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

Geographic Area: Lee 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	20,119	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	20,119	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	264	1.3%
Male	10,128	50.3%		Mexican	183	0.9%
Female	9,991	49.7%		Puerto Rican	10	0.0%
				Cuban	8	0.0%
Under 5 years	1,277	6.3%		Other Hispanic or Latino	63	0.3%
5 to 9 years	1,482	7.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	19,855	98.7%
10 to 14 years	1,469	7.3%		White alone	6,961	34.6%
15 to 19 years	1,568	7.8%
20 to 24 years	1,402	7.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	2,655	13.2%		Total population	20,119	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,212	16.0%		In households	18,433	91.6%
45 to 54 years	2,898	14.4%		Householder	6,886	34.2%
55 to 59 years	912	4.5%		Spouse	2,960	14.7%
60 to 64 years	740	3.7%		Child	6,026	30.0%
65 to 74 years	1,335	6.6%		Own child under 18 years	4,047	20.1%
75 to 84 years	882	4.4%		Other relatives	1,980	9.8%
85 years and over	287	1.4%		Under 18 years	1,074	5.3%
				Nonrelatives	581	2.9%
Median age (years)	35.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	297	1.5%
				In group quarters	1,686	8.4%
18 years and over	14,936	74.2%		Institutionalized population	1,627	8.1%
Male	7,509	37.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	59	0.3%
Female	7,427	36.9%
21 years and over	14,024	69.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	2,947	14.6%		Total households	6,886	100.0%
65 years and over	2,504	12.4%		Family households (families)	4,916	71.4%
Male	975	4.8%		With own children under 18 years	2,255	32.7%
Female	1,529	7.6%		Married couple family	2,960	43.0%
				With own children under 18 years	1,252	18.2%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,636	23.8%
One race	20,020	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	871	12.6%
White	7,048	35.0%		Nonfamily households	1,970	28.6%
Black or African American	12,787	63.6%		Householder living alone	1,786	25.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	27	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	729	10.6%
Asian	39	0.2%
Asian Indian	21	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	2,761	40.1%
Chinese	7	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,869	27.1%
Filipino	1	0.0%
Japanese	1	0.0%		Average household size	2.68	(X)
Korean	1	0.0%		Average family size	3.23	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	7	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Total housing units	7,670	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	6,886	89.8%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	784	10.2%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	86	1.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	118	0.6%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.5%	(X)
Two or more races	99	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	7,101	35.3%		Occupied housing units	6,886	100.0%
Black or African American	12,845	63.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	5,467	79.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	72	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,419	20.6%
Asian	74	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.72	(X)
Some other race	145	0.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.50	(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.