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

Geographic Area: Edgefield 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	24,595	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	24,595	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	503	2.0%
Male	13,039	53.0%		Mexican	276	1.1%
Female	11,556	47.0%		Puerto Rican	61	0.2%
				Cuban	26	0.1%
Under 5 years	1,480	6.0%		Other Hispanic or Latino	140	0.6%
5 to 9 years	1,665	6.8%		Not Hispanic or Latino	24,092	98.0%
10 to 14 years	1,788	7.3%		White alone	13,645	55.5%
15 to 19 years	1,784	7.3%
20 to 24 years	1,626	6.6%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,682	15.0%		Total population	24,595	100.0%
35 to 44 years	4,202	17.1%		In households	22,002	89.5%
45 to 54 years	3,542	14.4%		Householder	8,270	33.6%
55 to 59 years	1,258	5.1%		Spouse	4,596	18.7%
60 to 64 years	899	3.7%		Child	7,022	28.6%
65 to 74 years	1,474	6.0%		Own child under 18 years	5,096	20.7%
75 to 84 years	902	3.7%		Other relatives	1,529	6.2%
85 years and over	293	1.2%		Under 18 years	743	3.0%
				Nonrelatives	585	2.4%
Median age (years)	35.6	(X)		Unmarried partner	282	1.1%
				In group quarters	2,593	10.5%
18 years and over	18,664	75.9%		Institutionalized population	2,529	10.3%
Male	9,974	40.6%		Noninstitutionalized population	64	0.3%
Female	8,690	35.3%
21 years and over	17,538	71.3%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	3,159	12.8%		Total households	8,270	100.0%
65 years and over	2,669	10.9%		Family households (families)	6,214	75.1%
Male	1,089	4.4%		With own children under 18 years	2,879	34.8%
Female	1,580	6.4%		Married couple family	4,596	55.6%
				With own children under 18 years	2,010	24.3%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,285	15.5%
One race	24,426	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	714	8.6%
White	13,962	56.8%		Nonfamily households	2,056	24.9%
Black or African American	10,209	41.5%		Householder living alone	1,853	22.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	81	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	750	9.1%
Asian	59	0.2%
Asian Indian	2	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	3,262	39.4%
Chinese	16	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,941	23.5%
Filipino	4	0.0%
Japanese	4	0.0%		Average household size	2.66	(X)
Korean	9	0.0%		Average family size	3.12	(X)
Vietnamese	16	0.1%
Other Asian1	8	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8	0.0%		Total housing units	9,223	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	2	0.0%		Occupied housing units	8,270	89.7%
Guamanian or Chamorro	3	0.0%		Vacant housing units	953	10.3%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	122	1.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	3	0.0%
Some other race	107	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	169	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.0%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	14,096	57.3%		Occupied housing units	8,270	100.0%
Black or African American	10,275	41.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	6,659	80.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	154	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,611	19.5%
Asian	89	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	23	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.71	(X)
Some other race	146	0.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.44	(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.