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

Geographic Area: Marlboro County

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	28,818	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	28,818	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	205	0.7%
Male	14,137	49.1%		Mexican	99	0.3%
Female	14,681	50.9%		Puerto Rican	12	0.0%
				Cuban	3	0.0%
Under 5 years	1,916	6.6%		Other Hispanic or Latino	91	0.3%
5 to 9 years	2,112	7.3%		Not Hispanic or Latino	28,613	99.3%
10 to 14 years	2,153	7.5%		White alone	12,767	44.3%
15 to 19 years	2,139	7.4%
20 to 24 years	1,916	6.6%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,998	13.9%		Total population	28,818	100.0%
35 to 44 years	4,465	15.5%		In households	27,183	94.3%
45 to 54 years	3,980	13.8%		Householder	10,478	36.4%
55 to 59 years	1,483	5.1%		Spouse	4,464	15.5%
60 to 64 years	1,106	3.8%		Child	8,577	29.8%
65 to 74 years	1,951	6.8%		Own child under 18 years	5,911	20.5%
75 to 84 years	1,200	4.2%		Other relatives	2,691	9.3%
85 years and over	399	1.4%		Under 18 years	1,444	5.0%
				Nonrelatives	973	3.4%
Median age (years)	35.4	(X)		Unmarried partner	574	2.0%
				In group quarters	1,635	5.7%
18 years and over	21,269	73.8%		Institutionalized population	1,628	5.6%
Male	10,253	35.6%		Noninstitutionalized population	7	0.0%
Female	11,016	38.2%
21 years and over	20,141	69.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	4,207	14.6%		Total households	10,478	100.0%
65 years and over	3,550	12.3%		Family households (families)	7,338	70.0%
Male	1,338	4.6%		With own children under 18 years	3,352	32.0%
Female	2,212	7.7%		Married couple family	4,464	42.6%
				With own children under 18 years	1,865	17.8%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,330	22.2%
One race	28,545	99.1%		With own children under 18 years	1,229	11.7%
White	12,820	44.5%		Nonfamily households	3,140	30.0%
Black or African American	14,618	50.7%		Householder living alone	2,818	26.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	968	3.4%		Householder 65 years and over	1,149	11.0%
Asian	70	0.2%
Asian Indian	14	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	4,114	39.3%
Chinese	10	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,733	26.1%
Filipino	26	0.1%
Japanese	1	0.0%		Average household size	2.59	(X)
Korean	2	0.0%		Average family size	3.14	(X)
Vietnamese	5	0.0%
Other Asian1	12	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Total housing units	11,894	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	10,478	88.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,416	11.9%
Samoan	1	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	168	1.4%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	68	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.3%	(X)
Two or more races	273	0.9%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	13,032	45.2%		Occupied housing units	10,478	100.0%
Black or African American	14,719	51.1%		Owner-occupied housing units	7,419	70.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,134	3.9%		Renter-occupied housing units	3,059	29.2%
Asian	92	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.68	(X)
Some other race	112	0.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.40	(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.