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

Geographic Area: Richland 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	320,677	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	320,677	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	8,713	2.7%
Male	154,737	48.3%		Mexican	3,056	1.0%
Female	165,940	51.7%		Puerto Rican	2,604	0.8%
				Cuban	353	0.1%
Under 5 years	20,285	6.3%		Other Hispanic or Latino	2,700	0.8%
5 to 9 years	21,870	6.8%		Not Hispanic or Latino	311,964	97.3%
10 to 14 years	21,979	6.9%		White alone	157,843	49.2%
15 to 19 years	27,496	8.6%
20 to 24 years	30,114	9.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	50,155	15.6%		Total population	320,677	100.0%
35 to 44 years	51,304	16.0%		In households	292,665	91.3%
45 to 54 years	42,446	13.2%		Householder	120,101	37.5%
55 to 59 years	13,421	4.2%		Spouse	52,505	16.4%
60 to 64 years	10,132	3.2%		Child	86,533	27.0%
65 to 74 years	16,940	5.3%		Own child under 18 years	66,521	20.7%
75 to 84 years	11,157	3.5%		Other relatives	17,210	5.4%
85 years and over	3,378	1.1%		Under 18 years	8,176	2.5%
				Nonrelatives	16,316	5.1%
Median age (years)	32.6	(X)		Unmarried partner	5,514	1.7%
				In group quarters	28,012	8.7%
18 years and over	243,068	75.8%		Institutionalized population	9,754	3.0%
Male	114,983	35.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	18,258	5.7%
Female	128,085	39.9%
21 years and over	221,968	69.2%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	37,295	11.6%		Total households	120,101	100.0%
65 years and over	31,475	9.8%		Family households (families)	76,378	63.6%
Male	12,386	3.9%		With own children under 18 years	37,820	31.5%
Female	19,089	6.0%		Married couple family	52,505	43.7%
				With own children under 18 years	24,034	20.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	19,575	16.3%
One race	316,355	98.7%		With own children under 18 years	11,807	9.8%
White	161,276	50.3%		Nonfamily households	43,723	36.4%
Black or African American	144,809	45.2%		Householder living alone	34,990	29.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	782	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	8,772	7.3%
Asian	5,501	1.7%
Asian Indian	1,385	0.4%		Households with individuals under 18 years	42,434	35.3%
Chinese	951	0.3%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	22,227	18.5%
Filipino	628	0.2%
Japanese	352	0.1%		Average household size	2.44	(X)
Korean	1,268	0.4%		Average family size	3.05	(X)
Vietnamese	437	0.1%
Other Asian1	480	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	263	0.1%		Total housing units	129,793	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	62	0.0%		Occupied housing units	120,101	92.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	84	0.0%		Vacant housing units	9,692	7.5%
Samoan	57	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	594	0.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	60	0.0%
Some other race	3,724	1.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.9%	(X)
Two or more races	4,322	1.3%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.7%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	164,289	51.2%		Occupied housing units	120,101	100.0%
Black or African American	146,965	45.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	73,757	61.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,908	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	46,344	38.6%
Asian	6,715	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	510	0.2%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	(X)
Some other race	5,124	1.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.23	(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.