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

Geographic Area: Lancaster County

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	61,351	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	61,351	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	978	1.6%
Male	30,393	49.5%		Mexican	624	1.0%
Female	30,958	50.5%		Puerto Rican	63	0.1%
				Cuban	21	0.0%
Under 5 years	4,001	6.5%		Other Hispanic or Latino	270	0.4%
5 to 9 years	4,554	7.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	60,373	98.4%
10 to 14 years	4,482	7.3%		White alone	43,245	70.5%
15 to 19 years	4,161	6.8%
20 to 24 years	3,669	6.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	8,914	14.5%		Total population	61,351	100.0%
35 to 44 years	9,648	15.7%		In households	59,367	96.8%
45 to 54 years	8,547	13.9%		Householder	23,178	37.8%
55 to 59 years	3,268	5.3%		Spouse	12,195	19.9%
60 to 64 years	2,694	4.4%		Child	18,040	29.4%
65 to 74 years	4,134	6.7%		Own child under 18 years	13,455	21.9%
75 to 84 years	2,527	4.1%		Other relatives	3,634	5.9%
85 years and over	752	1.2%		Under 18 years	1,786	2.9%
				Nonrelatives	2,320	3.8%
Median age (years)	35.9	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,173	1.9%
				In group quarters	1,984	3.2%
18 years and over	45,756	74.6%		Institutionalized population	1,783	2.9%
Male	22,335	36.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	201	0.3%
Female	23,421	38.2%
21 years and over	43,364	70.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	8,911	14.5%		Total households	23,178	100.0%
65 years and over	7,413	12.1%		Family households (families)	16,840	72.7%
Male	2,882	4.7%		With own children under 18 years	7,741	33.4%
Female	4,531	7.4%		Married couple family	12,195	52.6%
				With own children under 18 years	5,127	22.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	3,591	15.5%
One race	60,913	99.3%		With own children under 18 years	2,091	9.0%
White	43,577	71.0%		Nonfamily households	6,338	27.3%
Black or African American	16,479	26.9%		Householder living alone	5,483	23.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	133	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	2,172	9.4%
Asian	164	0.3%
Asian Indian	58	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	8,848	38.2%
Chinese	33	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	5,379	23.2%
Filipino	21	0.0%
Japanese	9	0.0%		Average household size	2.56	(X)
Korean	10	0.0%		Average family size	3.01	(X)
Vietnamese	26	0.0%
Other Asian1	7	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	12	0.0%		Total housing units	24,962	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	2	0.0%		Occupied housing units	23,178	92.9%
Guamanian or Chamorro	5	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,784	7.1%
Samoan	4	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	95	0.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	1	0.0%
Some other race	548	0.9%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.3%	(X)
Two or more races	438	0.7%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	43,928	71.6%		Occupied housing units	23,178	100.0%
Black or African American	16,683	27.2%		Owner-occupied housing units	17,386	75.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	323	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	5,792	25.0%
Asian	242	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	34	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.58	(X)
Some other race	624	1.0%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.51	(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.