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

Geographic Area: Darlington 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	67,394	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	67,394	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	658	1.0%
Male	31,881	47.3%		Mexican	340	0.5%
Female	35,513	52.7%		Puerto Rican	82	0.1%
				Cuban	20	0.0%
Under 5 years	4,664	6.9%		Other Hispanic or Latino	216	0.3%
5 to 9 years	5,297	7.9%		Not Hispanic or Latino	66,736	99.0%
10 to 14 years	4,960	7.4%		White alone	38,161	56.6%
15 to 19 years	4,573	6.8%
20 to 24 years	4,266	6.3%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	8,882	13.2%		Total population	67,394	100.0%
35 to 44 years	10,126	15.0%		In households	66,163	98.2%
45 to 54 years	9,914	14.7%		Householder	25,793	38.3%
55 to 59 years	3,611	5.4%		Spouse	12,453	18.5%
60 to 64 years	2,943	4.4%		Child	20,338	30.2%
65 to 74 years	4,454	6.6%		Own child under 18 years	14,597	21.7%
75 to 84 years	2,861	4.2%		Other relatives	5,309	7.9%
85 years and over	843	1.3%		Under 18 years	2,786	4.1%
				Nonrelatives	2,270	3.4%
Median age (years)	36.0	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,170	1.7%
				In group quarters	1,231	1.8%
18 years and over	49,685	73.7%		Institutionalized population	765	1.1%
Male	22,773	33.8%		Noninstitutionalized population	466	0.7%
Female	26,912	39.9%
21 years and over	47,013	69.8%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	9,859	14.6%		Total households	25,793	100.0%
65 years and over	8,158	12.1%		Family households (families)	18,444	71.5%
Male	3,129	4.6%		With own children under 18 years	8,307	32.2%
Female	5,029	7.5%		Married couple family	12,453	48.3%
				With own children under 18 years	5,136	19.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	4,823	18.7%
One race	67,041	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	2,651	10.3%
White	38,402	57.0%		Nonfamily households	7,349	28.5%
Black or African American	28,104	41.7%		Householder living alone	6,478	25.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	127	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	2,376	9.2%
Asian	142	0.2%
Asian Indian	45	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	9,795	38.0%
Chinese	25	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	5,937	23.0%
Filipino	29	0.0%
Japanese	11	0.0%		Average household size	2.57	(X)
Korean	8	0.0%		Average family size	3.07	(X)
Vietnamese	5	0.0%
Other Asian1	19	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	6	0.0%		Total housing units	28,942	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	25,793	89.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0%		Vacant housing units	3,149	10.9%
Samoan	3	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	277	1.0%
Other Pacific Islander2	1	0.0%
Some other race	260	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6%	(X)
Two or more races	353	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.2%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	38,677	57.4%		Occupied housing units	25,793	100.0%
Black or African American	28,272	42.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	19,854	77.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	250	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	5,939	23.0%
Asian	224	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	33	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.61	(X)
Some other race	345	0.5%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.41	(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.