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

Geographic Area: Beaufort 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	12,950	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	12,950	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	568	4.4%
Male	6,907	53.3%		Mexican	241	1.9%
Female	6,043	46.7%		Puerto Rican	120	0.9%
				Cuban	31	0.2%
Under 5 years	911	7.0%		Other Hispanic or Latino	176	1.4%
5 to 9 years	748	5.8%		Not Hispanic or Latino	12,382	95.6%
10 to 14 years	700	5.4%		White alone	8,762	67.7%
15 to 19 years	903	7.0%
20 to 24 years	2,055	15.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	2,037	15.7%		Total population	12,950	100.0%
35 to 44 years	1,706	13.2%		In households	10,916	84.3%
45 to 54 years	1,378	10.6%		Householder	4,598	35.5%
55 to 59 years	492	3.8%		Spouse	2,189	16.9%
60 to 64 years	435	3.4%		Child	3,062	23.6%
65 to 74 years	765	5.9%		Own child under 18 years	2,469	19.1%
75 to 84 years	613	4.7%		Other relatives	530	4.1%
85 years and over	207	1.6%		Under 18 years	255	2.0%
				Nonrelatives	537	4.1%
Median age (years)	30.1	(X)		Unmarried partner	196	1.5%
				In group quarters	2,034	15.7%
18 years and over	10,154	78.4%		Institutionalized population	363	2.8%
Male	5,488	42.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	1,671	12.9%
Female	4,666	36.0%
21 years and over	9,216	71.2%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,847	14.3%		Total households	4,598	100.0%
65 years and over	1,585	12.2%		Family households (families)	3,036	66.0%
Male	573	4.4%		With own children under 18 years	1,461	31.8%
Female	1,012	7.8%		Married couple family	2,189	47.6%
				With own children under 18 years	924	20.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	685	14.9%
One race	12,696	98.0%		With own children under 18 years	442	9.6%
White	8,988	69.4%		Nonfamily households	1,562	34.0%
Black or African American	3,256	25.1%		Householder living alone	1,315	28.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	41	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	471	10.2%
Asian	138	1.1%
Asian Indian	27	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	1,614	35.1%
Chinese	18	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,064	23.1%
Filipino	37	0.3%
Japanese	26	0.2%		Average household size	2.37	(X)
Korean	13	0.1%		Average family size	2.90	(X)
Vietnamese	3	0.0%
Other Asian1	14	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%		Total housing units	5,080	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	8	0.1%		Occupied housing units	4,598	90.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	482	9.5%
Samoan	4	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	66	1.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	4	0.0%
Some other race	257	2.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.2%	(X)
Two or more races	254	2.0%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	9,181	70.9%		Occupied housing units	4,598	100.0%
Black or African American	3,369	26.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	2,692	58.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	100	0.8%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,906	41.5%
Asian	208	1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	43	0.3%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.40	(X)
Some other race	340	2.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.33	(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.