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

Geographic Area: Union 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	29,881	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	29,881	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	199	0.7%
Male	14,075	47.1%		Mexican	86	0.3%
Female	15,806	52.9%		Puerto Rican	10	0.0%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	1,894	6.3%		Other Hispanic or Latino	103	0.3%
5 to 9 years	2,005	6.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	29,682	99.3%
10 to 14 years	2,008	6.7%		White alone	20,155	67.5%
15 to 19 years	1,948	6.5%
20 to 24 years	1,710	5.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	3,839	12.8%		Total population	29,881	100.0%
35 to 44 years	4,509	15.1%		In households	29,455	98.6%
45 to 54 years	4,212	14.1%		Householder	12,087	40.5%
55 to 59 years	1,617	5.4%		Spouse	5,902	19.8%
60 to 64 years	1,469	4.9%		Child	8,423	28.2%
65 to 74 years	2,490	8.3%		Own child under 18 years	5,857	19.6%
75 to 84 years	1,675	5.6%		Other relatives	2,081	7.0%
85 years and over	505	1.7%		Under 18 years	1,021	3.4%
				Nonrelatives	962	3.2%
Median age (years)	38.6	(X)		Unmarried partner	557	1.9%
				In group quarters	426	1.4%
18 years and over	22,755	76.2%		Institutionalized population	260	0.9%
Male	10,478	35.1%		Noninstitutionalized population	166	0.6%
Female	12,277	41.1%
21 years and over	21,674	72.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	5,519	18.5%		Total households	12,087	100.0%
65 years and over	4,670	15.6%		Family households (families)	8,495	70.3%
Male	1,784	6.0%		With own children under 18 years	3,552	29.4%
Female	2,886	9.7%		Married couple family	5,902	48.8%
				With own children under 18 years	2,237	18.5%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	2,029	16.8%
One race	29,699	99.4%		With own children under 18 years	1,055	8.7%
White	20,262	67.8%		Nonfamily households	3,592	29.7%
Black or African American	9,278	31.0%		Householder living alone	3,245	26.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	44	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	1,443	11.9%
Asian	55	0.2%
Asian Indian	5	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	4,185	34.6%
Chinese	12	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,362	27.8%
Filipino	14	0.0%
Japanese	3	0.0%		Average household size	2.44	(X)
Korean	3	0.0%		Average family size	2.93	(X)
Vietnamese	5	0.0%
Other Asian1	13	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	11	0.0%		Total housing units	13,351	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	12,087	90.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	10	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,264	9.5%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	96	0.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	1	0.0%
Some other race	49	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.7%	(X)
Two or more races	182	0.6%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.5%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	20,399	68.3%		Occupied housing units	12,087	100.0%
Black or African American	9,381	31.4%		Owner-occupied housing units	9,267	76.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	126	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	2,820	23.3%
Asian	94	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	39	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.50	(X)
Some other race	70	0.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.24	(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.