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

Geographic Area: Dorchester 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	96,413	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	96,413	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,722	1.8%
Male	47,184	48.9%		Mexican	656	0.7%
Female	49,229	51.1%		Puerto Rican	430	0.4%
				Cuban	80	0.1%
Under 5 years	6,470	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	556	0.6%
5 to 9 years	7,944	8.2%		Not Hispanic or Latino	94,691	98.2%
10 to 14 years	8,541	8.9%		White alone	67,578	70.1%
15 to 19 years	7,325	7.6%
20 to 24 years	5,034	5.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	13,451	14.0%		Total population	96,413	100.0%
35 to 44 years	17,052	17.7%		In households	94,324	97.8%
45 to 54 years	13,511	14.0%		Householder	34,709	36.0%
55 to 59 years	4,732	4.9%		Spouse	19,855	20.6%
60 to 64 years	3,562	3.7%		Child	31,503	32.7%
65 to 74 years	5,002	5.2%		Own child under 18 years	24,995	25.9%
75 to 84 years	2,919	3.0%		Other relatives	4,771	4.9%
85 years and over	870	0.9%		Under 18 years	2,311	2.4%
				Nonrelatives	3,486	3.6%
Median age (years)	34.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,602	1.7%
				In group quarters	2,089	2.2%
18 years and over	68,570	71.1%		Institutionalized population	1,708	1.8%
Male	32,793	34.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	381	0.4%
Female	35,777	37.1%
21 years and over	65,091	67.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	10,834	11.2%		Total households	34,709	100.0%
65 years and over	8,791	9.1%		Family households (families)	26,293	75.8%
Male	3,511	3.6%		With own children under 18 years	13,896	40.0%
Female	5,280	5.5%		Married couple family	19,855	57.2%
				With own children under 18 years	9,873	28.4%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	5,073	14.6%
One race	95,099	98.6%		With own children under 18 years	3,255	9.4%
White	68,498	71.0%		Nonfamily households	8,416	24.2%
Black or African American	24,176	25.1%		Householder living alone	7,006	20.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	703	0.7%		Householder 65 years and over	2,254	6.5%
Asian	1,086	1.1%
Asian Indian	98	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	15,258	44.0%
Chinese	167	0.2%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	6,316	18.2%
Filipino	458	0.5%
Japanese	84	0.1%		Average household size	2.72	(X)
Korean	87	0.1%		Average family size	3.13	(X)
Vietnamese	124	0.1%
Other Asian1	68	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	66	0.1%		Total housing units	37,237	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	10	0.0%		Occupied housing units	34,709	93.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	21	0.0%		Vacant housing units	2,528	6.8%
Samoan	5	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	256	0.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	30	0.0%
Some other race	570	0.6%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6%	(X)
Two or more races	1,314	1.4%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	69,542	72.1%		Occupied housing units	34,709	100.0%
Black or African American	24,675	25.6%		Owner-occupied housing units	26,023	75.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,174	1.2%		Renter-occupied housing units	8,686	25.0%
Asian	1,456	1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	154	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.80	(X)
Some other race	823	0.9%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.47	(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.