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

Geographic Area: Chesterfield 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	42,768	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	42,768	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	971	2.3%
Male	20,631	48.2%		Mexican	578	1.4%
Female	22,137	51.8%		Puerto Rican	42	0.1%
				Cuban	213	0.5%
Under 5 years	2,893	6.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	138	0.3%
5 to 9 years	3,291	7.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	41,797	97.7%
10 to 14 years	3,314	7.7%		White alone	27,172	63.5%
15 to 19 years	2,999	7.0%
20 to 24 years	2,538	5.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	5,858	13.7%		Total population	42,768	100.0%
35 to 44 years	6,527	15.3%		In households	42,109	98.5%
45 to 54 years	6,108	14.3%		Householder	16,557	38.7%
55 to 59 years	2,307	5.4%		Spouse	8,213	19.2%
60 to 64 years	1,813	4.2%		Child	12,976	30.3%
65 to 74 years	2,917	6.8%		Own child under 18 years	9,630	22.5%
75 to 84 years	1,687	3.9%		Other relatives	2,849	6.7%
85 years and over	516	1.2%		Under 18 years	1,487	3.5%
				Nonrelatives	1,514	3.5%
Median age (years)	35.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	777	1.8%
				In group quarters	659	1.5%
18 years and over	31,377	73.4%		Institutionalized population	466	1.1%
Male	14,863	34.8%		Noninstitutionalized population	193	0.5%
Female	16,514	38.6%
21 years and over	29,739	69.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	6,177	14.4%		Total households	16,557	100.0%
65 years and over	5,120	12.0%		Family households (families)	11,703	70.7%
Male	2,005	4.7%		With own children under 18 years	5,532	33.4%
Female	3,115	7.3%		Married couple family	8,213	49.6%
				With own children under 18 years	3,607	21.8%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,698	16.3%
One race	42,446	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	1,548	9.3%
White	27,515	64.3%		Nonfamily households	4,854	29.3%
Black or African American	14,206	33.2%		Householder living alone	4,283	25.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	145	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	1,656	10.0%
Asian	128	0.3%
Asian Indian	57	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	6,358	38.4%
Chinese	15	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,842	23.2%
Filipino	28	0.1%
Japanese	5	0.0%		Average household size	2.54	(X)
Korean	7	0.0%		Average family size	3.05	(X)
Vietnamese	3	0.0%
Other Asian1	13	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	9	0.0%		Total housing units	18,818	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	5	0.0%		Occupied housing units	16,557	88.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.0%		Vacant housing units	2,261	12.0%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	248	1.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	3	0.0%
Some other race	443	1.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8%	(X)
Two or more races	322	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	13.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	27,785	65.0%		Occupied housing units	16,557	100.0%
Black or African American	14,363	33.6%		Owner-occupied housing units	12,629	76.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	278	0.7%		Renter-occupied housing units	3,928	23.7%
Asian	180	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	36	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	(X)
Some other race	530	1.2%		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.