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

Geographic Area: Charleston 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	96,650	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	96,650	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,462	1.5%
Male	45,758	47.3%		Mexican	504	0.5%
Female	50,892	52.7%		Puerto Rican	231	0.2%
				Cuban	116	0.1%
Under 5 years	5,252	5.4%		Other Hispanic or Latino	611	0.6%
5 to 9 years	5,263	5.4%		Not Hispanic or Latino	95,188	98.5%
10 to 14 years	5,572	5.8%		White alone	60,187	62.3%
15 to 19 years	8,555	8.9%
20 to 24 years	11,274	11.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	14,725	15.2%		Total population	96,650	100.0%
35 to 44 years	13,142	13.6%		In households	91,140	94.3%
45 to 54 years	11,969	12.4%		Householder	40,791	42.2%
55 to 59 years	4,397	4.5%		Spouse	14,676	15.2%
60 to 64 years	3,469	3.6%		Child	22,319	23.1%
65 to 74 years	6,471	6.7%		Own child under 18 years	16,495	17.1%
75 to 84 years	5,005	5.2%		Other relatives	5,529	5.7%
85 years and over	1,556	1.6%		Under 18 years	2,468	2.6%
				Nonrelatives	7,825	8.1%
Median age (years)	33.2	(X)		Unmarried partner	1,903	2.0%
				In group quarters	5,510	5.7%
18 years and over	77,333	80.0%		Institutionalized population	455	0.5%
Male	36,017	37.3%		Noninstitutionalized population	5,055	5.2%
Female	41,316	42.7%
21 years and over	69,290	71.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	15,051	15.6%		Total households	40,791	100.0%
65 years and over	13,032	13.5%		Family households (families)	22,159	54.3%
Male	5,019	5.2%		With own children under 18 years	9,479	23.2%
Female	8,013	8.3%		Married couple family	14,676	36.0%
				With own children under 18 years	5,601	13.7%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	6,206	15.2%
One race	95,743	99.1%		With own children under 18 years	3,430	8.4%
White	60,964	63.1%		Nonfamily households	18,632	45.7%
Black or African American	32,864	34.0%		Householder living alone	13,740	33.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	145	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	4,101	10.1%
Asian	1,197	1.2%
Asian Indian	289	0.3%		Households with individuals under 18 years	10,872	26.7%
Chinese	300	0.3%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	9,523	23.3%
Filipino	200	0.2%
Japanese	121	0.1%		Average household size	2.23	(X)
Korean	105	0.1%		Average family size	2.92	(X)
Vietnamese	87	0.1%
Other Asian1	95	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	55	0.1%		Total housing units	44,563	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	7	0.0%		Occupied housing units	40,791	91.5%
Guamanian or Chamorro	6	0.0%		Vacant housing units	3,772	8.5%
Samoan	8	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	473	1.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	34	0.0%
Some other race	518	0.5%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.8%	(X)
Two or more races	907	0.9%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.5%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	61,615	63.8%		Occupied housing units	40,791	100.0%
Black or African American	33,268	34.4%		Owner-occupied housing units	20,837	51.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	412	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	19,954	48.9%
Asian	1,478	1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	94	0.1%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.43	(X)
Some other race	773	0.8%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.03	(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.