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

Geographic Area: Marion 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	35,466	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	35,466	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	634	1.8%
Male	16,388	46.2%		Mexican	503	1.4%
Female	19,078	53.8%		Puerto Rican	30	0.1%
				Cuban	4	0.0%
Under 5 years	2,469	7.0%		Other Hispanic or Latino	97	0.3%
5 to 9 years	2,726	7.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	34,832	98.2%
10 to 14 years	2,792	7.9%		White alone	14,589	41.1%
15 to 19 years	2,858	8.1%
20 to 24 years	2,379	6.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	4,465	12.6%		Total population	35,466	100.0%
35 to 44 years	5,033	14.2%		In households	35,132	99.1%
45 to 54 years	5,189	14.6%		Householder	13,301	37.5%
55 to 59 years	1,802	5.1%		Spouse	5,758	16.2%
60 to 64 years	1,455	4.1%		Child	11,347	32.0%
65 to 74 years	2,354	6.6%		Own child under 18 years	7,764	21.9%
75 to 84 years	1,474	4.2%		Other relatives	3,486	9.8%
85 years and over	470	1.3%		Under 18 years	1,838	5.2%
				Nonrelatives	1,240	3.5%
Median age (years)	35.1	(X)		Unmarried partner	583	1.6%
				In group quarters	334	0.9%
18 years and over	25,672	72.4%		Institutionalized population	309	0.9%
Male	11,440	32.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	25	0.1%
Female	14,232	40.1%
21 years and over	24,131	68.0%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	5,168	14.6%		Total households	13,301	100.0%
65 years and over	4,298	12.1%		Family households (families)	9,511	71.5%
Male	1,576	4.4%		With own children under 18 years	4,289	32.2%
Female	2,722	7.7%		Married couple family	5,758	43.3%
				With own children under 18 years	2,379	17.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	3,144	23.6%
One race	35,282	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	1,673	12.6%
White	14,787	41.7%		Nonfamily households	3,790	28.5%
Black or African American	19,984	56.3%		Householder living alone	3,379	25.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	90	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	1,287	9.7%
Asian	99	0.3%
Asian Indian	42	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	5,289	39.8%
Chinese	23	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,279	24.7%
Filipino	12	0.0%
Japanese	3	0.0%		Average household size	2.64	(X)
Korean	4	0.0%		Average family size	3.16	(X)
Vietnamese	7	0.0%
Other Asian1	8	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%		Total housing units	15,143	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	13,301	87.8%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,842	12.2%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	338	2.2%
Other Pacific Islander2	1	0.0%
Some other race	320	0.9%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	184	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	14,895	42.0%		Occupied housing units	13,301	100.0%
Black or African American	20,100	56.7%		Owner-occupied housing units	9,771	73.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	163	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	3,530	26.5%
Asian	130	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	16	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.65	(X)
Some other race	361	1.0%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.60	(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.