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

Geographic Area: Central 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	3,522	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	3,522	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	152	4.3%
Male	1,894	53.8%		Mexican	115	3.3%
Female	1,628	46.2%		Puerto Rican	5	0.1%
				Cuban	2	0.1%
Under 5 years	146	4.1%		Other Hispanic or Latino	30	0.9%
5 to 9 years	130	3.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	3,370	95.7%
10 to 14 years	161	4.6%		White alone	2,741	77.8%
15 to 19 years	279	7.9%
20 to 24 years	1,131	32.1%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	540	15.3%		Total population	3,522	100.0%
35 to 44 years	364	10.3%		In households	3,411	96.8%
45 to 54 years	268	7.6%		Householder	1,560	44.3%
55 to 59 years	92	2.6%		Spouse	423	12.0%
60 to 64 years	87	2.5%		Child	582	16.5%
65 to 74 years	151	4.3%		Own child under 18 years	468	13.3%
75 to 84 years	122	3.5%		Other relatives	173	4.9%
85 years and over	51	1.4%		Under 18 years	59	1.7%
				Nonrelatives	673	19.1%
Median age (years)	24.3	(X)		Unmarried partner	53	1.5%
				In group quarters	111	3.2%
18 years and over	2,991	84.9%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	1,603	45.5%		Noninstitutionalized population	111	3.2%
Female	1,388	39.4%
21 years and over	2,587	73.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	377	10.7%		Total households	1,560	100.0%
65 years and over	324	9.2%		Family households (families)	618	39.6%
Male	122	3.5%		With own children under 18 years	268	17.2%
Female	202	5.7%		Married couple family	423	27.1%
				With own children under 18 years	175	11.2%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	139	8.9%
One race	3,483	98.9%		With own children under 18 years	79	5.1%
White	2,807	79.7%		Nonfamily households	942	60.4%
Black or African American	537	15.2%		Householder living alone	548	35.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	1	0.0%		Householder 65 years and over	113	7.2%
Asian	63	1.8%
Asian Indian	12	0.3%		Households with individuals under 18 years	299	19.2%
Chinese	23	0.7%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	220	14.1%
Filipino	5	0.1%
Japanese	7	0.2%		Average household size	2.19	(X)
Korean	7	0.2%		Average family size	2.91	(X)
Vietnamese	2	0.1%
Other Asian1	7	0.2%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	1,832	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	1,560	85.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	272	14.8%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	10	0.5%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	75	2.1%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.2%	(X)
Two or more races	39	1.1%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	16.6%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	2,841	80.7%		Occupied housing units	1,560	100.0%
Black or African American	559	15.9%		Owner-occupied housing units	514	32.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	6	0.2%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,046	67.1%
Asian	75	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.48	(X)
Some other race	81	2.3%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.04	(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.