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

Geographic Area: Lexington 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	216,014	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	216,014	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	4,146	1.9%
Male	104,977	48.6%		Mexican	2,252	1.0%
Female	111,037	51.4%		Puerto Rican	655	0.3%
				Cuban	219	0.1%
Under 5 years	14,762	6.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1,020	0.5%
5 to 9 years	16,109	7.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	211,868	98.1%
10 to 14 years	16,137	7.5%		White alone	179,731	83.2%
15 to 19 years	14,495	6.7%
20 to 24 years	12,684	5.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	31,137	14.4%		Total population	216,014	100.0%
35 to 44 years	37,197	17.2%		In households	213,131	98.7%
45 to 54 years	31,828	14.7%		Householder	83,240	38.5%
55 to 59 years	11,450	5.3%		Spouse	47,143	21.8%
60 to 64 years	8,226	3.8%		Child	64,289	29.8%
65 to 74 years	12,225	5.7%		Own child under 18 years	51,641	23.9%
75 to 84 years	7,352	3.4%		Other relatives	8,755	4.1%
85 years and over	2,412	1.1%		Under 18 years	3,779	1.7%
				Nonrelatives	9,704	4.5%
Median age (years)	35.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	3,955	1.8%
				In group quarters	2,883	1.3%
18 years and over	159,701	73.9%		Institutionalized population	1,896	0.9%
Male	76,233	35.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	987	0.5%
Female	83,468	38.6%
21 years and over	151,979	70.4%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	26,685	12.4%		Total households	83,240	100.0%
65 years and over	21,989	10.2%		Family households (families)	59,830	71.9%
Male	8,892	4.1%		With own children under 18 years	29,526	35.5%
Female	13,097	6.1%		Married couple family	47,143	56.6%
				With own children under 18 years	21,791	26.2%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	9,675	11.6%
One race	213,891	99.0%		With own children under 18 years	6,064	7.3%
White	181,844	84.2%		Nonfamily households	23,410	28.1%
Black or African American	27,274	12.6%		Householder living alone	18,711	22.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	725	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	5,734	6.9%
Asian	2,259	1.0%
Asian Indian	769	0.4%		Households with individuals under 18 years	31,935	38.4%
Chinese	506	0.2%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	15,181	18.2%
Filipino	184	0.1%
Japanese	102	0.0%		Average household size	2.56	(X)
Korean	248	0.1%		Average family size	3.01	(X)
Vietnamese	232	0.1%
Other Asian1	218	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	83	0.0%		Total housing units	90,978	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	22	0.0%		Occupied housing units	83,240	91.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	16	0.0%		Vacant housing units	7,738	8.5%
Samoan	22	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,405	1.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	23	0.0%
Some other race	1,706	0.8%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9%	(X)
Two or more races	2,123	1.0%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	183,691	85.0%		Occupied housing units	83,240	100.0%
Black or African American	27,964	12.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	64,265	77.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,519	0.7%		Renter-occupied housing units	18,975	22.8%
Asian	2,698	1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	147	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.63	(X)
Some other race	2,288	1.1%		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.