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

Geographic Area: Georgetown 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	55,797	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	55,797	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	919	1.6%
Male	26,700	47.9%		Mexican	636	1.1%
Female	29,097	52.1%		Puerto Rican	60	0.1%
				Cuban	24	0.0%
Under 5 years	3,477	6.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	199	0.4%
5 to 9 years	3,876	6.9%		Not Hispanic or Latino	54,878	98.4%
10 to 14 years	4,226	7.6%		White alone	33,011	59.2%
15 to 19 years	3,773	6.8%
20 to 24 years	3,004	5.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	6,473	11.6%		Total population	55,797	100.0%
35 to 44 years	7,975	14.3%		In households	55,216	99.0%
45 to 54 years	8,113	14.5%		Householder	21,659	38.8%
55 to 59 years	3,446	6.2%		Spouse	11,720	21.0%
60 to 64 years	3,080	5.5%		Child	16,119	28.9%
65 to 74 years	4,878	8.7%		Own child under 18 years	11,714	21.0%
75 to 84 years	2,819	5.1%		Other relatives	3,979	7.1%
85 years and over	657	1.2%		Under 18 years	2,080	3.7%
				Nonrelatives	1,739	3.1%
Median age (years)	39.1	(X)		Unmarried partner	804	1.4%
				In group quarters	581	1.0%
18 years and over	41,753	74.8%		Institutionalized population	399	0.7%
Male	19,591	35.1%		Noninstitutionalized population	182	0.3%
Female	22,162	39.7%
21 years and over	39,866	71.4%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	10,155	18.2%		Total households	21,659	100.0%
65 years and over	8,354	15.0%		Family households (families)	15,844	73.2%
Male	3,687	6.6%		With own children under 18 years	6,547	30.2%
Female	4,667	8.4%		Married couple family	11,720	54.1%
				With own children under 18 years	4,339	20.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	3,274	15.1%
One race	55,525	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	1,809	8.4%
White	33,307	59.7%		Nonfamily households	5,815	26.8%
Black or African American	21,541	38.6%		Householder living alone	5,040	23.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	77	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	2,001	9.2%
Asian	130	0.2%
Asian Indian	30	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	7,641	35.3%
Chinese	38	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	5,951	27.5%
Filipino	30	0.1%
Japanese	4	0.0%		Average household size	2.55	(X)
Korean	19	0.0%		Average family size	3.01	(X)
Vietnamese	4	0.0%
Other Asian1	5	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	17	0.0%		Total housing units	28,282	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	8	0.0%		Occupied housing units	21,659	76.6%
Guamanian or Chamorro	5	0.0%		Vacant housing units	6,623	23.4%
Samoan	2	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	3,496	12.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	2	0.0%
Some other race	453	0.8%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	272	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	28.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	33,498	60.0%		Occupied housing units	21,659	100.0%
Black or African American	21,673	38.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	17,620	81.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	189	0.3%		Renter-occupied housing units	4,039	18.6%
Asian	197	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	33	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	(X)
Some other race	510	0.9%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.46	(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.