		Total population	52,537	100.0%
35 to 44 years	7,845	14.9%		In households	51,808	98.6%
45 to 54 years	7,246	13.8%		Householder	20,495	39.0%
55 to 59 years	2,767	5.3%		Spouse	10,506	20.0%
60 to 64 years	2,155	4.1%		Child	15,566	29.6%
65 to 74 years	3,570	6.8%		Own child under 18 years	11,690	22.3%
75 to 84 years	2,226	4.2%		Other relatives	3,336	6.3%
85 years and over	721	1.4%		Under 18 years	1,604	3.1%
				Nonrelatives	1,905	3.6%
Median age (years)	35.3	(X)		Unmarried partner	970	1.8%
				In group quarters	729	1.4%
18 years and over	38,967	74.2%		Institutionalized population	364	0.7%
Male	18,531	35.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	365	0.7%
Female	20,436	38.9%
21 years and over	36,832	70.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	7,744	14.7%		Total households	20,495	100.0%
65 years and over	6,517	12.4%		Family households (families)	14,614	71.3%
Male	2,501	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	6,711	32.7%
Female	4,016	7.6%		Married couple family	10,506	51.3%
				With own children under 18 years	4,441	21.7%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	3,159	15.4%
One race	52,097	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	1,815	8.9%
White	40,409	76.9%		Nonfamily households	5,881	28.7%
Black or African American	10,801	20.6%		Householder living alone	5,130	25.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	103	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	1,923	9.4%
Asian	163	0.3%
Asian Indian	55	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	7,731	37.7%
Chinese	38	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	4,751	23.2%
Filipino	10	0.0%
Japanese	15	0.0%		Average household size	2.53	(X)
Korean	10	0.0%		Average family size	3.01	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	34	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	11	0.0%		Total housing units	22,400	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	20,495	91.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,905	8.5%
Samoan	6	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	80	0.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	2	0.0%
Some other race	610	1.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8%	(X)
Two or more races	440	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.8%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	40,787	77.6%		Occupied housing units	20,495	100.0%
Black or African American	10,947	20.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	15,146	73.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	279	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	5,349	26.1%
Asian	244	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	33	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.58	(X)
Some other race	714	1.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.37	(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.