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

Geographic Area: Bluffton 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	1,275	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	1,275	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	76	6.0%
Male	619	48.5%		Mexican	54	4.2%
Female	656	51.5%		Puerto Rican	0	0.0%
				Cuban	9	0.7%
Under 5 years	86	6.7%		Other Hispanic or Latino	13	1.0%
5 to 9 years	93	7.3%		Not Hispanic or Latino	1,199	94.0%
10 to 14 years	135	10.6%		White alone	771	60.5%
15 to 19 years	94	7.4%
20 to 24 years	49	3.8%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	161	12.6%		Total population	1,275	100.0%
35 to 44 years	288	22.6%		In households	1,275	100.0%
45 to 54 years	157	12.3%		Householder	465	36.5%
55 to 59 years	52	4.1%		Spouse	242	19.0%
60 to 64 years	46	3.6%		Child	407	31.9%
65 to 74 years	51	4.0%		Own child under 18 years	330	25.9%
75 to 84 years	49	3.8%		Other relatives	91	7.1%
85 years and over	14	1.1%		Under 18 years	37	2.9%
				Nonrelatives	70	5.5%
Median age (years)	35.9	(X)		Unmarried partner	31	2.4%
				In group quarters	0	0.0%
18 years and over	900	70.6%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	435	34.1%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	465	36.5%
21 years and over	855	67.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	143	11.2%		Total households	465	100.0%
65 years and over	114	8.9%		Family households (families)	342	73.5%
Male	47	3.7%		With own children under 18 years	183	39.4%
Female	67	5.3%		Married couple family	242	52.0%
				With own children under 18 years	123	26.5%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	77	16.6%
One race	1,271	99.7%		With own children under 18 years	46	9.9%
White	806	63.2%		Nonfamily households	123	26.5%
Black or African American	414	32.5%		Householder living alone	98	21.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	6	0.5%		Householder 65 years and over	31	6.7%
Asian	5	0.4%
Asian Indian	4	0.3%		Households with individuals under 18 years	198	42.6%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	86	18.5%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	1	0.1%		Average household size	2.74	(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	0	0.0%		Total housing units	501	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	465	92.8%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	36	7.2%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	10	2.0%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	40	3.1%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.8%	(X)
Two or more races	4	0.3%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	810	63.5%		Occupied housing units	465	100.0%
Black or African American	414	32.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	375	80.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	7	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	90	19.4%
Asian	7	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.75	(X)
Some other race	41	3.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.72	(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.