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

Geographic Area: Laurens 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	69,567	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	69,567	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,352	1.9%
Male	33,641	48.4%		Mexican	897	1.3%
Female	35,926	51.6%		Puerto Rican	110	0.2%
				Cuban	17	0.0%
Under 5 years	4,570	6.6%		Other Hispanic or Latino	328	0.5%
5 to 9 years	4,912	7.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	68,215	98.1%
10 to 14 years	5,152	7.4%		White alone	49,358	71.0%
15 to 19 years	5,048	7.3%
20 to 24 years	4,339	6.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	9,469	13.6%		Total population	69,567	100.0%
35 to 44 years	10,359	14.9%		In households	66,939	96.2%
45 to 54 years	9,570	13.8%		Householder	26,290	37.8%
55 to 59 years	3,926	5.6%		Spouse	13,432	19.3%
60 to 64 years	3,054	4.4%		Child	20,013	28.8%
65 to 74 years	4,974	7.1%		Own child under 18 years	14,873	21.4%
75 to 84 years	3,073	4.4%		Other relatives	4,562	6.6%
85 years and over	1,121	1.6%		Under 18 years	2,221	3.2%
				Nonrelatives	2,642	3.8%
Median age (years)	36.2	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,394	2.0%
				In group quarters	2,628	3.8%
18 years and over	51,980	74.7%		Institutionalized population	1,095	1.6%
Male	24,586	35.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	1,533	2.2%
Female	27,394	39.4%
21 years and over	48,885	70.3%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	10,931	15.7%		Total households	26,290	100.0%
65 years and over	9,168	13.2%		Family households (families)	18,870	71.8%
Male	3,542	5.1%		With own children under 18 years	8,536	32.5%
Female	5,626	8.1%		Married couple family	13,432	51.1%
				With own children under 18 years	5,554	21.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	4,108	15.6%
One race	69,025	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	2,317	8.8%
White	49,789	71.6%		Nonfamily households	7,420	28.2%
Black or African American	18,245	26.2%		Householder living alone	6,464	24.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	192	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	2,576	9.8%
Asian	101	0.1%
Asian Indian	10	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	9,871	37.5%
Chinese	19	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	6,350	24.2%
Filipino	22	0.0%
Japanese	18	0.0%		Average household size	2.55	(X)
Korean	9	0.0%		Average family size	3.01	(X)
Vietnamese	8	0.0%
Other Asian1	15	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	36	0.1%		Total housing units	30,239	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	2	0.0%		Occupied housing units	26,290	86.9%
Guamanian or Chamorro	22	0.0%		Vacant housing units	3,949	13.1%
Samoan	9	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,074	3.6%
Other Pacific Islander2	3	0.0%
Some other race	662	1.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9%	(X)
Two or more races	542	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	50,202	72.2%		Occupied housing units	26,290	100.0%
Black or African American	18,399	26.4%		Owner-occupied housing units	20,372	77.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	450	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	5,918	22.5%
Asian	195	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	78	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.58	(X)
Some other race	844	1.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.44	(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.