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

Geographic Area: Bennettsville 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	9,425	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	9,425	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	59	0.6%
Male	4,885	51.8%		Mexican	16	0.2%
Female	4,540	48.2%		Puerto Rican	5	0.1%
				Cuban	3	0.0%
Under 5 years	619	6.6%		Other Hispanic or Latino	35	0.4%
5 to 9 years	606	6.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	9,366	99.4%
10 to 14 years	607	6.4%		White alone	3,267	34.7%
15 to 19 years	612	6.5%
20 to 24 years	718	7.6%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,462	15.5%		Total population	9,425	100.0%
35 to 44 years	1,477	15.7%		In households	7,991	84.8%
45 to 54 years	1,208	12.8%		Householder	3,289	34.9%
55 to 59 years	426	4.5%		Spouse	1,174	12.5%
60 to 64 years	324	3.4%		Child	2,457	26.1%
65 to 74 years	680	7.2%		Own child under 18 years	1,715	18.2%
75 to 84 years	499	5.3%		Other relatives	833	8.8%
85 years and over	187	2.0%		Under 18 years	435	4.6%
				Nonrelatives	238	2.5%
Median age (years)	35.5	(X)		Unmarried partner	136	1.4%
				In group quarters	1,434	15.2%
18 years and over	7,248	76.9%		Institutionalized population	1,427	15.1%
Male	3,806	40.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	7	0.1%
Female	3,442	36.5%
21 years and over	6,852	72.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,550	16.4%		Total households	3,289	100.0%
65 years and over	1,366	14.5%		Family households (families)	2,166	65.9%
Male	460	4.9%		With own children under 18 years	969	29.5%
Female	906	9.6%		Married couple family	1,174	35.7%
				With own children under 18 years	447	13.6%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	835	25.4%
One race	9,369	99.4%		With own children under 18 years	461	14.0%
White	3,280	34.8%		Nonfamily households	1,123	34.1%
Black or African American	5,952	63.2%		Householder living alone	1,035	31.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	80	0.8%		Householder 65 years and over	467	14.2%
Asian	47	0.5%
Asian Indian	7	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	1,190	36.2%
Chinese	9	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	1,003	30.5%
Filipino	22	0.2%
Japanese	1	0.0%		Average household size	2.43	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.06	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	7	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	3,775	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	3,289	87.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	486	12.9%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	48	1.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	10	0.1%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.4%	(X)
Two or more races	56	0.6%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.9%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	3,314	35.2%		Occupied housing units	3,289	100.0%
Black or African American	5,985	63.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	1,926	58.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	105	1.1%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,363	41.4%
Asian	55	0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.47	(X)
Some other race	23	0.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.37	(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.