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

Geographic Area: Spartanburg 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	253,791	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	253,791	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	7,081	2.8%
Male	123,338	48.6%		Mexican	5,094	2.0%
Female	130,453	51.4%		Puerto Rican	533	0.2%
				Cuban	135	0.1%
Under 5 years	16,739	6.6%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1,319	0.5%
5 to 9 years	18,220	7.2%		Not Hispanic or Latino	246,710	97.2%
10 to 14 years	17,957	7.1%		White alone	187,752	74.0%
15 to 19 years	17,149	6.8%
20 to 24 years	16,236	6.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	36,381	14.3%		Total population	253,791	100.0%
35 to 44 years	39,544	15.6%		In households	246,352	97.1%
45 to 54 years	35,616	14.0%		Householder	97,735	38.5%
55 to 59 years	13,541	5.3%		Spouse	51,638	20.3%
60 to 64 years	10,668	4.2%		Child	72,679	28.6%
65 to 74 years	17,121	6.7%		Own child under 18 years	55,129	21.7%
75 to 84 years	11,036	4.3%		Other relatives	14,641	5.8%
85 years and over	3,583	1.4%		Under 18 years	6,522	2.6%
				Nonrelatives	9,659	3.8%
Median age (years)	36.1	(X)		Unmarried partner	4,360	1.7%
				In group quarters	7,439	2.9%
18 years and over	190,890	75.2%		Institutionalized population	3,503	1.4%
Male	91,109	35.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	3,936	1.6%
Female	99,781	39.3%
21 years and over	180,140	71.0%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	37,805	14.9%		Total households	97,735	100.0%
65 years and over	31,740	12.5%		Family households (families)	69,299	70.9%
Male	12,439	4.9%		With own children under 18 years	31,469	32.2%
Female	19,301	7.6%		Married couple family	51,638	52.8%
				With own children under 18 years	21,842	22.3%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	13,529	13.8%
One race	251,160	99.0%		With own children under 18 years	7,621	7.8%
White	190,569	75.1%		Nonfamily households	28,436	29.1%
Black or African American	52,775	20.8%		Householder living alone	24,287	24.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	555	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	9,027	9.2%
Asian	3,738	1.5%
Asian Indian	890	0.4%		Households with individuals under 18 years	35,569	36.4%
Chinese	290	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	22,521	23.0%
Filipino	200	0.1%
Japanese	82	0.0%		Average household size	2.52	(X)
Korean	105	0.0%		Average family size	3.01	(X)
Vietnamese	289	0.1%
Other Asian1	1,882	0.7%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	86	0.0%		Total housing units	106,986	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	24	0.0%		Occupied housing units	97,735	91.4%
Guamanian or Chamorro	28	0.0%		Vacant housing units	9,251	8.6%
Samoan	12	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	551	0.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	22	0.0%
Some other race	3,437	1.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.3%	(X)
Two or more races	2,631	1.0%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	192,691	75.9%		Occupied housing units	97,735	100.0%
Black or African American	53,651	21.1%		Owner-occupied housing units	70,339	72.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,403	0.6%		Renter-occupied housing units	27,396	28.0%
Asian	4,261	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	214	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	(X)
Some other race	4,407	1.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	(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.