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

Geographic Area: Bethune 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	352	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	352	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	10	2.8%
Male	160	45.5%		Mexican	6	1.7%
Female	192	54.5%		Puerto Rican	3	0.9%
				Cuban	1	0.3%
Under 5 years	17	4.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%
5 to 9 years	16	4.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	342	97.2%
10 to 14 years	12	3.4%		White alone	308	87.5%
15 to 19 years	24	6.8%
20 to 24 years	17	4.8%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	30	8.5%		Total population	352	100.0%
35 to 44 years	48	13.6%		In households	352	100.0%
45 to 54 years	58	16.5%		Householder	165	46.9%
55 to 59 years	25	7.1%		Spouse	82	23.3%
60 to 64 years	22	6.3%		Child	86	24.4%
65 to 74 years	47	13.4%		Own child under 18 years	54	15.3%
75 to 84 years	21	6.0%		Other relatives	13	3.7%
85 years and over	15	4.3%		Under 18 years	7	2.0%
				Nonrelatives	6	1.7%
Median age (years)	47.0	(X)		Unmarried partner	4	1.1%
				In group quarters	0	0.0%
18 years and over	291	82.7%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	133	37.8%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	158	44.9%
21 years and over	280	79.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	94	26.7%		Total households	165	100.0%
65 years and over	83	23.6%		Family households (families)	105	63.6%
Male	30	8.5%		With own children under 18 years	36	21.8%
Female	53	15.1%		Married couple family	82	49.7%
				With own children under 18 years	27	16.4%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	18	10.9%
One race	352	100.0%		With own children under 18 years	7	4.2%
White	316	89.8%		Nonfamily households	60	36.4%
Black or African American	34	9.7%		Householder living alone	57	34.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0.0%		Householder 65 years and over	36	21.8%
Asian	0	0.0%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	40	24.2%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	68	41.2%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.13	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	2.72	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.3%		Total housing units	193	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	165	85.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.3%		Vacant housing units	28	14.5%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	4	2.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	1	0.3%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.9%	(X)
Two or more races	0	0.0%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.0%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	316	89.8%		Occupied housing units	165	100.0%
Black or African American	34	9.7%		Owner-occupied housing units	147	89.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0.0%		Renter-occupied housing units	18	10.9%
Asian	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.3%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.15	(X)
Some other race	1	0.3%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.00	(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.