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

Geographic Area: Cheraw 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	5,524	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	5,524	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	44	0.8%
Male	2,432	44.0%		Mexican	18	0.3%
Female	3,092	56.0%		Puerto Rican	6	0.1%
				Cuban	10	0.2%
Under 5 years	389	7.0%		Other Hispanic or Latino	10	0.2%
5 to 9 years	426	7.7%		Not Hispanic or Latino	5,480	99.2%
10 to 14 years	409	7.4%		White alone	2,515	45.5%
15 to 19 years	368	6.7%
20 to 24 years	289	5.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	615	11.1%		Total population	5,524	100.0%
35 to 44 years	731	13.2%		In households	5,315	96.2%
45 to 54 years	705	12.8%		Householder	2,290	41.5%
55 to 59 years	297	5.4%		Spouse	810	14.7%
60 to 64 years	252	4.6%		Child	1,667	30.2%
65 to 74 years	481	8.7%		Own child under 18 years	1,239	22.4%
75 to 84 years	377	6.8%		Other relatives	406	7.3%
85 years and over	185	3.3%		Under 18 years	214	3.9%
				Nonrelatives	142	2.6%
Median age (years)	38.6	(X)		Unmarried partner	64	1.2%
				In group quarters	209	3.8%
18 years and over	4,062	73.5%		Institutionalized population	198	3.6%
Male	1,682	30.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	11	0.2%
Female	2,380	43.1%
21 years and over	3,860	69.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,187	21.5%		Total households	2,290	100.0%
65 years and over	1,043	18.9%		Family households (families)	1,471	64.2%
Male	368	6.7%		With own children under 18 years	711	31.0%
Female	675	12.2%		Married couple family	810	35.4%
				With own children under 18 years	320	14.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	575	25.1%
One race	5,494	99.5%		With own children under 18 years	362	15.8%
White	2,528	45.8%		Nonfamily households	819	35.8%
Black or African American	2,884	52.2%		Householder living alone	755	33.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	20	0.4%		Householder 65 years and over	320	14.0%
Asian	45	0.8%
Asian Indian	27	0.5%		Households with individuals under 18 years	819	35.8%
Chinese	4	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	681	29.7%
Filipino	7	0.1%
Japanese	4	0.1%		Average household size	2.32	(X)
Korean	3	0.1%		Average family size	2.96	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	2,568	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	2,290	89.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	278	10.8%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	23	0.9%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	17	0.3%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0%	(X)
Two or more races	30	0.5%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.2%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	2,550	46.2%		Occupied housing units	2,290	100.0%
Black or African American	2,901	52.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	1,293	56.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	28	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	997	43.5%
Asian	52	0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.36	(X)
Some other race	23	0.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.27	(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.