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

Geographic Area: Oconee 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	66,215	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	66,215	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,562	2.4%
Male	32,554	49.2%		Mexican	1,190	1.8%
Female	33,661	50.8%		Puerto Rican	68	0.1%
				Cuban	29	0.0%
Under 5 years	3,996	6.0%		Other Hispanic or Latino	275	0.4%
5 to 9 years	4,247	6.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	64,653	97.6%
10 to 14 years	4,338	6.6%		White alone	58,259	88.0%
15 to 19 years	4,090	6.2%
20 to 24 years	3,752	5.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	8,487	12.8%		Total population	66,215	100.0%
35 to 44 years	9,625	14.5%		In households	65,575	99.0%
45 to 54 years	9,310	14.1%		Householder	27,283	41.2%
55 to 59 years	4,254	6.4%		Spouse	15,756	23.8%
60 to 64 years	3,805	5.7%		Child	17,580	26.5%
65 to 74 years	6,237	9.4%		Own child under 18 years	13,473	20.3%
75 to 84 years	3,225	4.9%		Other relatives	2,807	4.2%
85 years and over	849	1.3%		Under 18 years	1,201	1.8%
				Nonrelatives	2,149	3.2%
Median age (years)	39.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,069	1.6%
				In group quarters	640	1.0%
18 years and over	51,083	77.1%		Institutionalized population	304	0.5%
Male	24,685	37.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	336	0.5%
Female	26,398	39.9%
21 years and over	48,777	73.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	12,615	19.1%		Total households	27,283	100.0%
65 years and over	10,311	15.6%		Family households (families)	19,589	71.8%
Male	4,504	6.8%		With own children under 18 years	7,786	28.5%
Female	5,807	8.8%		Married couple family	15,756	57.8%
				With own children under 18 years	5,672	20.8%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,761	10.1%
One race	65,670	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	1,559	5.7%
White	59,025	89.1%		Nonfamily households	7,694	28.2%
Black or African American	5,550	8.4%		Householder living alone	6,734	24.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	145	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	2,596	9.5%
Asian	235	0.4%
Asian Indian	61	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	8,609	31.6%
Chinese	64	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	7,274	26.7%
Filipino	26	0.0%
Japanese	14	0.0%		Average household size	2.40	(X)
Korean	26	0.0%		Average family size	2.85	(X)
Vietnamese	26	0.0%
Other Asian1	18	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	13	0.0%		Total housing units	32,383	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	4	0.0%		Occupied housing units	27,283	84.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	2	0.0%		Vacant housing units	5,100	15.7%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2,316	7.2%
Other Pacific Islander2	7	0.0%
Some other race	702	1.1%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9%	(X)
Two or more races	545	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	13.8%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	59,515	89.9%		Occupied housing units	27,283	100.0%
Black or African American	5,725	8.6%		Owner-occupied housing units	21,391	78.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	373	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	5,892	21.6%
Asian	314	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.44	(X)
Some other race	838	1.3%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.26	(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.