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

Geographic Area: Fairfield 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	23,454	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	23,454	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	250	1.1%
Male	11,167	47.6%		Mexican	91	0.4%
Female	12,287	52.4%		Puerto Rican	91	0.4%
				Cuban	1	0.0%
Under 5 years	1,580	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	67	0.3%
5 to 9 years	1,751	7.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	23,204	98.9%
10 to 14 years	1,785	7.6%		White alone	9,195	39.2%
15 to 19 years	1,656	7.1%
20 to 24 years	1,375	5.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	2,957	12.6%		Total population	23,454	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,563	15.2%		In households	23,033	98.2%
45 to 54 years	3,483	14.9%		Householder	8,774	37.4%
55 to 59 years	1,257	5.4%		Spouse	4,204	17.9%
60 to 64 years	953	4.1%		Child	7,392	31.5%
65 to 74 years	1,689	7.2%		Own child under 18 years	4,997	21.3%
75 to 84 years	1,061	4.5%		Other relatives	1,923	8.2%
85 years and over	344	1.5%		Under 18 years	1,013	4.3%
				Nonrelatives	740	3.2%
Median age (years)	36.9	(X)		Unmarried partner	435	1.9%
				In group quarters	421	1.8%
18 years and over	17,326	73.9%		Institutionalized population	341	1.5%
Male	8,147	34.7%		Noninstitutionalized population	80	0.3%
Female	9,179	39.1%
21 years and over	16,393	69.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	3,676	15.7%		Total households	8,774	100.0%
65 years and over	3,094	13.2%		Family households (families)	6,387	72.8%
Male	1,284	5.5%		With own children under 18 years	2,845	32.4%
Female	1,810	7.7%		Married couple family	4,204	47.9%
				With own children under 18 years	1,674	19.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,751	20.0%
One race	23,325	99.4%		With own children under 18 years	959	10.9%
White	9,282	39.6%		Nonfamily households	2,387	27.2%
Black or African American	13,859	59.1%		Householder living alone	2,139	24.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	36	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	827	9.4%
Asian	44	0.2%
Asian Indian	12	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	3,405	38.8%
Chinese	10	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,209	25.2%
Filipino	6	0.0%
Japanese	3	0.0%		Average household size	2.63	(X)
Korean	8	0.0%		Average family size	3.12	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	4	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	10,383	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	8,774	84.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,609	15.5%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	724	7.0%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	104	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2%	(X)
Two or more races	129	0.6%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.8%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	9,379	40.0%		Occupied housing units	8,774	100.0%
Black or African American	13,923	59.4%		Owner-occupied housing units	6,794	77.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	90	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,980	22.6%
Asian	67	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.66	(X)
Some other race	130	0.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.52	(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.