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

Geographic Area: Awendaw town

 

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

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	1,195	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	1,195	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	11	0.9%
Male	570	47.7%		Mexican	7	0.6%
Female	625	52.3%		Puerto Rican	0	0.0%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	74	6.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	4	0.3%
5 to 9 years	107	9.0%		Not Hispanic or Latino	1,184	99.1%
10 to 14 years	110	9.2%		White alone	410	34.3%
15 to 19 years	91	7.6%
20 to 24 years	60	5.0%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	134	11.2%		Total population	1,195	100.0%
35 to 44 years	198	16.6%		In households	1,189	99.5%
45 to 54 years	170	14.2%		Householder	400	33.5%
55 to 59 years	58	4.9%		Spouse	219	18.3%
60 to 64 years	57	4.8%		Child	390	32.6%
65 to 74 years	95	7.9%		Own child under 18 years	252	21.1%
75 to 84 years	31	2.6%		Other relatives	161	13.5%
85 years and over	10	0.8%		Under 18 years	92	7.7%
				Nonrelatives	19	1.6%
Median age (years)	36.3	(X)		Unmarried partner	5	0.4%
				In group quarters	6	0.5%
18 years and over	843	70.5%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	394	33.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	6	0.5%
Female	449	37.6%
21 years and over	799	66.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	167	14.0%		Total households	400	100.0%
65 years and over	136	11.4%		Family households (families)	312	78.0%
Male	61	5.1%		With own children under 18 years	135	33.8%
Female	75	6.3%		Married couple family	219	54.8%
				With own children under 18 years	103	25.8%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	79	19.8%
One race	1,191	99.7%		With own children under 18 years	30	7.5%
White	411	34.4%		Nonfamily households	88	22.0%
Black or African American	772	64.6%		Householder living alone	81	20.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0.0%		Householder 65 years and over	29	7.2%
Asian	1	0.1%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	174	43.5%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	108	27.0%
Filipino	1	0.1%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.97	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.47	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	443	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	400	90.3%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	43	9.7%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	17	3.8%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	7	0.6%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.6%	(X)
Two or more races	4	0.3%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.8%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	415	34.7%		Occupied housing units	400	100.0%
Black or African American	774	64.8%		Owner-occupied housing units	360	90.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2	0.2%		Renter-occupied housing units	40	10.0%
Asian	1	0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.02	(X)
Some other race	8	0.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.53	(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.