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

Geographic Area: Blackville 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	2,973	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	2,973	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	15	0.5%
Male	1,392	46.8%		Mexican	3	0.1%
Female	1,581	53.2%		Puerto Rican	11	0.4%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	198	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1	0.0%
5 to 9 years	225	7.6%		Not Hispanic or Latino	2,958	99.5%
10 to 14 years	275	9.2%		White alone	699	23.5%
15 to 19 years	252	8.5%
20 to 24 years	183	6.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	363	12.2%		Total population	2,973	100.0%
35 to 44 years	427	14.4%		In households	2,973	100.0%
45 to 54 years	399	13.4%		Householder	1,145	38.5%
55 to 59 years	167	5.6%		Spouse	403	13.6%
60 to 64 years	117	3.9%		Child	1,052	35.4%
65 to 74 years	205	6.9%		Own child under 18 years	706	23.7%
75 to 84 years	131	4.4%		Other relatives	272	9.1%
85 years and over	31	1.0%		Under 18 years	140	4.7%
				Nonrelatives	101	3.4%
Median age (years)	34.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	58	2.0%
				In group quarters	0	0.0%
18 years and over	2,105	70.8%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	936	31.5%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	1,169	39.3%
21 years and over	1,972	66.3%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	440	14.8%		Total households	1,145	100.0%
65 years and over	367	12.3%		Family households (families)	800	69.9%
Male	123	4.1%		With own children under 18 years	369	32.2%
Female	244	8.2%		Married couple family	403	35.2%
				With own children under 18 years	160	14.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	334	29.2%
One race	2,962	99.6%		With own children under 18 years	185	16.2%
White	703	23.6%		Nonfamily households	345	30.1%
Black or African American	2,248	75.6%		Householder living alone	314	27.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	124	10.8%
Asian	6	0.2%
Asian Indian	4	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	444	38.8%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	289	25.2%
Filipino	2	0.1%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.60	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.16	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.1%		Total housing units	1,332	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0%		Occupied housing units	1,145	86.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.0%		Vacant housing units	187	14.0%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	14	1.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	1	0.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	11	0.4%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	11.4%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	709	23.8%		Occupied housing units	1,145	100.0%
Black or African American	2,257	75.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	817	71.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	6	0.2%		Renter-occupied housing units	328	28.6%
Asian	10	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.55	(X)
Some other race	1	0.0%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.70	(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.