---

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

Geographic Area: Horry County

 

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text.

---

Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	196,629	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	196,629	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	5,057	2.6%
Male	96,534	49.1%		Mexican	3,071	1.6%
Female	100,095	50.9%		Puerto Rican	593	0.3%
				Cuban	91	0.0%
Under 5 years	11,298	5.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1,302	0.7%
5 to 9 years	11,808	6.0%		Not Hispanic or Latino	191,572	97.4%
10 to 14 years	11,819	6.0%		White alone	157,040	79.9%
15 to 19 years	12,080	6.1%
20 to 24 years	13,345	6.8%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	27,958	14.2%		Total population	196,629	100.0%
35 to 44 years	29,665	15.1%		In households	194,124	98.7%
45 to 54 years	26,996	13.7%		Householder	81,800	41.6%
55 to 59 years	11,556	5.9%		Spouse	42,027	21.4%
60 to 64 years	10,634	5.4%		Child	48,313	24.6%
65 to 74 years	18,459	9.4%		Own child under 18 years	36,734	18.7%
75 to 84 years	8,970	4.6%		Other relatives	9,854	5.0%
85 years and over	2,041	1.0%		Under 18 years	4,129	2.1%
				Nonrelatives	12,130	6.2%
Median age (years)	38.3	(X)		Unmarried partner	4,776	2.4%
				In group quarters	2,505	1.3%
18 years and over	154,700	78.7%		Institutionalized population	1,317	0.7%
Male	74,982	38.1%		Noninstitutionalized population	1,188	0.6%
Female	79,718	40.5%
21 years and over	146,930	74.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	35,865	18.2%		Total households	81,800	100.0%
65 years and over	29,470	15.0%		Family households (families)	54,515	66.6%
Male	13,173	6.7%		With own children under 18 years	21,496	26.3%
Female	16,297	8.3%		Married couple family	42,027	51.4%
				With own children under 18 years	14,498	17.7%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	9,418	11.5%
One race	194,524	98.9%		With own children under 18 years	5,431	6.6%
White	159,363	81.0%		Nonfamily households	27,285	33.4%
Black or African American	30,468	15.5%		Householder living alone	21,075	25.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	793	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	6,984	8.5%
Asian	1,498	0.8%
Asian Indian	319	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	24,156	29.5%
Chinese	220	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	20,746	25.4%
Filipino	220	0.1%
Japanese	108	0.1%		Average household size	2.37	(X)
Korean	110	0.1%		Average family size	2.84	(X)
Vietnamese	300	0.2%
Other Asian1	221	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	121	0.1%		Total housing units	122,085	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	18	0.0%		Occupied housing units	81,800	67.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	57	0.0%		Vacant housing units	40,285	33.0%
Samoan	14	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	24,945	20.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	32	0.0%
Some other race	2,281	1.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.2%	(X)
Two or more races	2,105	1.1%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	30.2%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	161,138	82.0%		Occupied housing units	81,800	100.0%
Black or African American	31,173	15.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	59,713	73.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,572	0.8%		Renter-occupied housing units	22,087	27.0%
Asian	1,960	1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	223	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.39	(X)
Some other race	2,850	1.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.33	(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.