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

Geographic Area: Aiken city

 

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text.

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	25,337	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	25,337	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	378	1.5%
Male	11,803	46.6%		Mexican	151	0.6%
Female	13,534	53.4%		Puerto Rican	99	0.4%
				Cuban	28	0.1%
Under 5 years	1,478	5.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	100	0.4%
5 to 9 years	1,685	6.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	24,959	98.5%
10 to 14 years	1,689	6.7%		White alone	16,693	65.9%
15 to 19 years	1,810	7.1%
20 to 24 years	1,618	6.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	2,871	11.3%		Total population	25,337	100.0%
35 to 44 years	3,593	14.2%		In households	24,074	95.0%
45 to 54 years	3,592	14.2%		Householder	10,287	40.6%
55 to 59 years	1,346	5.3%		Spouse	5,031	19.9%
60 to 64 years	1,140	4.5%		Child	6,651	26.3%
65 to 74 years	2,192	8.7%		Own child under 18 years	5,239	20.7%
75 to 84 years	1,680	6.6%		Other relatives	1,152	4.5%
85 years and over	643	2.5%		Under 18 years	518	2.0%
				Nonrelatives	953	3.8%
Median age (years)	39.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	344	1.4%
				In group quarters	1,263	5.0%
18 years and over	19,451	76.8%		Institutionalized population	754	3.0%
Male	8,824	34.8%		Noninstitutionalized population	509	2.0%
Female	10,627	41.9%
21 years and over	18,276	72.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	5,193	20.5%		Total households	10,287	100.0%
65 years and over	4,515	17.8%		Family households (families)	6,759	65.7%
Male	1,748	6.9%		With own children under 18 years	2,886	28.1%
Female	2,767	10.9%		Married couple family	5,031	48.9%
				With own children under 18 years	1,898	18.5%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	1,411	13.7%
One race	25,061	98.9%		With own children under 18 years	846	8.2%
White	16,881	66.6%		Nonfamily households	3,528	34.3%
Black or African American	7,678	30.3%		Householder living alone	3,041	29.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	64	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	1,189	11.6%
Asian	324	1.3%
Asian Indian	88	0.3%		Households with individuals under 18 years	3,205	31.2%
Chinese	77	0.3%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,887	28.1%
Filipino	23	0.1%
Japanese	64	0.3%		Average household size	2.34	(X)
Korean	29	0.1%		Average family size	2.90	(X)
Vietnamese	19	0.1%
Other Asian1	24	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3	0.0%		Total housing units	11,373	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	10,287	90.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,086	9.5%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	113	1.0%
Other Pacific Islander2	2	0.0%
Some other race	111	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.1%	(X)
Two or more races	276	1.1%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	17,092	67.5%		Occupied housing units	10,287	100.0%
Black or African American	7,802	30.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	6,804	66.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	165	0.7%		Renter-occupied housing units	3,483	33.9%
Asian	397	1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	13	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.42	(X)
Some other race	172	0.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.19	(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.