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

Geographic Area: Jasper 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	20,678	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	20,678	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,190	5.8%
Male	10,878	52.6%		Mexican	947	4.6%
Female	9,800	47.4%		Puerto Rican	54	0.3%
				Cuban	17	0.1%
Under 5 years	1,499	7.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	172	0.8%
5 to 9 years	1,602	7.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	19,488	94.2%
10 to 14 years	1,559	7.5%		White alone	8,374	40.5%
15 to 19 years	1,483	7.2%
20 to 24 years	1,527	7.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,063	14.8%		Total population	20,678	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,282	15.9%		In households	19,331	93.5%
45 to 54 years	2,538	12.3%		Householder	7,042	34.1%
55 to 59 years	1,041	5.0%		Spouse	3,388	16.4%
60 to 64 years	815	3.9%		Child	6,055	29.3%
65 to 74 years	1,273	6.2%		Own child under 18 years	4,458	21.6%
75 to 84 years	738	3.6%		Other relatives	1,859	9.0%
85 years and over	258	1.2%		Under 18 years	949	4.6%
				Nonrelatives	987	4.8%
Median age (years)	33.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	361	1.7%
				In group quarters	1,347	6.5%
18 years and over	15,137	73.2%		Institutionalized population	1,330	6.4%
Male	7,973	38.6%		Noninstitutionalized population	17	0.1%
Female	7,164	34.6%
21 years and over	14,184	68.6%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	2,726	13.2%		Total households	7,042	100.0%
65 years and over	2,269	11.0%		Family households (families)	5,092	72.3%
Male	1,003	4.9%		With own children under 18 years	2,429	34.5%
Female	1,266	6.1%		Married couple family	3,388	48.1%
				With own children under 18 years	1,520	21.6%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,283	18.2%
One race	20,539	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	721	10.2%
White	8,766	42.4%		Nonfamily households	1,950	27.7%
Black or African American	10,895	52.7%		Householder living alone	1,632	23.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	76	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	622	8.8%
Asian	92	0.4%
Asian Indian	35	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	2,936	41.7%
Chinese	11	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,685	23.9%
Filipino	6	0.0%
Japanese	3	0.0%		Average household size	2.75	(X)
Korean	4	0.0%		Average family size	3.22	(X)
Vietnamese	2	0.0%
Other Asian1	31	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	10	0.0%		Total housing units	7,928	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	7,042	88.8%
Guamanian or Chamorro	8	0.0%		Vacant housing units	886	11.2%
Samoan	1	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	233	2.9%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	700	3.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.7%	(X)
Two or more races	139	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.9%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	8,846	42.8%		Occupied housing units	7,042	100.0%
Black or African American	10,961	53.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	5,469	77.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	120	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,573	22.3%
Asian	116	0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.74	(X)
Some other race	765	3.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.76	(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.