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

Geographic Area: Bishopville 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	3,670	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	3,670	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	48	1.3%
Male	1,612	43.9%		Mexican	26	0.7%
Female	2,058	56.1%		Puerto Rican	3	0.1%
				Cuban	1	0.0%
Under 5 years	279	7.6%		Other Hispanic or Latino	18	0.5%
5 to 9 years	298	8.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	3,622	98.7%
10 to 14 years	250	6.8%		White alone	1,186	32.3%
15 to 19 years	283	7.7%
20 to 24 years	228	6.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	376	10.2%		Total population	3,670	100.0%
35 to 44 years	509	13.9%		In households	3,493	95.2%
45 to 54 years	444	12.1%		Householder	1,438	39.2%
55 to 59 years	152	4.1%		Spouse	428	11.7%
60 to 64 years	133	3.6%		Child	1,115	30.4%
65 to 74 years	340	9.3%		Own child under 18 years	795	21.7%
75 to 84 years	253	6.9%		Other relatives	378	10.3%
85 years and over	125	3.4%		Under 18 years	196	5.3%
				Nonrelatives	134	3.7%
Median age (years)	37.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	60	1.6%
				In group quarters	177	4.8%
18 years and over	2,672	72.8%		Institutionalized population	134	3.7%
Male	1,091	29.7%		Noninstitutionalized population	43	1.2%
Female	1,581	43.1%
21 years and over	2,517	68.6%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	788	21.5%		Total households	1,438	100.0%
65 years and over	718	19.6%		Family households (families)	907	63.1%
Male	251	6.8%		With own children under 18 years	455	31.6%
Female	467	12.7%		Married couple family	428	29.8%
				With own children under 18 years	164	11.4%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	426	29.6%
One race	3,649	99.4%		With own children under 18 years	275	19.1%
White	1,205	32.8%		Nonfamily households	531	36.9%
Black or African American	2,416	65.8%		Householder living alone	492	34.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	4	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	232	16.1%
Asian	16	0.4%
Asian Indian	8	0.2%		Households with individuals under 18 years	536	37.3%
Chinese	4	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	483	33.6%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.43	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.12	(X)
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Other Asian1	3	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	1,616	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	1,438	89.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	178	11.0%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	21	1.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	8	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.2%	(X)
Two or more races	21	0.6%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	1,220	33.2%		Occupied housing units	1,438	100.0%
Black or African American	2,428	66.2%		Owner-occupied housing units	881	61.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	15	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	557	38.7%
Asian	16	0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.51	(X)
Some other race	16	0.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.31	(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.