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

Geographic Area: Hampton 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	21,386	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	21,386	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	547	2.6%
Male	10,894	50.9%		Mexican	322	1.5%
Female	10,492	49.1%		Puerto Rican	82	0.4%
				Cuban	45	0.2%
Under 5 years	1,431	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	98	0.5%
5 to 9 years	1,659	7.8%		Not Hispanic or Latino	20,839	97.4%
10 to 14 years	1,774	8.3%		White alone	8,831	41.3%
15 to 19 years	1,599	7.5%
20 to 24 years	1,256	5.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,052	14.3%		Total population	21,386	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,290	15.4%		In households	19,674	92.0%
45 to 54 years	2,923	13.7%		Householder	7,444	34.8%
55 to 59 years	1,010	4.7%		Spouse	3,563	16.7%
60 to 64 years	797	3.7%		Child	6,566	30.7%
65 to 74 years	1,447	6.8%		Own child under 18 years	4,950	23.1%
75 to 84 years	874	4.1%		Other relatives	1,485	6.9%
85 years and over	274	1.3%		Under 18 years	841	3.9%
				Nonrelatives	616	2.9%
Median age (years)	34.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	315	1.5%
				In group quarters	1,712	8.0%
18 years and over	15,475	72.4%		Institutionalized population	1,688	7.9%
Male	7,887	36.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	24	0.1%
Female	7,588	35.5%
21 years and over	14,640	68.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	3,073	14.4%		Total households	7,444	100.0%
65 years and over	2,595	12.1%		Family households (families)	5,312	71.4%
Male	1,022	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	2,578	34.6%
Female	1,573	7.4%		Married couple family	3,563	47.9%
				With own children under 18 years	1,630	21.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,396	18.8%
One race	21,293	99.6%		With own children under 18 years	790	10.6%
White	9,173	42.9%		Nonfamily households	2,132	28.6%
Black or African American	11,906	55.7%		Householder living alone	1,917	25.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	43	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	831	11.2%
Asian	36	0.2%
Asian Indian	2	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	3,052	41.0%
Chinese	5	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,947	26.2%
Filipino	13	0.1%
Japanese	6	0.0%		Average household size	2.64	(X)
Korean	1	0.0%		Average family size	3.19	(X)
Vietnamese	2	0.0%
Other Asian1	7	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%		Total housing units	8,582	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	7,444	86.7%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,138	13.3%
Samoan	1	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	300	3.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	133	0.6%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.5%	(X)
Two or more races	93	0.4%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	9,236	43.2%		Occupied housing units	7,444	100.0%
Black or African American	11,952	55.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	5,813	78.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	84	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,631	21.9%
Asian	51	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	10	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.69	(X)
Some other race	153	0.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.48	(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.