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

Geographic Area: Batesburg-Leesville 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	5,517	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	5,517	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	89	1.6%
Male	2,508	45.5%		Mexican	60	1.1%
Female	3,009	54.5%		Puerto Rican	4	0.1%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	357	6.5%		Other Hispanic or Latino	25	0.5%
5 to 9 years	437	7.9%		Not Hispanic or Latino	5,428	98.4%
10 to 14 years	401	7.3%		White alone	2,864	51.9%
15 to 19 years	433	7.8%
20 to 24 years	299	5.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	631	11.4%		Total population	5,517	100.0%
35 to 44 years	759	13.8%		In households	5,428	98.4%
45 to 54 years	751	13.6%		Householder	2,167	39.3%
55 to 59 years	259	4.7%		Spouse	911	16.5%
60 to 64 years	238	4.3%		Child	1,631	29.6%
65 to 74 years	473	8.6%		Own child under 18 years	1,180	21.4%
75 to 84 years	344	6.2%		Other relatives	469	8.5%
85 years and over	135	2.4%		Under 18 years	246	4.5%
				Nonrelatives	250	4.5%
Median age (years)	37.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	115	2.1%
				In group quarters	89	1.6%
18 years and over	4,054	73.5%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	1,757	31.8%		Noninstitutionalized population	89	1.6%
Female	2,297	41.6%
21 years and over	3,833	69.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,103	20.0%		Total households	2,167	100.0%
65 years and over	952	17.3%		Family households (families)	1,482	68.4%
Male	320	5.8%		With own children under 18 years	676	31.2%
Female	632	11.5%		Married couple family	911	42.0%
				With own children under 18 years	328	15.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	481	22.2%
One race	5,482	99.4%		With own children under 18 years	297	13.7%
White	2,914	52.8%		Nonfamily households	685	31.6%
Black or African American	2,519	45.7%		Householder living alone	614	28.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	16	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	297	13.7%
Asian	11	0.2%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	803	37.1%
Chinese	6	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	667	30.8%
Filipino	2	0.0%
Japanese	2	0.0%		Average household size	2.50	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.03	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	1	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	2,446	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	2,167	88.6%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	279	11.4%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	19	0.8%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	22	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.1%	(X)
Two or more races	35	0.6%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.7%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	2,948	53.4%		Occupied housing units	2,167	100.0%
Black or African American	2,533	45.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	1,463	67.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	22	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	704	32.5%
Asian	11	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.48	(X)
Some other race	40	0.7%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.55	(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.