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

Geographic Area: Dillon 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	30,722	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	30,722	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	539	1.8%
Male	14,329	46.6%		Mexican	396	1.3%
Female	16,393	53.4%		Puerto Rican	20	0.1%
				Cuban	8	0.0%
Under 5 years	2,273	7.4%		Other Hispanic or Latino	115	0.4%
5 to 9 years	2,498	8.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	30,183	98.2%
10 to 14 years	2,597	8.5%		White alone	15,309	49.8%
15 to 19 years	2,442	7.9%
20 to 24 years	2,049	6.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,858	12.6%		Total population	30,722	100.0%
35 to 44 years	4,578	14.9%		In households	30,295	98.6%
45 to 54 years	4,192	13.6%		Householder	11,199	36.5%
55 to 59 years	1,462	4.8%		Spouse	5,022	16.3%
60 to 64 years	1,228	4.0%		Child	10,086	32.8%
65 to 74 years	1,942	6.3%		Own child under 18 years	7,176	23.4%
75 to 84 years	1,250	4.1%		Other relatives	2,985	9.7%
85 years and over	353	1.1%		Under 18 years	1,628	5.3%
				Nonrelatives	1,003	3.3%
Median age (years)	34.2	(X)		Unmarried partner	583	1.9%
				In group quarters	427	1.4%
18 years and over	21,790	70.9%		Institutionalized population	332	1.1%
Male	9,794	31.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	95	0.3%
Female	11,996	39.0%
21 years and over	20,508	66.8%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	4,289	14.0%		Total households	11,199	100.0%
65 years and over	3,545	11.5%		Family households (families)	8,065	72.0%
Male	1,258	4.1%		With own children under 18 years	3,876	34.6%
Female	2,287	7.4%		Married couple family	5,022	44.8%
				With own children under 18 years	2,307	20.6%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,492	22.3%
One race	30,506	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	1,325	11.8%
White	15,481	50.4%		Nonfamily households	3,134	28.0%
Black or African American	13,932	45.3%		Householder living alone	2,811	25.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	679	2.2%		Householder 65 years and over	1,107	9.9%
Asian	103	0.3%
Asian Indian	64	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	4,676	41.8%
Chinese	13	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,658	23.7%
Filipino	12	0.0%
Japanese	2	0.0%		Average household size	2.71	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.24	(X)
Vietnamese	6	0.0%
Other Asian1	6	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8	0.0%		Total housing units	12,679	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	2	0.0%		Occupied housing units	11,199	88.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	5	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,480	11.7%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	114	0.9%
Other Pacific Islander2	1	0.0%
Some other race	303	1.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	216	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	15,635	50.9%		Occupied housing units	11,199	100.0%
Black or African American	14,026	45.7%		Owner-occupied housing units	8,064	72.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	805	2.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	3,135	28.0%
Asian	144	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.75	(X)
Some other race	334	1.1%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.59	(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.