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

Geographic Area: Colleton 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	38,264	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	38,264	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	551	1.4%
Male	18,327	47.9%		Mexican	348	0.9%
Female	19,937	52.1%		Puerto Rican	81	0.2%
				Cuban	15	0.0%
Under 5 years	2,649	6.9%		Other Hispanic or Latino	107	0.3%
5 to 9 years	2,957	7.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	37,713	98.6%
10 to 14 years	3,053	8.0%		White alone	21,081	55.1%
15 to 19 years	2,889	7.6%
20 to 24 years	2,045	5.3%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	4,682	12.2%		Total population	38,264	100.0%
35 to 44 years	5,617	14.7%		In households	37,931	99.1%
45 to 54 years	5,478	14.3%		Householder	14,470	37.8%
55 to 59 years	2,183	5.7%		Spouse	7,390	19.3%
60 to 64 years	1,783	4.7%		Child	11,861	31.0%
65 to 74 years	2,794	7.3%		Own child under 18 years	8,682	22.7%
75 to 84 years	1,641	4.3%		Other relatives	2,878	7.5%
85 years and over	493	1.3%		Under 18 years	1,622	4.2%
				Nonrelatives	1,332	3.5%
Median age (years)	36.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	666	1.7%
				In group quarters	333	0.9%
18 years and over	27,749	72.5%		Institutionalized population	198	0.5%
Male	12,981	33.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	135	0.4%
Female	14,768	38.6%
21 years and over	26,269	68.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	5,987	15.6%		Total households	14,470	100.0%
65 years and over	4,928	12.9%		Family households (families)	10,494	72.5%
Male	2,059	5.4%		With own children under 18 years	4,791	33.1%
Female	2,869	7.5%		Married couple family	7,390	51.1%
				With own children under 18 years	3,128	21.6%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,432	16.8%
One race	37,952	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	1,343	9.3%
White	21,245	55.5%		Nonfamily households	3,976	27.5%
Black or African American	16,140	42.2%		Householder living alone	3,476	24.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	242	0.6%		Householder 65 years and over	1,460	10.1%
Asian	97	0.3%
Asian Indian	28	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	5,659	39.1%
Chinese	9	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,727	25.8%
Filipino	22	0.1%
Japanese	14	0.0%		Average household size	2.62	(X)
Korean	3	0.0%		Average family size	3.11	(X)
Vietnamese	13	0.0%
Other Asian1	8	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	15	0.0%		Total housing units	18,129	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	4	0.0%		Occupied housing units	14,470	79.8%
Guamanian or Chamorro	5	0.0%		Vacant housing units	3,659	20.2%
Samoan	2	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,907	10.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	4	0.0%
Some other race	213	0.6%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6%	(X)
Two or more races	312	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.1%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	21,478	56.1%		Occupied housing units	14,470	100.0%
Black or African American	16,280	42.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	11,620	80.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	371	1.0%		Renter-occupied housing units	2,850	19.7%
Asian	145	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	38	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.65	(X)
Some other race	292	0.8%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.49	(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.