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

Geographic Area: Florence 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	125,761	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	125,761	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,383	1.1%
Male	59,099	47.0%		Mexican	703	0.6%
Female	66,662	53.0%		Puerto Rican	150	0.1%
				Cuban	38	0.0%
Under 5 years	8,216	6.5%		Other Hispanic or Latino	492	0.4%
5 to 9 years	9,077	7.2%		Not Hispanic or Latino	124,378	98.9%
10 to 14 years	9,620	7.6%		White alone	73,216	58.2%
15 to 19 years	9,514	7.6%
20 to 24 years	8,389	6.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	17,162	13.6%		Total population	125,761	100.0%
35 to 44 years	19,235	15.3%		In households	121,895	96.9%
45 to 54 years	18,141	14.4%		Householder	47,147	37.5%
55 to 59 years	6,421	5.1%		Spouse	23,449	18.6%
60 to 64 years	5,149	4.1%		Child	38,339	30.5%
65 to 74 years	7,940	6.3%		Own child under 18 years	27,840	22.1%
75 to 84 years	5,100	4.1%		Other relatives	8,642	6.9%
85 years and over	1,797	1.4%		Under 18 years	4,172	3.3%
				Nonrelatives	4,318	3.4%
Median age (years)	35.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,945	1.5%
				In group quarters	3,866	3.1%
18 years and over	93,160	74.1%		Institutionalized population	2,100	1.7%
Male	42,581	33.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	1,766	1.4%
Female	50,579	40.2%
21 years and over	87,534	69.6%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	17,743	14.1%		Total households	47,147	100.0%
65 years and over	14,837	11.8%		Family households (families)	33,798	71.7%
Male	5,588	4.4%		With own children under 18 years	15,940	33.8%
Female	9,249	7.4%		Married couple family	23,449	49.7%
				With own children under 18 years	10,419	22.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	8,513	18.1%
One race	124,909	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	4,705	10.0%
White	73,760	58.7%		Nonfamily households	13,349	28.3%
Black or African American	49,474	39.3%		Householder living alone	11,528	24.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	282	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	3,881	8.2%
Asian	881	0.7%
Asian Indian	226	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	18,267	38.7%
Chinese	281	0.2%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	10,327	21.9%
Filipino	98	0.1%
Japanese	69	0.1%		Average household size	2.59	(X)
Korean	94	0.1%		Average family size	3.08	(X)
Vietnamese	43	0.0%
Other Asian1	70	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	21	0.0%		Total housing units	51,836	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	6	0.0%		Occupied housing units	47,147	91.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0%		Vacant housing units	4,689	9.0%
Samoan	5	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	346	0.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	8	0.0%
Some other race	491	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.4%	(X)
Two or more races	852	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.0%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	74,392	59.2%		Occupied housing units	47,147	100.0%
Black or African American	49,828	39.6%		Owner-occupied housing units	34,415	73.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	634	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	12,732	27.0%
Asian	1,074	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	63	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.65	(X)
Some other race	694	0.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.40	(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.